Titus 1:14-16
"not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn from the truth. To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work."

The Jews had managed to add false doctrine to the O.T. with things from the surrounding cultures including baal worship. Some of the Jewish fables were preserved in the Apocrypha. One must be careful of mixing popular culture into their Christianity.

Paul is writing about people who are in the church but their consciences no longer function. Their warning system doesn't work. They think that they are doing good, but in reality their works are disqualified.

We talked a bit about how one comes to be in this situation with an unworking conscience. Josh mentioned that unconfessed and repeated sin can lead to a seared conscience.

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Yesterday we were flooded twice! When B. and I got home from walking at the mall, the basement bathroom had a layer of muddy water all over it. So I promptly cleaned it all up. Then when I laid down for my quiet time, the skies broke open and the downpour was so extreme that I thought that I better check the basement again. The window well was totally full. I called Dad and he says to bail it out so what does stupid me do? Try to open the window and create another muddy flood. Bailing from the outside worked much better. I felt like Pooh and Piglet in the Windsday story. Dad came home and rescued me.