When Paul sat to write to the missionary church-planting pastor named Titus, he was just applying previously taught doctrines. Paul wanted Titus to teach on Crete in his pioneering, church-planting missionary work, what God had already deeply explained by Paul in his Epistle written to the Romans.
For almost six years, the deep truths of the doctrine of redemption explained in Romans had been circulating through the house churches of the Roman Empire.
Think for a moment about the scope of that powerful Gospel message. What had started in Judea, as Jesus Christ taught God’s truths that liberated people one-by-one from the shackles of sin: had just continued.
Those who had sat in darkness all their lives saw the light of salvation dawn upon their sin-darkened minds. Israel from north to south had been shaken by the itinerant ministry of Christ.
Then, after His resurrection, Jesus had sent forth His disciples to take this message to Jerusalem first, then to Judea, and then to Samaria. The Apostles faithfully preached; and God powerfully worked.
Multitudes of Jews were saved, and then multitudes of Samaritans were converted, and finally, countless Gentiles were also being born again. Each person had been taught that:
The Gospel Unleashed Them from Sin’s Chains