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Eric, today is the day that we wrap up Paul's letter to Titus. We are in chapter three of this letter.

That is correct. And we'll definitely wrap it up, but man, we've got a lot to,

there's, there's some really thick parts of this passage that are, that I'm excited to go over.

As I said to you beforehand, this, this chapter contains some of my favorite words in all

of the scriptures, just to bring us up to speed on what was happening

in chapter two. Paul is sort of giving instructions to Titus again about really how to instruct

all the people about all the things. I mean, that's kind of what, you know, he really delineates,

like tell old guys to do this, tell old ladies to do this, tell young women to do this, and tell

young guys to do this. And at your work, if, tell young women to do this, and tell young guys to do

this. And at your work, if you're a bond servant, make sure that you're, you know, taking care of

the work well that you've done. And really, it's kind of basic instructions. And then he kind of

ended the chapter with this rhapsodic passage about the grace of God and what it produces. It produces a zeal to

actually do good on behalf of your neighbor, that contrary to what we think that the proclamation

of more rules, more steps, more things to do is going to make us people zealous for good works.

No, no, no. Paul says it is the grace of God

that's appeared bringing salvation and thereby training the people of God to renounce on

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