DOING GOOD …
TITUS 2:7-10

REVIEW: A QUICK LOOK BACK, 1:1

TITUS IS A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THE LOCAL CHURCH MUST LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO GAIN THE RIGHT TO SHARE THE GOSPEL …

DEEDS,
1:8,16; 2:2-3, 7,14; 3:5, 8, 12-14

“YOU WERE PUT ON EARTH TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. YOU WEREN’T CREATED JUST TO CONSUME RESOURCES – TO EAT, BREATH, AND TAKE UP SPACE. GOD DESIGNED YOU TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH YOUR LIFE. WHILE MANY BEST-SELLING BOOKS OFFER ADVICE ON HOW TO ‘GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR LIFE,’ THAT’S NOT THE REASON GOD MADE YOU. YOU WERE CREATED TO ‘ADD’ LIFE ON EARTH, NOT JUST TAKE FROM IT. GOD WANTS YOU TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK.”
- RICK WARREN, A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE

2:7, “EXAMPLE” THE WORD MEANS “A BLOW” – LIKE A BLOW WITH A HAMMER …

“TO CONVINCE A MAN THAT GOD CAN SAVE, I NEED TO SHOW HIM A MAN HE SAVED. TO CONVINCE A MAN THAT GOD CAN GIVE HOPE, I NEED TO SHOW HIM A MAN WITH HOPE …” McARTHUR

WHEN ASKED WHO/WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN, HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

DOCTRINE, 2:7

   “PURITY” UNCORRUPTED

   PS.119:97-106

   THE MIND APART FROM OF TRUE DOCTRINE CAN JUSTIFY ANYTHING AND WORSE MAKE YOU BELIEVE ANYTHING …

DEMEANOR, 2:8

   “DIGNIFIED” THE ABILITY TO THINK SERIOUSLY

   “SOUND IN SPEECH”

   “OPPONENT MAY BE PUT TO SHAME, HAVING NOTHING BAD TO SAY ABOUT US.”

DUTY, 2:9-10

   CHARACTERISTICS THAT GIVE CHRISTIANS A PLATFORM TO SHARE THE GOSPEL

APPLICATION:

“IF YOU’RE NOT INVOLVED IN ANY SERVICE OR MINISTRY WHAT EXCUSE HAVE YOU BEEN USING? ABRAHAM WAS OLD, JACOB WAS INSECURE, LEAH WAS UNATTRACTIVE, JOSEPH WAS ABUSED, MOSES STUTTERED, GIDEON WAS POOR, SAMSON WAS CO-DEPENDENT, RAHAB WAS IMMORAL, DAVID HAD AN AFFAIR AND ALL KINDS OF FAMILY PROBLEMS, ELIJAH WAS SUICIDAL, JEREMIAH WAS DEPRESSED, JONAH WAS RELUCTANT, NAOMI WAS A WIDOW, JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS ECCENTRIC TO SAY THE LEAST, PETER WAS IMPULSIVE AND HOT TEMPERED, MARTHA WORRIED A LOT, THE SAMARITAN WOMAN HAD SEVERAL FAILED MARRIAGES, ZACCHAEUS WAS UNPOPULAR. THOMAS HAD DOUBTS, PAUL HAD POOR HEALTH, AND TIMOTHY WAS TIMID. QUITE A VARIETY OF MISFITS, BUT GOD USED THEM IN HIS SERVICE, HE WILL USE US TO, IF WE STOP MAKING EXCUSES.” RICK WARREN, A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE