Titus 3 -- Hating To Remember

My commentary summed up the chapter pretty well in these two sentences:  “Don’t be too critical of your pagan neighbors,” Paul wrote.  “Just remember what you were before God saved you,” and “Not only does He forget our sins, but He forgets that we were even sinners!”  His love is so amazing!

All that really hit home while I was reading verse 3:  “In the past we also were foolish.  We did not obey, we were wrong, and we were slaves to many things our bodies wanted and enjoyed.  We spent our lives doing evil and being jealous.  People hated us, and we hated each other.”  What a miserable way to live!  Yet I remember feeling like that, thinking that I was on top of the world.  How Satan can deceive even a Christian!

Father, I pray for my sons today.  It is so easy to fall into the thinking of this world and to forget Your truth.  I love them both dearly, and I don’t want them to learn from so-called “friends” to hate the life You have for them.  Keep their hearts open to You.  Remove blinders when Satan slips them on.  Through Your love, show them the way.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford