THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH-PART 2 (4 OF 7)
by Brad Whitt
Scripture: Titus 2:4-10
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Title: The Members of the Church - Part 2 (4 of 7)
Series: Our Man in Crete
Author: Brad Whitt
Text: Titus 2:4-10
INTRODUCTION
We're in Titus Chapter Two this evening in a series of studies through this little letter written to a young Gentile believer named Titus. The letter to Titus was the next to last letter the Apostle Paul wrote.
I'll begin by providing a little background for those of you who are new tonight or need to catch up in the series. Most likely, Titus came into Paul's life sometime during the Apostle Paul's second missionary journey. Luke doesn't mention Titus in Acts. We do not know when, where, or how Titus was converted or how he met Paul. But in Titus Chapter One, Verse Four, Paul calls him "A true son in our common faith." Suggesting that Titus, like Paul's other young preacher boy, Timothy, was led to saving faith by Paul.
After Paul's first imprisonment, he took Titus with him Cretewhere they ministered together. When Paul left, Titus stayed in Crete to carry on the ministry.
Titus had traveled with Paul extensively, and he was with him earlier in Corinth. That's important for this study. Titus was with Paul in Corinth, not as a mentee or an understudy but as a partner and a fellow laborer.
Titus was Paul's model of a born-again, spirit-filled Gentile convert. Titus didn't have to show any of the outward stuff required of a young Jewish boy - circumcision or obeying all the temple mosaic laws.
Titus was well acquainted with the arguments of the Judaizers. That's important here in Titus as well. He had spent a year or so with Paul ministering in Corinth, which was prototypic, a picture of a problem church.
The church at Corinth prepared Titus to deal with the immature, selfish, factional, worldly Cretans.
Paul was passing the baton, writing letters to his young preacher boys - two letters to Timothy and this intensely practical letter to Titus.
Illustration
I turned 45 in July, which put ...
Series: Our Man in Crete
Author: Brad Whitt
Text: Titus 2:4-10
INTRODUCTION
We're in Titus Chapter Two this evening in a series of studies through this little letter written to a young Gentile believer named Titus. The letter to Titus was the next to last letter the Apostle Paul wrote.
I'll begin by providing a little background for those of you who are new tonight or need to catch up in the series. Most likely, Titus came into Paul's life sometime during the Apostle Paul's second missionary journey. Luke doesn't mention Titus in Acts. We do not know when, where, or how Titus was converted or how he met Paul. But in Titus Chapter One, Verse Four, Paul calls him "A true son in our common faith." Suggesting that Titus, like Paul's other young preacher boy, Timothy, was led to saving faith by Paul.
After Paul's first imprisonment, he took Titus with him Cretewhere they ministered together. When Paul left, Titus stayed in Crete to carry on the ministry.
Titus had traveled with Paul extensively, and he was with him earlier in Corinth. That's important for this study. Titus was with Paul in Corinth, not as a mentee or an understudy but as a partner and a fellow laborer.
Titus was Paul's model of a born-again, spirit-filled Gentile convert. Titus didn't have to show any of the outward stuff required of a young Jewish boy - circumcision or obeying all the temple mosaic laws.
Titus was well acquainted with the arguments of the Judaizers. That's important here in Titus as well. He had spent a year or so with Paul ministering in Corinth, which was prototypic, a picture of a problem church.
The church at Corinth prepared Titus to deal with the immature, selfish, factional, worldly Cretans.
Paul was passing the baton, writing letters to his young preacher boys - two letters to Timothy and this intensely practical letter to Titus.
Illustration
I turned 45 in July, which put ...
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