Titus was a companion and a disciple of Paul the apostle, mentioned in several of the
Pauline epistles including the Epistle to Titus. He is believe to be a gentile converted by Paul to
Christianity during Paul's first missionary journey, a young Greek man name Titus, Paul brought him to Jerusalem (Galatians 2: 1-4) to show the apostles and others Jewish believers how a Greek non-Jew could love God just as much as they did. Titus represented all the other non-Jewish people who became Christians and were completely accepted by God through their faith in Jesus
Christ-like most of us!
Titus was a missionary. Hi continued to travel with Paul on missionary journeys, helping in the work of sharing the gospel. During three years Paul was in Ephesus teaching them about
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8:6, 16-23). Titus was not only a very faithful friend but also a spiritual son to the Apostle Paul.
When Paul was released from the Roman prison where he had been for two years, he had
Titus traveled to the island of Crete. Paul and Titus taught the people, called Cretans, about their need for God and the good news about Jesus (Tit. 1 :4-5). Soon there were enough believers to start churches in several towns, so Titus was also a evangelism and also a Pastor. Paul left a Titus to continue teaching the new Christians and to appoint church leaders for each church.
Titus was consecrated as the Bishop of the island of Crete, a spiritual son to Paul and companion, also a teacher, evangelism, and a great man of God. His contributions to the kingdom are remarkable and to me, amazingly good student.
Timothy his family lived in Lystra so he was a Galatian. His father was Greek man; we know nothing about his faith. But Timothy's mom and grandmother were faithful Jewish women. (Acts 16:
After his conversion to Christianity, Paul traveled throughout the Roman Empire and preached the Gospel, similar to Jesus’ own ministry across Galilee. Paul’s teachings were more focused on the community and the relationships of its members with each other and with non-Christians, whereas Jesus’ teachings were geared towards the individual and his/her personal relationship to God. Despite this discrepancy in their doctrines, Paul’s teachings remain consistent with those of Jesus. In his First Letter to the Corinthians, Paul’s teachings, such as unity in the community and love for others, echo the teachings of Jesus as depicted in the Gospel of Mark and Matthew. Paul essentially reiterates the teachings of Jesus, and applies them to the lives of the people he preaches to, so that they may understand Jesus’ teachings and embrace Christianity.
preached against abuses in the church and attempted to shift the focus of religious faith
Paul was proud that the Thessalonians kept to God’s word and turned away from a life of idol worshiping and living in sin. The scripture found in (Brettler/Newsom, pg.2075) says, “For the people of those regions report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living God, and to wait for his son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead- Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath that is coming”. The Thessalonians believed that salvation would come during judgment. “In reflecting on his initial preaching in Thessalonica, Paul sees that the people responded because the power of the Holy Spirit was working through his preaching”, (Kugler/Hartin, pg. 427). Through the powerful and genuine ministry that Paul brought upon the Thessalonians it enabled them to remain strong and faithful during
According to the passage 1st, I observed that the people in power were the Romans who were polytheistic. They completely rejected the idea on only one God or Christianity. The people who didn’t follow the beliefs of the Romans were usually poor and had no use for when they lived in the middle east according to the passage. Paul would preach to the poor about the savior Jesus Christ (according to the passage) .
The most important was the letter to the Romans that he wrote while he was in Corinth, Greece
There is a lot that has been said about the missionary trips of this distinguished servant of Christ which started about fourteen years after his transformation. Tarsus was a town that joined both the Roman and Greek worlds in that its government was Roman and its culture was Greek. This region of Cilicia was one of numerous areas in which the Israelites had located during the dispersion. By right of birth in the Roman state of Cilicia, later as Paul the Apostle, he would use his Roman nationality in his defense.
...my own hometown, like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid” to show how they both were compelled to carry out a message one being the gospel of Jesus Christ and the latter being human equality (p.61). By comparing himself to historical figures he makes numbers of ethical appeals and he builds up the author’s character. His use of great leaders can have a great influence in the reader and have an effect on the emotions of the reader.
At one point this appeared to be Paul’s feeling towards the Jews and the Christians. His sentiment appeared to change, according to Christian suppressionists. In the text Romans, many of Paul’s statements were misinterpreted by those Christians to make themselves appear more superior to the Jewish people.
In the beginning of Acts 2, the disciples had returned to Jerusalem from Mt. Olivet. They had seen the ascension of Jesus, but they weren't sad, as some might have expected. Jesus had promised to send a Comforter, and they could hardly wait. They were excited and were gathered in the temple, praising God and waiting. Luke 24: 53 reads that they were "continually in the temple, praising and blessing God." They remembered the words that Jesus said, "Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:23). The disciples believed this promise, truly sought God, humbled their hearts with united minds and spirit, and waited on the Holy Ghost to fall.
In approximately 50 A.D. Paul had traveled to Philippi and then to Greece for the first time. During this time, he and two traveling companions, Timothy and Silas, they spread the word about Jesus to the Thessalonians. They formed a community of believers there and Paul was the founder of this new Christian community. He, Timothy, and Silas exercised authority over the Thessalonians according to 1 Thessalonians 4:7. “we were able to impose our weight as apostles of Christ”. The three stayed with the newly founded community for quite a while and it was not specifically stated as to how long they stayed all the book said was that “they stayed for a time to be”.
On the road to Damascus, Paul received a calling to become “an instrument whom [YHWH] chose to bring my name before Gentiles [ethne or “nations”] and kings and before the people of Israel” (Acts 9:15). The Ioudaioi or Judeans would be considered as part of the people of Israel. Therefore, Paul had the responsibility to persuade the Ioudaioi that justice and salvation come about through Jesus Christ alone (Romans 5:12-21). A lot of the Ioudaioi believed that justice is obtained through following nomos or “law or custom”. Paul debated with the Ioudaioi in order to successfully persuade them to believe his viewpoint. This was done by means of his three missionary trips (H G-33) and by him writing letters to the ekklesia in various cities.
Paul wrote this Epistle from Macedonia in the spring, has led to this belief. John MacArthur observes that, “when Paul penned this letter he was facing death on a daily basis. Hostility surrounded him, animosity was constant, and was the reality and threat of the opposition and persecution. The unbelieving Jews and Gentiles wanted to take his life, observing him as a danger to their religion and their economic affluence.”
The Apostle Paul is known as the greatest missionary of the early church. Paul, who once vowed to wipe out belief in Jesus Christ, was later converted to do the work of Christ. He would author almost half of the 27 books in the New Testament. He endured sickness, rejection, and repeated attacks on his life to bring the message of God's grace and forgiveness to Gentiles. Paul was the apostle largely responsible for the solid inception and growth of Christianity. He spoke before Jews, Greeks, and Romans. Paul is known as the apostle to the Gentiles. He defended God's Word before kings and emperors of this world. By the end of his life, much of the Mediterranean world had been reached with the gospel.
During early missionaries journeys the Gospel of Christ was shared first with the Jews. These early workers went into the local “synagogue and reading the Law and the Prophets” (Acts 13:15) teaching that, Jesus Christ has fulfilled the scriptures of the Messiah. Today the Law and Prophets are known as the Old Testament. The early church used these scriptures to verify the accuracy of what Peter, Paul and the rest of early church were preaching. The Jews in Berea received the word from Paul and examined the scripture daily to confirm the truth (Acts 17:10-12). These early followers of Christ set the example that today’s believers need to follow.