I love words.

Titus 2:9-10  – Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.

Notice the underlined word “attractive”.  The New Testament was written Greek and the word here is “kosmeo”, the origin of our English word cosmetic.  It means “to put in proper order” or “to make beautiful”.  A sidebar to this is the idea of modesty – so immodesty is something that's out of order or needs to be put back in order!

While St. Paul was writing about slaves and their responsibility to be fully trustworthy and honest – it applies to every Christ-follower as we make the gospel attractive or beautiful to those around us and that we have surrendered to the Lord so He can “put us in proper order” for His glory and purposes!

Take a look in the mirror sometime today and ask yourself – “is the Good News about Jesus and His salvation made more attractive/kosmeo because of me?”

Blessings!

Pastor Mark