Bible Study - Titus 3

S - But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.

Titus 3:9 ESV

O - Commentary:

Genealogies and details about the *law (including arguments of Jewish legal scholars over spellings or vocalizations of Hebrew words) were minutiae that missed the genuinely critical issues in the spirit of the Old Testament 

Craig S. Keener, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, Second Edition (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic: An Imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2014), 630.

A –Paul gives Titus a simple charge: stay on the main thing. And the main thing is Jesus.

Distractions are everywhere. Some are bad. Some are actually good. That’s what makes them dangerous.

Being a Christian comes with a lot of wonderful things. You can go to church every week. You can serve. You can be in a small group. All of these are great ways to grow, but none of them can replace the relationship.

You can do all the right things and still miss Jesus. Busy is not the same as belonging.

So here’s the question: Is your faith built on activity or on relationship? Your relationship with God is the foundation. Everything else gets built on top of it.

R – Heavenly Father, You are our Lord and Savior. Thank You for Jesus, who made a way for us to know You. Draw us closer to You today. Keep our eyes on what matters most. Guard us from distractions that look important but lead nowhere. Let everything we do flow out of our relationship with You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.