Unto the pure all things are pure
but unto them that are defiled and
Unbelieving is nothing pure but even their mind and conscience is defiled. Don't miss that. What is he saying?
It's no question why verse 15 comes after verse 14 where he talks about what they said. He's basically saying this look
When Paul and Titus see Cretans, what do they see them as potential pastors?
laborers
Churches a place where good works can be done, right?
When the Pharisees see the Cretans, where do they see? Oh, they're just liars
evil beasts slow bellies
Why because unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure
So when they look at lost people or when they look at Christians, you know on the island of Crete
What do they see? They see a bunch of wicked people why because they see a reflection of themselves
They're trying to project that which they are
What are the Pharisees liars?
evil beasts, right and
slow bellies
What does slow belly means it means they're lazy, you know, like Jesus said about the Pharisees
They're not even willing to you know, they command people to keep the law, but they themselves won't even do it with their own finger
They won't even keep the commandments that they're telling people to keep they're lazy themselves, right?
But unto the pure all things are pure
It's like this. Let me give you an example. I don't know we're going long today, but
Titus chapter 1 amen
So what does that have to do with anything? Nothing?
It's like this. It's like when we announced that we're going to Compton and
There's literally pastors
They're like, oh, yeah, we'd never go there. There's no gang bangers
There's a bludgeon Crips over there. You can get hurt
Well, you know what to the pure all things are pure buddy
But unto them which are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure you see Compton
You see a bunch of rapists and gang bangers and heroin addicts
You see a bunch of you know, wicked people and you know, they're not gonna get saved. So just send the bus ministry in there
Don't send actual soul winners to go and preach the gospel unto them
But you know what first works these unto the pure all things are pure. We see a field ready to hear the gospel
We see people who are open to the gospel you see bloods, yeah me too
I see people I see bloods who need to be washed in the blood of Christ. I
See Crips they need to be get one to becoming bloods of crack for Christ. Amen
You see gang bangers I see
Potential people we're gonna get saved. I see potential people who will listen to sermons online who clean up their lives
That's what I see cuz I'm so the pure all things are pure and literally this pastor like
Cuz they had some someone from our church invited a pastor to come with us to Compton. Oh, I
Would never go there
That's too dangerous
They might try to bang on me
Well, look when they tell you where you're from just tell them I'm a citizen of Israel a man
Or just tell them I'm from first works Baptist Church. Let me give you an invite
And look we saw tons of people saved in in Compton
When we went to Watts man, Watts was fruitful. It's all tons of people's you got a Watson. We can't send our best people there
I'm not gonna send my millionaire to that
Decrepit city and having one people to Christ you respect our people go read James to
fool