As you read the little three-chapter book of Titus, the theme reads much like a maintenance manual, where step-by-step instructions are given to the building superintendent on how to fix what is broken, clean up what is a mess, and generally provide a daily maintenance schedule.
When the church is overwhelmed with problems, the usual cause is that the world is invading the church because the church has ceased infiltrating the world. The Word of God was given to be a disrupting and transforming element in whatever society it was placed in. Whenever the church is authentic to the Word of God, it will always stand against the norms of society. Society never changes for the better on its own; it must be invaded in order to progress to the betterment of all. Paul mentions this need for change by writing ten timesthe word “Good” throughout the three chapters.
Paul says in chapter 1, verse 8, that people need to be “lovers of what is good.” Then he states in chapter 1 verse 16 that the problem is that though “they profess to know God,… in works they deny Him…and have becomedisqualified for every GOOD work.”
The 2nd chapter is the “GOOD” chapter, as the word appears five times in 15 verses. When folks try to change the way people are by means of the way they behave, through education, legislation, or entitlements, none of these means produce lasting change. If you bring a pig into the parlor, it won’t change the pig, but it won’t take long before you won’t recognize the parlor. It is never enough to change people’s behavior; you must change their very nature.
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