 Good morning everyone and welcome to class. We would like to welcome our e-learning students as well and our online students and our in-person students. So welcome everyone. Hope all of you had a good weekend and you know are already to face another new week. This morning we'll begin our study on the book of Titus. Paul's epistles letter to Titus who was overseeing the churches at Crete. Before we look at Titus we'll just pause for a word of praise. So can one of you please lead us in prayer please? Anyone? Can I ask Christopher to lead us in prayer please? Yes pastor. Heavenly Father we thank you for today. We thank you for all the things you do for us. Thank you for this weekend that we just had. Thank you for having, getting us refreshed for the new week. Thank you for pastor. We ask you to give our inspiration to teachers and to be able to put in part all the good messages that come out of the Bible reading. And Rodgers we thank you for looking after us. Thank you guys for your good health. You're safe from harm and giving us everything that we need. We ask you to continue to bless us because all your grace and mercies and be with us throughout this class and throughout the day. We ask this in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Thank you Christopher. So today this morning we're going to be looking and studying the book of Titus Paul's epistle his letter to Titus. I have posted the PDF copy of the introduction and chapter one. Now I have written all of it out the research the study that I have done. So it's a very detailed study which means I'll be teaching or speaking exactly from the notes. So please don't think that I'm just reading out of the notes but it's basically what I have studied, what I have researched, what I have learned. I've just put here so there's nothing more that I need to add additionally because I've just written this whole thing out. So please don't think that I'm just you know reading it out of the course content. It's basically that I've written out everything I've researched. There's nothing extra that I need to add so you can just follow through with the with the notes and if you have any questions you can ask. So we look at the introduction to Titus, the book of Titus. Now we know that you know First Timothy, Second Timothy, Titus and Philemon are considered as personal letters of Paul because he's personally writing it to different individuals. He's addressing these letters to different individuals so it is called as the personal letters of Paul but it's also generally being called as the pastoral epistles because though these are very personal letters addressed to specific individuals they are not limited to just personal and private communication it is also has a component of something that is more official in character these letters because in these letters he's basically addressing the various concerns in the churches at Ephesus, at Crete and so you know these are also called as pastoral epistles because he's guiding Timothy and Titus in matters concerning the pastoral care of the church and hence these are letters that are called personal letters but also they are called as the pastoral epistles of Apostle Paul and these books First Timothy, Second Timothy and Titus are pastoral in nature because they give directions, they give directions on how to deal with false teachers, how to you know build up the church, the saints in the church, the believers in the church regarding faith, holiness, godliness and also how to establish leadership in the local churches. We saw that in his letter to Timothy and we see that again in his letter to Titus. So that is why this is also called as the pastoral epistles of Paul, First Timothy, Second Timothy and Titus call pastoral epistles. Now who wrote this letter to Titus, the letter itself or the book of Titus itself claims to have been written by Paul, it's mentioned there that Paul himself is writing this letter. So we can surely say that the author of this letter is Apostle Paul. Now who is Titus? Titus is a Greek speaking Gentile who is a believer who was converted by Paul either in Antioch when you know Paul spent considerable amount of time in Antioch a good amount of time a couple of years before his first missionary journey. So they say that Paul would have met Titus during this time and you know he Paul converted Titus in Antioch or it could also be during his first missionary journey when Paul was in Galatia or Pamphylia which is in 47 or 48 AD. So what do we know about Titus? We don't know anything much about Titus but from the scripture what we know is that you know Paul takes him along with him to the council of Jerusalem. We read this in Acts chapter 15 verses 1 to 21 where Paul takes Titus because you know he wanted to ask the leaders that those who were non-Jews Gentiles converts should they be circumcised? Is circumcision a requirement? And we know that Paul spoke against this that you know that it's not mandatory that the Gentiles need to be circumcised and so the leaders at the council of Jerusalem they agreed with Paul and they hence did not insist that Titus should be circumcised. Now from Paul's various other epistles and letters we also get a little bit of information about Titus' character, his personality and his relationship with Paul. So from this letter itself in Titus chapter 1 verse 4 you know Paul writes and says Titus has true son in our common faith. So just like Paul looked at Timothy as his son in the faith, somebody who he brought to the faith, somebody who nurtured, somebody who he strengthened was a mentor. The same way we see that Paul also looked at Titus as his son who he brought into the faith, who he helped to have a salvation experience and also mentored him, taught him and brought him to a stage where he could be a good leader, take on leadership responsibilities and oversee the churches at Crete. Now in second Corinthians chapter 2 verse 13 you know Titus is written there as Titus was a genuine brother to the apostle Paul. So we see that Paul not only just looks at him as his son but now he's grown to a stage where he can become a co-worker, a co-laborer and also a fellow believer, a fellow brother in the faith. Second Corinthians chapter 8 verse 23 we read that Titus was a partner, fellow worker with Paul and second Corinthians chapter 12 verse 18 we read there that Titus walked in the same spirit as Paul in the same book and the same chapter and verse second Corinthians 12 verse 18 we also read that Titus walked in the same steps as Paul in the same manner of life and in Titus chapter 2 verse 7 we see that Titus you know could be a pattern for other believers his life, his way of living you know could be a good pattern, a good model, a good example for others to follow. Now something wonderful that we can look at Paul's association with various people that he has brought to the faith who he mentors is that he does not just keep them as sons under his jurisdiction, under his control, under his dominion but look at how he you know he nurtures them from being a son in the faith to growing up to be somebody who is a brother and also somebody who becomes a fellow laborer, a fellow co-worker who also you know is come to a stage where they're mature in their faith walk in their in their in their relationship with with God they walk in the spirit you know and the manner of life is just the way that Paul lives so it's it's so important for us to learn how to be good mentors of people leaders in the faith as looking at Paul as an example you know he just does not keep them as sons under his control and always tells them what they should be doing what they should not be doing exercising his control but you know he brings them to a level where they are mature in their faith in their in in their understanding of the doctrines in their walk to be Christ-like to be holy and then he just releases them to to do the work of the gospel and then he brings them to a level where they are you know the same level as he is which does not threaten him as a leader as an apostle somebody who has nurtured their faith he's not threatened by them growing or threatened by them becoming leaders or threatened by them overtaking Paul which is a good example for us to you know basically learn from Paul's way of life so even as you know we all of us grow to be leaders somebody who'll mentor other people this is a good model to follow from Paul's life okay so we see that you know Titus moved on to from being a son who was nurtured by Paul to become one of Paul's most closest and trusted co-workers just like Timothy and how do we know this because you know he entrusts Titus with this whole responsibility of looking after the churches or overseeing the churches specifically those churches that are going through a lot of disturbance that is in Corinth and in Pete okay now Titus helps Paul at Ephesus during his third missionary journey and then he was sent from there to Corinth where Paul sends his first letter of you know the first the letter of the Corinthians to the church at Corinth and he sends Titus with this letter so Titus goes to Corinth he gives them the letter he stays there oversees the work for some time and then he takes back news about how the church at Corinth is doing back to Paul where Paul was at Philippi and then you know Paul based on all the information that he's heard from various sources about the church at Corinth after he's sent that was letter of to the church at Corinth through Titus and also getting a feedback about how things where the improvements areas where changes have to take place from Titus himself you know he writes the second letter of Corinth to the church at Corinth it is the second Corinthians and then he sends the letter again with Titus and Titus carries the second letter to the church at Corinth and you know he also is instrumental in collecting money from the church at Corinth for the poor saints in Jerusalem we read about this in second Corinthians so if you look at your notes you know Titus carrying the first letter of Corinthians second letter of Corinthians and also helping with collection of money for the poor saints and Jerusalem is all you know the references are given in second Corinthians chapter 12 7 chapter 2 and chapter 8 so all the references are there you can look it up later on and read now after Paul was released from his first Roman imprisonment which was a house arrest you know Paul travels to Crete where he takes Titus along with him and at Crete they you know they preach and teach the gospel they also strengthen the churches at Crete they establish they establish churches at Crete and then you know Paul feels the need that you know the people at Crete the church at Crete or the churches at Crete need some more support and help to organize things you know to make things much more smoother at the churches at Crete basically you know there was the same problem that you know was at Ephesus the reason why Paul leaves Timothy dead was because of you know the false teachers that were creating a lot of disturbance and chaos in the churches at Ephesus the same problem existed at Crete as well the false teachers there the Hellenistic Jews who are creating a lot of issues a lot of wrong teachings bringing a lot of ritualistic Jewish ritualistic you know rituals that they were trying to spread about and Jewish fables which was causing a lot of confusion and also like churches at Ephesus where they needed good leaders to carry on the work there support writing elaborately about how to choose you know leaders deacons bishops so we saw that in his letter to Timothy the same thing he writes again to Titus who is at Crete so these are the reasons why he feels the need to leave Titus behind and Paul continues on his journey and Titus was left at Crete to oversee the work there and also you know to establish good leaders in the church and also teach the truth that can defend the false teachings that were there because of the Hellenistic Jews again so we see that you know when Titus was at Crete when Paul writes this letter to him he tells Titus to come and join him at Nicopolis so when Titus leaves Crete Artemis or Taikikis you know they take on the work at Crete this you know Paul sends the letters of Titus to Titus who is at Crete to these people so when Titus says you know Crete they come they give this letter to Titus and then he goes to Nicopolis where he joins Paul and Taikikis and Artemis you know one of the two they take over the responsibility of the church at Crete and then we see that when Titus was at Nicopolis you know Paul commissions him for an evangelistic work in Dalmatia and later on tradition says that you know Titus goes back to Crete and you know the traditions describe him as a bishop there till his old age so maybe he's you know he's so burdened by Crete or he loves the place he loves the people there so even though he had other missionary assignments in different places Nicopolis Dalmatia but he goes back to Crete becomes the bishop there that oversees the churches and continues to work at Crete till his old age now about Crete Crete is one of the largest one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea you know the Cretan people had a very disgraceful and a bad reputation in the Roman world one of their poets Epimendus you know Paul quotes in his letter in chapter one verse 12 where Epimendus this like he was like a prophet and you know a poet and somebody was held in high regard by the Cretans and he says that Cretans are always liars evil beasts and lazy glutton so this was the general view of you know the people had about Cretans or about the people at Crete so they were quite notorious people and it was added more a challenging role for Titus because you know of their of their reputation that they already had as people were liars evil beasts and lazy glutton now how did you know how were the churches established in Crete how did the gospel reach Crete it was not only when Paul and Titus went to Crete after Paul's first Roman imprisonment but the churches their churches had been already established in this island of Crete and they say that it was most likely when you know during the time of Pentecost when there were Jewish Hellenistic Jews who had who were in living in Crete you know you know that during Pentecost all from Jews from all over the world come to Jerusalem to celebrate the the Pentecost and so on the day of Pentecost you know there were Cretans also who hear this mighty rushing wind and they came to that room where the 120 disciples had gathered and they were all speaking in tongues because it says you know the Cretans in Acts chapter 2 was 11 if you read it says the Cretans and the Arabs they heard the these men men of Galilee speaking praises and worshiping God in their own language so it's most likely that you know even as they were standing there they heard Paul's message which he preached and we know that 3,000 of them accepted and received salvation so you know some people from Crete were also among this group of people and they must have been nurtured strengthened in their faith by the apostles and then they as they went back to Crete they would have preached the gospel, shared the gospel and you know planted churches there so that is how we can say or traditions or you know writers say that you know the gospel reached this island of Crete but the problem here in the churches at Crete was there's some Hellenistic Jews who are promoting a lot of false teaching false doctrines and making life very difficult for the others and hence Paul saw the need for the truth to be preached there and for leaders good able leaders to be selected to put into leadership positions so that they can manage to work at Crete okay so when was this letter basically written they say probably between 33 to sorry 63 to 6680 after Paul left Titus at Crete he went to Macedonia and then you know that's where he would have heard about how Titus was doing at Crete or how the situation at Crete was or maybe Titus written a letter to Paul you know talking about everything that was happening in Crete he got a report from him and hence he in response to that he's writing this letter the same place where he wrote 1st Timothy and 2nd Timothy 2 Timothy who he left at Ephesus now Paul wrote to Timothy instructing him to put the you know things that where that you know they he could not complete putting in order because he had to leave Crete so he writes to him regarding other matters which needs to be put in order in the churches at Crete and then we see that you know Xenus and Paulus was also mentioned in this Titus in the book of Titus you know are the other two Christian workers who you know were about to go to Crete and Paul sends his letter with them to give it to or hand it over to Titus okay so that's briefly introduction to the book of Titus anyone has any questions any questions okay there are no questions and we'll continue we'll study chapter one now chapter one I have kind of done a very detailed exegetical study of each word and phrase so I'm just going to be teaching out of this you know the the content which I have written and which I have posted the pdf copy which I have posted so it's going to just be exactly from the notes because this is my one person study there's nothing more than that I need to add into it but it's quite a detailed study and you know a lot of content in chapter one we've already looked at in when Paul writes his letter to Timothy where he talks about how to choose elders and bishops and the same thing that he writes so a little portion of it is going to just be the same that he he has written to Timothy which we've already studied but we will just kind of go through it to reiterate our learning and just to help us through okay so we look at chapter one can one of you please read versus one to four please Titus chapter one versus one to four Titus chapter one one to four Paul a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth and that leads to godliness in the hope of eternal life with god who does not lie promised before the beginning of time and which now is and which now at and which now at his appointed season he has brought a light through the preaching and trusted to me by the command of god our savior to Titus my true son in our common faith grace and peace from god the father and christ Jesus our savior amen amen thank you say so in verse one Paul is saying that you know he's saying he's mentioning his name first so while writing his name first you know he's basically following the letter writing customs in his day where the name of the the person who's writing the letter is mentioned and then the name of the reader is mentioned and then the greetings was given so this is the letter writing customs in in in those days so we see that you know Paul is directly saying it's him who is writing this letter is mentioning it very clearly there and this letter was written to Titus it was not just written to Titus but also written to the believers the saints who were part of the church or the churches at the island of Crete and Paul knew that this letter would be read you know publicly before everyone in the churches on the island so in the opening structure or the greetings of this letter you know Paul takes you know great care to write down to tell the believers at Crete what are his credentials who he is you know what is his role you know to the churches in the kingdom of god and where he stood on important issues now why is it important for Paul to you know mention his credentials why do you think it's important for Paul to mention his credentials yes hey number one to differentiate himself from all other false apostles and then number two to also provide with I say validity to whatever he's going to mention afterwards so that they take it seriously and know that he is one speaking as being led by the spirit of God and commissioned by Jesus Christ as an apostle to speak to the church yes thank you very much well said yes that's so important because he's writing about very important matters administration matters how to choose administrative matters of the church how to choose elders what kind of leaders what to do with false teachers and imagine you know when he's writing all of this and it's going to be read so people are going to question now who is Paul you know he's not somebody who established the churches at the creed he is not our father that we look up to you know and who is he to tell us all of these things so it's very important for Paul to you know to inform the churches or let the believers know who he is so that you know when the letter is read they will know it's from somebody who is in a place of authority not just vested upon by himself but you know somebody who is in a place of authority and a leadership position because it is an office that he has been called to by the Lord Jesus Christ himself or by God himself Elisha says to give some spiritual authority to his writing yes a good credibility credentials to what he is writing yes Divya says that even when Titus is given those instructions for the church so that there's credibility to whatever he is is being instructed yes yes thank you so here we see that you know Paul is taking time to you know write down his credentials to tell them who he really is and so he says you know he begins by saying he's a born servant now born servant is the Greek word do loss which is basically meaning do loss is a slave but a slave of a very low category a low low a very low position and so you know Paul says that he's a born servant a slave of God very important he's a slave not of man not of people but born servant of God and so he's saying that even though he is a slave you know a slave of very low ranking but he is made himself as a slave by choice that means he has chosen to you know totally surrender himself to the authority to the will of God which means that a born servant is somebody who is you know bonded for life you know a slave after seven years is free to go but you know the slave if they love their master the master has been good to them very loyal and they want to continue serving their master then they they make this choice is their own choice is their own will which they exercise and say they want to become a born servant and you know they have a mark that is and then they put upon themselves you know I think they they have a here whole made in their ear lobe and that shows that they are a born servant a servant for life to their master so Paul is saying that he's a born servant we already studied about a born servant when we looked at the book of Romans I think even in Timothy you know so Paul by choice he chooses to be a slave who's totally surrendered to the will and authority of God so even though Paul was a born servant yet you know he had he was not in a low position but in a place of high place of authority you know in a high place of calling because he was a born servant of God and it's you know a never a low thing to be identified by the gospel it's never a demeaning thing or a simple thing or a low thing to be a servant of this great God it's a great privilege a great honor to be a servant of this great God and that is what Paul is saying and he along with saying that he's a born servant of God Paul says that he's an apostle of Jesus Christ so he's saying that you know he did not choose this position or this office of being an apostle by his own will or his you know he does did not designate this term for himself designate this office to himself or call upon himself this office but he says that God gave Paul this particular call and function as an apostle and the Greek word for apostle is apostolos and it means somebody who is a sent one sent with specific orders somebody who's a messenger a commission somebody who's commissioned to do something who's an ambassador and he says that he's been called to this office as an apostle by God himself so as an apostle you know God has called Paul to this office has given him this authority and as a born servant we see that Paul is basically pointing out to his personal relationship to God that he basically you know loves God wants to be under his submission his control his will for the rest of his life so that is talking about his personal relationship with God but then when he says that he's an apostle he you know he's pointing out to his official responsibility within the body of Christ and also that this official responsibility is given to him by God himself so it is Paul is saying that he is Jesus Christ Apostle and he has been called and equipped and sent forth as an authoritative messenger of Jesus Christ because an apostle is somebody who's a sent one sent with a specific order an ambassador a commissioned one a messenger so he says and whatever I'm writing whatever I'm saying to you I'm saying it because you know it is God himself who has given me this message God himself has commissioned me to say this God himself is giving me sending me with these orders to give these orders to you so God has we we learn from this that you know that God has gifted each one of us different gifts you know our gifts can be to be an apostle or teacher or pastor an evangelist or missionary whatever these are calling you know each one of us have different gifts and God has called us to these different offices and he enables us or he gives us the grace the mercy and it gives for the mutual edification of the body of Christ so it's not for us to post that you know I'm a pastor or an apostle or a prophet or a teacher but basically these gifts are given these offices are given to us and puts us in a in a higher place of responsibility or for greater place of accountability because we are going to be accountable to God himself because he's entrusted us with this office and you know these offices that we are all to is not just something that we can bear a badge and run around you know and claim that you know or claim a place in a position for ourselves but it's actually for the mutual edification of the body of Christ and ultimately leads to the glory of God so everything that we do is basically manifesting the glory of God who God is and what he does so it's important for us to you know recognize discern the gifts that God has put into our lives the calling the functions that he has called us to the place of ministry that he wants us to minister and even as he calls us that he gives us the gifts that are necessary so we don't compete with each other we don't you know you know we don't think that one is greater than the other no all of us are given specific roles specific gifts and that is for the mutual edification of the church or the body of Christ and so we use our gifts not to compare not to compete not to you know get into this rat race of power and position and you know heights that we can reach but it is given to us so that we can use it to build up the body of Christ to build them up strengthen the body of Christ believers the saints in the faith so whatever is our gifts whatever is the office of God has called us to you know we must be completely surrendered to his will and his authority just like Paul just choose to be a born servant of Jesus Christ and Paul goes on to say according to the faith of God's elect and the acknowledgement of the truth which accords with godliness now this you know there's a lot of writing commentary writers have written about this worse but you know just like to look at what the passion translation says because it helps us to kind of understand this phrase much better the passion translation says I'm writing Paul is saying I'm writing to you to further the faith of God's chosen ones and lead them to the full knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness so basically I've used this passion translation because helps us understand this phrase so Paul is saying telling that is I'm writing to you telling the believers at the saints in the creed that I'm writing to you to further the faith of God's chosen ones so he's saying I'm not just trying to use my you know authority and path telling what to do what not to do how you should you know conduct yourselves in the church what kind of leaders you know I'm not trying to exercise my authority or my dominion my position on each one of you but I'm doing this you know writing this to just kind of you know build each of you in the faith further you in the faith and lead you to the full knowledge of the truth and which you know both of this you know the faith and the full knowledge of truth will eventually lead to godliness so here Paul is mentioning his mission which is to further the faith of God's chosen ones bring them to the knowledge of the truth in that is will help them in you know with godliness or in keeping with godliness and then he goes on to talk about saying you know according to the faith of God select the knowledge acknowledgement of the truth which accords with godliness of God's elect so God's elect are those who God for you you know even before the foundation of the world who will choose him who will reject him he'd form you who is going to choose him who's going to receive his salvation and those who receive his salvation you know they do so by you know the the faith that they're exercising their own personal faith which is empowered of course by the Holy Spirit prompted and empowered by the Holy Spirit so we can't boast that salvation is my own works you know it's because of my own faith that I put my faith in trust in God compared to another person who rejected so my faith is much stronger no of course we exercise our personal faith but that personal faith is again prompted and empowered by the Holy Spirit so you know we can identify who God's elect are and how do we identify them we identify them by those who have responded positively to the gospel of Jesus Christ not only responded to the salvation call but also who people who live by that gospel and then he says you know the gospel which accords God's elect which accords with godliness so here you know this phrase accords with godliness it's basically you know the aim of God's truth is to promote godliness in God's people so you know the truth in God's world why do we need to read scripture is because it will help us to to be like Christ to be holy just like he is holy to be Christ like in everything that we do just basically helps us to be more godly promotes godliness in God's people so Paul's ministry and his mission as an apostle is to preach and teach the gospel which can edify the body of saints the believers build them up build them up in the faith establish them in the sound faith and in the knowledge of the truth and will also lead them to godliness so this should be our whole focus of why we want to preach and teach the gospel not preach and teach the gospel so that we can show that you know hey i've just completed my three years in bible college or i studied so much so i just want to you know share everything that i have learned or not preaching it in a sense where you know i know everything and i stand in a better place than you so preaching down on people know it's also not preaching to get a fame or let people know who you are or you know to have a great following on youtube you know how many likes how many dislikes that should not be our criteria but our criteria is that you know we teach so that we can build the saints or the believers in the sound faith in the knowledge of the truth which will ultimately lead them to godliness so all of us you know are being built up or being edified or being coming or coming to that place where we are this this pride is prepared for the right group so that should be our mission our purpose for the church today why we need to preach and teach the gospel uh it is to promote growth and development of mature faith in god's chosen ones that this is believers the saints in the church and through growth in the knowledge of the truth and then reaching godliness or becoming more christlike okay worse too it says in hope of eternal life which god who cannot lie promised before time began so paul states that his ministry his apostleship is in the interest of you know the faith of god's chosen ones it's in the interest of them knowing the truth and promoting godliness you know which rests on this hope of eternal life so see how beautifully he's just connecting you know his credentials of who he is and the purpose of why he is writing and also why he's doing ministry why he's preaching and teaching is so that people can be built up in the faith they can come to the knowledge of the truth and you know this can promote godliness uh with the hope of eternal life now this hope word hope here is not something that is just you know wishing that something will happen or it'll come true but the greek word for hope here i've written that i put the greek word there you know uh it basically means you know a confident expectation and anticipation so it is basically a confident uh expectation uh because um you know of this this hope of eternal life because it rests on the promises of god and it says that you know promises of god who cannot lie uh and god cannot lie um because he's perfect his character is holy uh and hence our promise of eternal life the scope of eternal life uh it it is on a sure foundation that is the promises of god and and god's promises stands from eternity to eternity from generation to generation because he's a god who cannot lie because he's a god by nature who is holy and uh perfect now eternal life is not something like i've explained before it's not something that we will you know have to hope that we are going to have this eternal life somewhere in the future someday we'll possess this eternal life it's not just uh an eschatological eschatology means somewhere uh hope part into the future a confident expectation anticipation of something that we will enjoy in the future but it's a realized eschatology which means that we can realize eternal life here and now the minute you've accepted Jesus as your lord and savior with your procedure into your life you can experience that fullness of eternal life you can possess the fullness of eternal life here now in the in the present but yet you know the the completeness of it in the fullest form can be seen in the later time when we see when we are with god we'll see him face to face you know that's when we will fully experience eternal life but we already are experiencing eternal life here and now the minute that we are born again and how do we know this scripture says this in john chapter 3 verse 36 tells us that those who believe in the sun has eternal life the one who believes in the sun has eternal life that is perspective eternal life so the word possesses is better than has it's not something that says the one who believes in the sun will have uh or may have but it says has which means it's already a realized thing is something that is present now you know so we can possess that eternal life here and now and you know we can experience it here in the fullest sense and also says you know who god cannot lie so the apostle is pointing out two points here the reality of the truth of god and the eternal nature of his promises so the reality of the truth of god is god cannot lie which the greek word for lie here means free from falsehood uh or as not guilty or falsehood or the other meaning is truthful so we see that god is uh you know cannot speak anything that this lies is free from falsehood is utterly truthful and so the literal meaning here is god who is free from all the speed of falsehood and hence is truthful is trustworthy uh so you know that is the reality of the truth of god and also his eternal nature of his promises uh because he's a god who cannot lie his promises are sure and he is will be faithful to perform his promises so it's wonderful to know that eternal life you know rests on the truth of the nature of god who is a god who cannot lie who's utterly honest truthful pure and holy and also that his promises are you know uh eternal in nature because he's a god who cannot lie okay we'll stop here we'll go for a break and then um sorry well i'll meet you at uh 11 o' one okay we'll go for a break thank you everyone and then if you come when we come back after break if you have any questions i'll answer those questions thank you