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March 1, 1992
No matter the time or place, false teachers always fit a similar profile. Alistair Begg unpacks Paul’s warning against false teachers in Titus 1, which explains their essential nature: they’re numerous and driven by corrupt motives; though their words may have the ring of truth, they proclaim a false message; their character is dreadful; and they bring destruction to those who follow them. God’s people must not listen to these rebels but instead rebuke them for their errors.
10For there are many who are insubordinate, yempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of zthe circumcision party.8 11They must be silenced, since athey are upsetting whole families by teaching bfor shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12cOne of the Cretans,9 a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”10 13This testimony is true. Therefore drebuke them esharply, that they fmay be sound in the faith, 14gnot devoting themselves to Jewish myths and hthe commands of people iwho turn away from the truth. 15jTo the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and kunbelieving, nothing is pure; but both ltheir minds and their consciences are defiled. 16mThey profess to know God, but they ndeny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, ounfit for any good work.
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