Church Health Week 2

RECAP

• Written by Paul to Titus is traveling companion around 66-67 A.D.  Around the time Paul wrote 1 Timothy.
• To go to an Island of the Coast of Greece named Crete.
• The island was filled with people who were known to be liars, evil beasts and lazy gluttons.
• Paul started some house churches and Titus was to finish what was left undone and Appoint godly Elders and to confront false teaching.
• As a result of this false teaching and corrupt leaders, the Christians in the house churches were drifting back into the Cretan way of life.  Their homes were a wreck!!!!
• Therefore, Paul is commissioning Titus not only to restore sound doctrine, but to help restore the Kingdom Family of God!

1. THE OLDER CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE (VSS. 1-4a)

“But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. ² Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. ³ Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good…”

• THE YOUNGER CHRISTIAN LIFESTYLE (VVS. 4b-8)

^4 “and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, ⁵ to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. ⁶ Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. ⁷ Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, ⁸ and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.”

• THE BONDSERVANTS WORK ETHIC (VSS. 9-10)

^9 “Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, ¹⁰ not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.”

•  THE GRACE THAT CREATES HEALTH (VSS. 11-15)

• GRACE REDEEMS US (VSS. 11, 14a)

¹¹ For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people…¹⁴ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness…”

• GRACE RESTORES US (VSS. 12, 14b)

¹² training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age… and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.”

• GRACE REWARDS US (VSS. 13)

¹³waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ…¹⁵ Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

LIVE IT OUT!

• As an older believer, how does your life measure up to the standard of living Paul encourages Titus to teach?
• As an younger believer, where do you need help by an older believer?  Will you seek to ask someone to help you?
• Who can you disciple right now in to bring strength to the Kingdom Family?