Description

Cretans were a culture saturated with deception. Are you being a hypocrite?

Scripture Text

Titus 1:12-16

Main Points or Ideas

Titus 1:12 - “One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, ‘Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.’”

1. Lying

• God hates lying; Revelation 21:7
• Get good at confessing sin, not hiding it
• Lying is deception
• Cretans were consumed with lying
• Titus 1:2 - Our God cannot lie
• Lying is living hypocritical

2. Evil Beasts

• Proverbs 25:28 - no rule over spirit
• No self-control, hates rules or boundaries
• No desire for control

3. Lazy Gluttons

• Hate to work, love to eat
• Lustful, overfed, feeding off of others’ work
• Titus 1:13 - rebuke them sharply

• It is not okay to stay where you are (allusion to Titus 1:15-16)

• It is dangerous for Bible College students to hear the Bible in-depth for four years and not change

A Challenge

2 Timothy 4:3-4; Titus 1:16

Are you going to change? Or are you going to stay defiled in thinking?

It is:

• Detestable
• Disobedient
• Worthless for any good deed

Conclusion

Are you going to live as hypocrites? Or are you going to change your thinking?