Years ago I took a group of teens up to Canada. The first thing we did was exchange our American currency for Canadian. One of the teens saw all the colors of the Canadian currency and felt the paper quality and refused to exchange his money. He thought the money was fake! Have you seen that stuff? It does look fake! It looks like monopoly money. And how about when they came out with those new colored versions of the U.S. twenty. I remember the first time I got one of those and had to really look twice before I was convinced it wasn't fake (and to tell ya the truth; I wasn't totally convinced). At first I thought,"This is a fake,"but then I thought that a fake would be much closer to matching the "real thing." So how do you spot a fake? 
In Titus 1:16 it says," They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for doing anything good." So these guys are fakes and yet they are the ones teaching and leading. They are called detestable, disobedient, and unfit. So how can something so bad, pass as something good? That's the nature of a fake. It has to look good. When it comes to money, it has to be the right paper, the right ink, an exact copy. It could be almost identical, but it is missing an important part. It is not approved as money.
So here's the deal. I was intrigued by that word "unfit" because of our discovery that the word "sound" in the Greek meant healthy. So I did some research on the word "unfit." Well, it didn't go where I thought it would go, but it was still pretty interesting. So, check it out. The word "unfit" in the Greek is adokimos, which means "not approved." Now in regard to money, that approval means the difference between real and counterfit. That approval (or "dokimos")is vital. In the old days, before they had paper money, the money was made from melted metal poured into molds (Donald Grey Barnhouse,Romans: God's Glory). After it cooled they would shave off the edges to make it smooth. Many people started shaving more and more off. Some of the money changers were men of integrity who would only put into circulation the money that was full-weight. These men were called "Dokimos". Look at the difference between those words! Adokimos and Dokimos; only one letter, but a world of difference.
The language of this verse bothered me because it seemed pretty harsh. I mean, these guys aren't atheist or satanists, but church goers and teachers. Paul says they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit. Why so mean? Well, we need to remember that a small change can make a world of difference. Sin doesn't always look awful. Think about it. The number of man is (6) and the number of God (7). Not much difference there. In Romans it says, "For all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God." It doesn't say that we missed it by a mile, but that we have fallen short. If we miss it by a little; we still miss it completely. I think we forget that Satan was once an amazing angel. He did one thing wrong; he said I don't need God to do this. Now Satan has become the great counterfiter. He tells us that we can do anything that we put our minds to. He tells us that if we work hard enough; then we can make it. Well, we can make it, but only to 6. We will never get that stamp of approval if we don't make it all the way to 7.
So are these men detestable? Well, if they are not "Dokimos" 
then they have to be "Adokimos." If not Christ; then anti-christ. Oh yeh, that's pretty harsh, but take a look in Revelation and you will see that the anti-christ is going to look good. Most people think of that "anti" part to mean the opposite of Christ; when really it is closer to meaning a counterfit version of Christ. I wonder how much of my life is just a counterfit version of God working in me. How much of my righteousness is really my own efforts, just so I will look good or feel good.
then they have to be "Adokimos." If not Christ; then anti-christ. Oh yeh, that's pretty harsh, but take a look in Revelation and you will see that the anti-christ is going to look good. Most people think of that "anti" part to mean the opposite of Christ; when really it is closer to meaning a counterfit version of Christ. I wonder how much of my life is just a counterfit version of God working in me. How much of my righteousness is really my own efforts, just so I will look good or feel good.
I've thought about that alot lately, now that I have found myself to be homeless (a church home that is). I don't want to just go to another church and simply start playing the church game. I want to be "Dokimos." I want everything I do to be approved by God. No, actually that last part isn't quite true or at least not completely true. See, I don't go around checking every dollar bill that I get to see if it was approved as currency. I just get it; and spend it. That's how I want my life to be. I don't want to go around looking for something to do, but I want to be ready and willing to do whatever God gives me to do. Then I don't have to worry about whether or not it is approved. I am convinced that God is less concerned with what I do, than He is with who I am. He wants me to be true; to be "Dokimos." Now that's being fit!
