Titus 2: "not false accusers"

Strong's:

accusers -->

1) prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely

a) a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer,

2) metaph. applied to a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him

websters:

One who accuses or blames; an officer who prefers an accusation against another for some offense, in the name of the government, before a tribunal that has cognizance of the offense.

Titus 2: "behaviour as becometh holiness"

Holiness, according to Strong's Concordance, is:

1) befitting men, places, actions or sacred things to God

2) reverent

definitions from Webster's 1828 dictionary:

befitting --> Suiting; becoming; from befit --> To suit; to be suitable to; to become

reverent --> expressing reverence, veneration or submission; as reverent words or terms; a reverent posture in prayer; reverent behavior; Submissive; humble; impressed with reverence.

reverence --> Fear mingled with respect and esteem; veneration

to fear --> To reverence; to have a reverential awe; to venerate.

veneration --> The highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with some degree of awe; a feeling or sentiment excited by the dignity and superiority of a person, or by the sacredness of his character, and with regard to place, by its consecration to sacred services

So I must be submissive and humble to God. I must give him veneration and reverence. I must fear him.

So with my behaviour I am to show fear and reverence to God. I must, with my actions, be suited to His likeness.

Becca

Titus 2

This week I am also reading in Titus. I want to share some thoughts:

3. The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much win, teachers of good things;
4. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5. To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

I'm a young woman, but eventually I'll be an aged woman. To teach all these things then, they are things I need to learn NOW.

Over the next few weeks I plan on taking each trait and studying it further to see what it really means and what are the other examples of that trait in the Bible.

Becca