THE GOSPEL AND EVERYDAY LIFE,
TITUS 1:1-9,

THE BOOK OF TITUS IS ABOUT ENSURING THE GOSPEL IS CENTRAL TO THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE CHURCH …

A SOVEREIGN WORK, VS.1-3

   WHO PAUL WAS … VS.1

   WHAT PAUL SHARED … VS.1-3


SOUND LEADERSHIP, VS.4-8

   WHO WAS TITUS? VS.4

   WHERE? CRETE, VS.5,12

   WHAT? VS.5, “THAT YOU MIGHT SET IN ORDER WHAT REMAINS,”

   WHO? ELDERS

      ELDER – PRESBYTERIAN

      OVERSEER – BISHOP

      SHEPHERD – PASTOR, I PETER 2:2-3
 ACTS 20:17-19,28-30

   THE ELDERS PRIVATE LIFE, VS.6

      “ABOVE REPROACH” “BLAMELESS” – NOTHING TO GRAB HOLD OF … (ACCUSATIONS WILL MOST CERTAINLY OCCUR)

      “THE HUSBAND OF ONE WIFE”

WUEST, “A MAN WHO IS KNOWN AS A MAN OF ONE WOMAN.”

      “HAVING CHILDREN WHO BELIEVE …” “FAITHFUL”

“THE BEST WAY TO BEAT THE DEVIL IS TO HIT HIM OVER THE HEAD WITH THE CRADEL.” BILLY SUNDAY

   THE ELDERS PUBLIC LIFE, VS.7-8

       THE NEGATIVE, VS.7

      THE POSITIVE, VS8

         BALANCE, I THES.2:1-7, 8-12

   THE ELDERS PULPIT LIFE, VS.9

        ENCOURAGE THE FAITHFUL, “EXHORT”

        DISCOURAGE THE FALSE, “REFUTE”

APPLICATION …