September 30

<p><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehighroadshow/2747S0930.mp3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Download</a></p> <!-- END 1183 Download Link --> <p>Titus & Philemon We are in the Church Stream today reading from the Lexham English Bible. 7streamsmethod.com | @7StreamsMethod | @serenatravis | #7Streams | <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YPPA8XGTQ2YHU">Donate</a></p> <!--more--> <p>Commentary by Dr. Drake Travis</p> <div>Titus was an apprentice and disciple of Paul and a soul that Paul had the utmost trust in. He was a greek that Paul himself had converted to following Christ. He was with Paul in Ephesus; a highlight of Paul's ministry years. Paul later sends Titus to Corinth to quell problems that Paul couldn't find time to deal with further...this is a great indication of the trust that Paul had in Titus. Titus was instrumental in gathering the offerings that Paul took to Jerusalem. He was a sage that did great work for the church in Crete. The similarities we read in Titus and I Timothy are because Titus in Crete and Timothy in Ephesus are dealing with very similar issues for which Paul has similar advice.  You're not "seeing double" in your hearing.  Paul is saying things virtually a second time.  You may get the same feeling when we are reading what sounds like ditto material going through the gospels.  You didn't accidentally flip backward in the pages and you are not in the twilight zone.</div> <p>T - 1 - Paul's life is coming to a close and he is getting more and more fixated (wondrously so) on eternal life. Eternal life was a grand motivation to Paul and has been throughout his ministry.  His next urgent message is that Titus plant elders throughout the Church of Crete so that there be an orderly body of believers on the island.  Christendom was the antidote for the culture that had bedeviled Crete for centuries. The scallywag nature of the population was legendary. Even some the so called Christian teachers on Crete were more committed to the dark herita