Titus is mentioned in 2 Corinthians and Galatians so what dispensation would Titus be in?
Acts 28 was a huge dispensational boundary and a unique
point in God's purposes. Paul and Titus certainly crossed
that boundary; but Paul did not look back; he pressed onwards.
He also prayed that the Ephesians, who also
crossed the line, would be given the wise and revealing spirit
in the knowledge of Christ so they would know the hope, the inheritance and the power.
These last three things had
These last three things had
changed, but there was no change in
Christ's death, burial, and resurrection for salvation. So Paul
wanted all believers to know about the change, to embrace it
as he did.
Here are some passages to consider:
"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended; but
this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press
toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus
minded; and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall
reveal even this unto you." (Php. 3:13-15)
"That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first
[previously] trusted in Christ." (Eph. 1:12)
"Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus,
and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you,
making mention of you in my prayers; That the God of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of
the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of
wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of
your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what
is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness
of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working
of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised
him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the
him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the
heavenly places;" (Eph. 1:15-20)
Paul had been at Ephesus for 2 years and declared to
them all the counsel of God and held back nothing,
Acts 20:20, 27 but now he prayed they would know
the things that had changed after Acts 28. We
also read in Eph.4 that there is one hope of our
calling, singular.
We must leave those who crossed that boundary with
the Lord but Paul rejoiced in the glory of the
new dispensation and the sufferings
associated with it. "Wherefore I desire that ye faint not
at my tribulations for you, which is
your glory. For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in Heaven
and earth is named," (Eph. 3:13-14)
"Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that
which is behind
of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake,
which is the
church; whereof I am made a minister, according to the
dispensation of God
given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God; Even
the mystery which hath been
hid from ages and from generations, but now has been
revealed to his saints: to whom God would make known
what is the riches of the glory of
what is the riches of the glory of
this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you,
the hope of glory," (Col. 1:24-27)
Paul makes it clear that the riches of glory for all
nations is found in the
new set of conditions that God introduced. (Brian
Kelson), see BibleUnderstanding FAQ
FYI: Brother Kelson is not KJV-Only
so his articles may contain quotes from
other versions.
I took the liberty of changing the ones
I've posted on this page
to the King James version.
FYI: Brother Kelson is not KJV-Only
so his articles may contain quotes from
other versions.
I took the liberty of changing the ones
I've posted on this page
to the King James version.
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