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Restoration, By Devotion, To The Right Things

May 14, 2023 Speaker: Kevin Bennett Series: Titus: Discipleship

Topic: UPCC Passage: Titus 3:9-15

Listen to sermon here.

 

Sermon Outline

Titus

  • The book: A letter written to a pastor. (1:1)
  • The person: A pastor called to fix a broken church. (1:4-5) 

The Main Issues in the Broken Church

Lack of godly leadership (1:5-9)

The Cretans were destroying families (1:10-13)

The circumcised party were leading people away from the Truth (1:14)

Non-believers were influencing the church culture (1:16)

Paul’s Prescription to Fixing What Was Broken

Appoint elders/shepherds/pastors/overseers that are above reproach (1:5-9)

Teach what accords with sound doctrine (2:1-15)

  • Discipleship by mentorship
  • Model godly living
  • Rehearse the gospel
  • Insist on the recall of regeneration and renewal
  • Rebuke false teachers

Our Goals As A Local Church, and As A Leadership Team

Those who believe in God should be careful to devote themselves to good works, because these things are excellent & profitable (3:8)

  • Good works flow from a life changed by God
  • Philippians 4:8
  • Colossians 3:1-3

Those who believe in God should NOT take part in the following; they are unprofitable & worthless (3:9)

  • Matthew 7:15-20
  • Foolish Controversies (1 Corinthians 1:11-13)
  • Genealogies (Philippians 3:3b-11)
  • Dissensions (Proverbs 6:12-19)
  • Quarrels About the Law (Matthew 12:1-2,9-10; 23:1-7)

What Should Pastors/Elders Do With a Divisive Person In Their Church?

Warn him once.

Warn him twice.

Have nothing more to do with him. (3:10-11)

  • Such a person has self-condemned themselves by their actions
  • They are warped and sinful

Take Home

Let our people…(3:14)

  • Be devoted to good works
  • Help in cases of urgent need
  • Seek to be fruitful

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