Our dear brother Tom is reading the verse today.

Titus 1:3, “[Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness – a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time,] and at His appointed season He brought His word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior, …”

Interesting points:
1. In this verse Paul indicates he was living in God’s designated or "appointed" time to reveal the Good News — or Gospel — concerning Jesus Christ, the Messiah who rose from the dead. The second part of this verse echoes Paul's words in Galatians 1:15-16 that Jesus was revealed in him – that God "entrusted" this message -- for him to preach the Good News to the Gentiles as an apostle.

2. This mission to preach was not optional. The end of this verse notes Paul's work was "by the command of God our Savior", meaning that Paul served in obedience to God's command. By calling God "our Savior" Paul underlined to Titus – a gentile -- that Christ died to reconcile Jew and Gentile alike to God.

Application.
Brothers, God’s appointed season for revealing the Gospel through Paul was a critical watershed in reconciling us Gentiles to our Heavenly Father. But this season is not yet over when we consider that we have a part in communicating and sharing the Good News to all those who have neither heard it nor actually understood its implication for their lives!

Like Paul, we have been commanded by our Lord with the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20), “[Jesus said, ‘Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you.’ “

The critical watershed for the Church was when Paul spread the Gospel to the Gentiles, the critical watershed for the non-Christian is when we can bring the Word to light and lead them to a full acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord!

May God give us His boldness, His discernment and wisdom to share the Gospel so that it finds fertile ground!