Titus 2:3-5 King James Version (KJV)

³ The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, 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.

Oh my, Day 2!  Here we go on another day’s journey to improve ourselves as Titus II women.  Let’s dive in!

Titus II – “Not False Accusers”

When we were kids it was easy to place blame on someone else to avoid the punishment from our parents.  I remember one distinct incident when I was a pre-teen and had broken the glass in my mother’s table in the living room.  When asked later that day who had broken the glass, I immediately pointed at my brother to off set the punishment from my direction to his.  I began to bring up his childhood history and convince her that because of these past experiences that he had to have done it.  That he was just simply bad as a 6 year old!

We at times, as women, act just like this!  Oh yes, I intend to be real!

In this verse, the word accuser refers to [diablos] meaning “the devil”.  As Titus II women, we must remember that we must not have similar attributes of the adversary, the devil.  Satan has certain attributes that coincide with the writers explanation in this verse.  One in particular being slanderous.

Slanderous behavior is when a person intentionally harms another person’s reputation or tells something that is not true and that can damage the character of someone else.  This is intentional behavior.  Let’s just talk real for a moment – too often we hear conversation and often times willingly participate in conversations that involve damaging someone else’s character.  Another term for this explanation is malicious!

We have all heard the statement that “the devil made me do it” – and a few of us may have said or even believed it.  When most of us are not even under the influence of the devil; we are under the influence of our own selves.  We may not want to admit it.  But having the latest gossip on another woman’s marriage or her mothering skills, can often times be conversation of false accusations.  Some feel that it adds “juice” to the conversation and give us total and complete attention from others.

This insinuates that you begin to act in a manner as I Peter 5:8 describes of the devil, that you “…walk about seeking whom [you] may devour…”.  Killing peoples character one after the other with no real goal in mind only to satisfy or bust your status among friends.  That you have the “tea”!

Think on these things…

Lord, thank you for your Word and for the reassurance that I can change with guidance from this same Word.  Help me to not be a false accuser of my fellow sisters and brothers in Christ.  That I may stay focused on displaying behavior that mimics my elder brother.  Thank you God for another chance to get this right!