FBC Gridley

The island of Crete had to be a dreadful place to try to build a church. The people who lived there were liars, evil gluttons, beasts. That was one of their own poets’ descriptions of their homeland.

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Crete was a pagan, spiritually hardened place. But Paul and Titus had established a church there, and it was growing.

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But now Paul had departed the island altogether, and he wrote some instructions to Titus to set the church in order.

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In Chapter 1, he instructed him to stand firm in the truth, and to choose the leaders carefully, and to guard against legalism.

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Now in Chapter 2, Paul emphasizes the importance of setting a positive example for the younger Christians who have just been introduced to Christianity.

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You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine. Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.  

Titus 2:1-2