DAILY DROP OF WATER  Tit 1:3  But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;  Notice the phrase, “in due time”. God had a plan to which He followed. It is the same today. There is time scheduled by God for the Rapture of the Church, the Tribulation Period, and the Reign of Christ upon this earth. Look up! Jesus could come any minute!

 (Tit 1:3) “But hath in due times manifested His Word through preaching, …..”  “His Word” has been revealed through preaching – someone proclaiming it. Two things may be meant by “His Word”. One: this promise of eternal life, thus the Words of Scripture. Or two: Jesus the Word  made flesh (Jn1) Who told, promised, and purchased this gift of eternal life for us! I hold both up before you for praise! 

(Tit 1:2) “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;”   When it says, “In hope of eternal life”, it is not saying we do not possess it now, for we have received the Holy Spirit and our spirits have been made alive. Therefore we have it now. It is saying, “We are expectantly looking for (hope) the completion of this gift; the changing of this body into a glorified body like our Lord’s; and the entering into eternity to live in His presence.”

 (Tit 1:2) “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;”  God cannot lie. Not “will not”; but, “cannot”. This would refer not only to the covenants, but to “everything” God has said. Never doubt God’s Word. Instead, cling to it, stand on it, bow before it, and…..as stated here, “hope” in it. Hope: an expectant looking for a sure coming event.

(Tit 1:2) “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;”  God did not make man to destroy him, but to bless him with the fellowship of Himself for eternity. Man chooses sin rather than the holiness required to fellowship with God. Thus man destroys himself even though God made His Son “… to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Cor 5:21)

(Tit 1:1) “Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;”  All of God’s Word is truth: (Joh_17:17)  “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” You cannot have godliness without seeking to conduct yourself in a godly manner, that is, in obedience to the Word of Truth. I find myself many times in reviewing things I have said or done asking, “Was that godly? Was it right to say or do?” 

(Tit 1:1)  “Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s elect,….”  As you read continue to read, you will find that Paul is including himself in the words “according to the faith of God’s elect…..” The elect are the privileged to be saved. They are those known unto God before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:2). As Israel is chosen as a nation, those who repent and are saved are the chosen (elect) to be God’s temple in this present age (dispensation). 

(2Ti 4:10) “For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world,…..”   He loved this “present world” as opposed to the would to come. Professing believers are short-sighted, loving the pleasures of this life. Yet, it is the world to come we are to seek, to invest our time in, to desire above all other things.

(2Ti 4:10) “For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world,…..”  The saved are both spirit and flesh. The spirit loves the things of God; the flesh loves the things of this world. We each struggle with this, living with either one or the other dominating. When money gets tight, or living for God gets tough, others can then see towards which we have been living. It comes out through our actions and conversation.

 (2Ti 4:8) “Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” I believe it is safe to say that this is the reward of imputed righteousness, the reward of faith (like that of Abraham [Rom 4]). Faith believes what God says and acts upon it. The act here is simply in love expectantly looking for what God has promised, our Savior whom we love back (1 John 4:19) returning for us!