Debates and Divisions (Part 1 of 2)

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Alistair Begg

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🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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There’s a big difference between getting a bit damp in the rain and getting drenched in a downpour. Paul instructs fellow pastors to ensure that those under their care are saturated by the Gospel. On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg explores Paul’s reasoning.

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0:00.0	Thank you. Most of us have experienced getting caught in the rain, and you know there's a big difference between getting a little damp from a light shower and getting drenched in a downpour.
0:35.5	The Apostle Paul instructed Titus to ensure that those who were under his care were drenched in a downpour, the Apostle Paul instructed Titus to ensure that those who were
0:39.2	under his care were drenched by the gospel, saturated. Alisturbeg explores Paul's reasoning today
0:47.3	on Truth for Life.
0:57.2	Titus, Chapter 3, no surprise.
0:59.4	I invite you to turn there, please.
1:15.8	And what I'm going to do is read Titus 3 in Peterson's paraphrase, which you should never use to study the Bible, but it is interesting and quite helpful as a fairly free attempt at paraphrasing the more accurate text. So you needn't follow along here. It'll be hard to
1:32.0	follow along in your own text, but let me just read it as it is paraphrased for us by Peterson.
1:39.2	Remind the people to respect the government and be law-abiding, always ready to lend a helping hand. No insults, no
1:48.8	fights. God's people should be big-hearted and courteous. It wasn't so long ago that we ourselves
1:56.5	were stupid and stubborn, dupes of sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around
2:04.2	with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God,
2:11.9	stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing. We had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath,
2:20.5	and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured
2:27.9	out new life so generously. God's gift has restored our relationship with Him and given us back our lives, and there's more
2:36.1	life to come, an eternity of life. You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm
2:45.3	stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the
2:50.7	essentials that are good for
2:52.5	everyone. Stay away from mindless, pointless quarreling over genealogies and fine print in the
2:59.5	law code. That gets you nowhere. Warn, a quarrelsome person once or twice, but then be done with him.
3:09.1	It's obvious that such a person is out of line, rebellious against God. By persisting in divisiveness, he cuts himself off.
3:18.8	As soon as I send either Artemis or Tichikas to you, come and meet me in Nicopoulos. I've decided to
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