Titus 1:16 All Talk

Titus 1:16

Paul makes a telling comment on false teachers in Titus 1:16. He says first that They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. There are so many people who do not even claim to know God, indeed who say that it is not possible to know God, that it is often refreshing to hear someone claiming to know him. This puts us off our guard. We warm to such people and are willing to listen to them. Actions, of course, speak louder than words, however, and if the lives of such people contradict the profession they make then there is serious reason to doubt what they claim. Actions speak louder than words and as Jesus tells us, it is by their frutis that you know whether a tree is good or bad. Rounding off what he has been saying about false teachers, Paul adds three statements about these false people. He says They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good. What makes them detestable or abominable is the disparity between their lofty claims and the lives they live. DIsobedient is more literally unpersuaded. They are not realy of our persuasion and will reject us and the truth in the end. Paul says they are unfit for doing anything good because of the basic inconsistency that hampers their every move. It is all talk. There is no reality about it. They claim one thing but live ina way that clean contradicts that claim. What good is a knife that looks like a pillow?