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“I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works” (Titus 3:8).
The expressions “good work” or “good works” are used six times in the book of Titus. Why was that? It was because those in Crete who had believed on the Lord Jesus and were saved were tending to live the same way as they had lived before they were saved. Unhappily the people who lived in Crete were often lazy. They also told lies and were generally very sinful people. But now that some of them were saved, they needed to let their new life in Christ display itself in their lives.
As we saw yesterday, this is very important for us too. Many years ago, my father spoke to a brother in Christ who was not behaving very well as a Christian. The brother replied, “But that’s the way I’m made!” My father wisely remarked, “Yes, and God loves you even if you are made that way, but He loves you too much to let you stay that way!” God has given us everything to enable us to change our ways and become more like Christ.
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