Category: Titus 2
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Future Thoughts
James 4:13-14 “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring . . . Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this…
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The Things NOT Better Left Unsaid
Titus 2:15 “Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.” “Some things are better left unsaid,” is a phrase you’ve probably heard. It means that some things, if they are said, will only lead to trouble. A similar idea is expressed when people say, “It’s ok to discuss anything but religion…
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Cart Before the Horse?
Titus 2:11-12 “For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age” You’ve heard the expression, “Don’t put the cart before the horse.” A similar expression is this one: “First things first.” These sayings are talking about the fact that…
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A Life that Adorns the Gospel
Titus 2:9-10 “Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.” Paul’s letter to his disciple Titus includes instructions to this young pastor on how he was to teach…
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Teaching that is “Sound”
Titus 2:1 “But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.” In the verse above, the apostle and great teacher Paul is teaching his protégé Titus how to teach. Paul instructs Titus that his teaching should be in contrast with that of those he has just warned him about at the end of chapter 1, i.e.,…
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Love: Some of the “How Tos”
Titus 2:3-4 “Older women likewise are to . . . train the young women to love their husbands and children . . .” Ephesians 6:25 “Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” One of the truths about what God has told us in His Word is that all…
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The Self
Titus 1:7-8 “For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must (be) . . . self-controlled” Titus 2:1 “Older men are to be . . . self-controlled” Titus 2:2-5 “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior . . . They are to . . . train the young women . .…
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Topics of Discussion – an Examination
Titus 2:3 “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women . . . “ 2 Timothy 2:2 “and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to…
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Zeal: the Good and the Bad
Titus 2:13-14 “Our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” What are you passionate about? What trips your trigger, turns you on, fires you up? Another way of saying this is what are you…
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The Health of the Elderly
Titus 2:1-2 “But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.” I’m sure you’ve heard the term “the golden years.” I’m not sure who first coined this phrase or what was meant by it in the beginning, but it has come to…
To Encourage You 