Thank you. Welcome to Truth for Life weekend, where today we begin a study in the book of Titus.

When the Apostle Paul wrote this letter, Titus was an elder at a church that was marked by moral and doctrinal confusion.

That's an issue familiar to many contemporary churches as well.

As Alistairbeg introduces this study, we'll learn why it's so important to faithfully proclaim God's word

and to practice what we preach.

Titus, the letter of Titus was probably written in the 60s.

OSA as one of our young people, I didn't realize it was as old as that.

No, not those 60s, the 60s.

It was written probably in the sixth decade of the first century. And there is no

way that you can read the Acts of the Apostles and make a determination as to where the letter of

Titus fits into that chronology.

And the best estimate is that Titus was written

in between Paul's first and second imprisonments.

His first imprisonment, which is referenced in Acts chapter 28, ended in his being released. His second

imprisonment, from which he writes, for example, Second Timothy, ended in his death. And in that

interim period between being re-imprisoned and finally dying, Paul did what he always

did. That is, he moved around telling people this glorious good news of the gospel that Jesus Christ,

the risen Jesus had met him, had changed him, that he is alive, and that the reason for his death

is because he had made an atoning sacrifice for the sins of all who would come to trust in him.

And in the course of that evangelism explosion, if you like, people were then turning to Jesus,

and having done so, they were then established in congregations. And so that is why there were congregations scattered throughout

the island of Crete. And so these churches were established, and Paul is now writing to Titus' co-worker in order that he might encourage him

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