Titus 1:16 (KJV)
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Cretans
The apostle had appointed Titus, his “own son after the common faith,” to a very difficult field. Paul’s own admission was that the island of Crete was a hard place to labor.
Though the United States has been viewed as a Christian nation, I’m not sure that was ever really a good thing. In these days, the weaknesses of our so-called “Christian heritage” have resulted in what I believe to be a Cretan culture. It would be quite accurate to say of most Americans, “They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.”
The trouble with professing to know God is that it often produces arrogance—a resistance to correction, rebuke, and truth. Americans “know God” so well that they see no need to know Him better, walk with Him more closely, or turn from the sins His Word clearly condemns.
Cretans
In works, Americans deny God
Spending little to no time in humble worship, they are busy building their own names rather than God’s.
Being abominable
Churches are now dedicated to homosexuality, women pastors, and other practices contrary to Scripture.
Disobedient
Ignoring the details of God’s Word as if they do not matter.
Unto every good work, reprobate
Even when they do what appears to be good, it is done in human power rather than in dependence upon and dedication to the Lord.
Cretans
Interestingly, the Word of God does not advise Titus to seek a more suitable place to serve the Lord, but instead charges him to remain at his post.
Perhaps the most “Cretan” thing I witness among believers in the United States today is the tendency to forsake the hard places and seek out easier fields of Christian service.
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Titus Stayed in a “Cretan” Culture—Perhaps You Should Too
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