Titus 1:10-11
10 For [gar] there are [eisi] many [polus] unruly [anupotaktos] and [kai] vain talkers [mataiologos] and [kai] deceivers [phrenapates], specially [malista] they
of [ek] the circumcision [peritome]:
11 Whose [hos] mouths [epistomizo] must [dei] be stopped [epistomizo], who [hostis] subvert [anatrepo] whole [holos] houses [oikos], teaching [didasko] things
which [hos] they ought [dei] not [me], for [charin] filthy [aischros] lucre's [kerdos] sake [charin]. KJV-Interlinear
10 For there are many rebellious
men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 who
must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things
they should not teach, for the sake of sordid gain. NASB
One of the biggest
problems for any leader, comes from those who would undermine his position and
authority.
If you have ever been a
member of a club or social organization, then you most likely have seen this
problem.Politics, pretense, inordinate
ambition, social climbers and such, all combine in their quest to steal away
what they believe is the attention they deserve from the membership.
And you don t generally
have to go too far before you find the opposition. They can be family members, neighbors, friends
or acquaintances, social acquaintances, fellow workers and so forth.
Some folks seemingly
live only for the purpose of disruption or being negative about anything and everything. They are not interested in anyone's success,
only in their own ego or approbation.
Likeiwse they don t care that they may be interfering with
someone's future or destiny.Again they
are interested only in their own satisfaction in driving the direction of a
conversation or of an organization.
If the repercussions of
their actions result in your demise, or bring harm to others, they won t
care.They only care about themselves
and nothing else.
They disrupt families,
groups, organizations, even nations can be disrupted by ego driven lust driven
people.
Their interest is in
sordid gain, which is nothing more than their own selfish interests, whatever
they may be.
They promote dissention
and false ideas.Their words are empty
because they are driven by their sin nature attributes.
And by the way, as
mentioned in this verse, they are usually members of the common faith
(circumcision) which can refer to that physical or surgical Jewish ritual, or
even to the symbolism of soul circumcision in Christianity.
In anyone's spiritual
life, a great deal is at stake - their eternal life and its content. As Satan and symbolically the world, will try
anything to disrupt your spiritual future, then anyone who enters into the
debate of ones spiritual beliefs, in order to turn them away, is nothing more
than a representative of that kind of Satanic thought.
The only way to
diminish this type of threat, is by growing up in your own spiritual life. And you do this by maintaining a consistent
and daily study program, giving you the ammunition for discerning and
discovering the subtle attacks when they come along.
And I might mention one
other concept.Not only will there be
those who will challenge your beliefs directly, but there will be no shortage
of people whom you can view daily in the news and such, people who take
advantage of society, people who take advantage of their positions, people who openly
and boldly pursue corruption with impunity.
Your threat? Well, you work long and hard, and try to make
a decent living for yourself and your family.
And then you see others pursue corruption and seemingly get away with
everything.They live the high life
while you struggle week to week, month to month just to pay the rent. And they get the bail out benefits and you
get nothing.
All you have to
remember is but one thing.Jesus Christ
controls history.They do not. God allows many folks to run their own course
in life, knowing that they see the repercussions of their actions and knowing
that they will never have anything better in eternity, but far worse.
Don t get upset. Your eternal destiny will last a very long
time and your spiritual life is far more valuable than anything in this world. So stick to your spiritual guns and preserve
your eternity.Don t allow anyone to
defeat you in the little things, and by the way, everything in this carnal world
is a little and meaningless thing, not worth giving up ones eternal blessings.
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