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    Notes on the Epistles to Titus and Philemon and the Epistle by Jude: New Testament Bible Commentary Series
    Notes on the Epistles to Titus and Philemon and the Epistle by Jude: New Testament Bible Commentary Series
    Notes on the Epistles to Titus and Philemon and the Epistle by Jude: New Testament Bible Commentary Series
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    Notes on the Epistles to Titus and Philemon and the Epistle by Jude: New Testament Bible Commentary Series

    By JOHN MILLER

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    Bible teacher John Miller explores the three short New Testament books of Titus, Philemon and Jude in this helpful Bible commentary.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHayes Press
    Release dateDec 14, 2018
    ISBN9781386282174
    Notes on the Epistles to Titus and Philemon and the Epistle by Jude: New Testament Bible Commentary Series
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    JOHN MILLER

    JOHN MILLER (1882-1968) was born at Blackridge, Scotland of humble parents. He was saved in his youth, baptized and added to the assembly then at Blackridge, halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow. He joined the service of the North British Railway Co. as a clerk but that occupation did not tax his mental talents. He belonged to a generation which produced many able brethren who had no opportunity of higher education in secular subjects. Their ability was used on the study of the Bible. There were a lot of such men in the Brethren Movement and some found their way into the Churches of God. He was one of them. At 26 years of age he became a full-time servant of the Lord and, at the relatively young age of 29 years, he was writing papers on doctrinal subjects for the overseers' conference. In 1925 when he was 42 years he was recognised as one of the leading brothers of the Churches of God. In the course of his work as a Lord's Servant he visited most parts of the Fellowship except Nigeria. In the U.K. he was known from the Shetland Isles to the Channel Isles, not only by saints in the Churches of God.  He studied the whole scope of Bible teaching and his vision took in the world. As a man, he was a very able man; as a man of God, there were few his equal. He was outstanding in any group of men and at all times a pillar among his fellows. Had he been a politician he would have made his mark among the great ones of the earth. He spoke like an orator as one may hear from a few tapes of his ministry which are available. There are many, many articles in Needed Truth and Bible Studies and Intelligence. His notes of the books of the New Testament can be obtained from Hayes Press.  He married Mary Smith, daughter of a former Lord's Servant, David Smith and they had ten children.

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      Notes on the Epistles to Titus and Philemon and the Epistle by Jude - JOHN MILLER

      PAUL’S LETTERS TO TITUS AND PHILEMON - WHEN AND WHERE WRITTEN (W. BUNTING)

      It is a striking fact that Titus is not mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as accompanying Paul on any of his journeys. We learn from Gal.2:3 that Titus was a Greek, and that he was with Paul and Barnabas when they visited Jerusalem, and laid before those of repute the gospel preached among the Gentiles. In his second letter to the Corinthians, Paul mentions Titus no less than nine times, and in one instance refers to him as my fellow-worker" (2 Cor.8:23).

      It would seem that Paul had recently visited Crete and left Titus there with the charge that he should set in order the things that were wanting, and appoint elders in every city (Tit.1:5). To assist Titus, the qualifications of the elders or overseers are clearly set out.  It has been suggested that the letter was sent from Ephesus just before the apostle set out for Nicopolis, where he intended to winter, and Titus was asked to join him there (Tit.3:12).

      When the apostle Paul completed the letter to the Colossians, and was about to send it by the hand of Tychicus, he wrote a remarkable letter to a wealthy citizen of Colossae, Philemon by name, about a runaway slave. How grateful we are that this personal letter has a place in the canon of Scripture. It reveals some aspects of the apostle’s character which may not have been apparent to us other­wise. It has been said that it is the letter of a Christian gentleman, kindly, courteous, tactful, not too proud to beg a favour, and yet maintaining the dignity of his position as an ambassador of Christ. The recipient could not resist its appeal.

      We are not at present dealing with the subject matter of the letter, but considering when and where it was written. Epaphras, who was from Colossae, must have spent much time with the apostle in the prison-house discussing the well-being of the church in that city and the individual saints who comprised it. The names of Philemon, Apphia, and Archippus would often be mentioned, and then the remarkable case of Onesimus, who had probably robbed his master Philemon, and later found his way to Rome itself.

      The letter to Philemon was the sequel. The apostle writes as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner also of Christ Jesus. The story of the runaway slave is told simply, and with telling effect. While Tychicus delivered the apostle’s letter to the elders at Colossae, Onesimus made his way over ground he knew so well to the home of his master Philemon, and handed over the letter addressed to him. As master and slave confronted one another, it must have been a touching scene, and we leave them, thankful on our part that the letter which brought them together again has an honoured place in the New Testament.

      COMMENTARY ON TITUS 1

      Tit.1:1,2,3

      Paul writes of himself as a bondservant of Jesus Christ, in Rom.1:1, of himself and Timothy as bondservants of Christ Jesus in Phil.1:1, and here of himself as a bondservant of God. All angels, save those who are fallen, and all redeemed men, are bondservants of God (Rev.19:10). Paul was also an apostle (one who is sent) of Jesus Christ. He was an apostle according to the faith of God’s elect. Is this faith or the Faith? We think that it is the former. There is no definite article before faith. Even though persons are elect before the foundation of the world, they must exercise faith in the message

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