Paul's Epistles – Titus – Part 4:
Teaching Older Men & Women
Pastor Bruce A. Shields
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SERMON INTRODUCTION
Unlike some of the other epistles attributed
cautiously to Paul, nearly all agree that without a doubt, Titus is most
definitely Paul’s workmanship.
Some thought that because of its strong emphasis on
“works”, Paul did not write it. (1:16; 2:7, 14; 3:1, 8, 14 ),
however Titus 3:5 gives the answer to that objection, “he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because
of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the
Holy Spirit,”
It is clear Paul is pressing the issue of works, not
for salvation sake, but in an effort to promote “godliness” which comes from
knowledge of the Truth, a godliness which “produces” works naturally as its
fruits.
Galatians 5:22-23 “22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no
law.”
This letter was written approximately the same time, and
more than likely the same place as I Timothy.
PREVIOUSLY
Introduction to Titus
Appointing Elders who love what is good
Rebuking False Teachings
TODAY’S SERMON
Teaching the Older Men and Women
SCRIPTURE REFERENCE
Titus 2:1-5 (65 AD, written between I Timothy and II
Timothy)
You,
however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. 2 Teach
the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect,
self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.
3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent
in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much
wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they
can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to
be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to
be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
The overall message of this
epistle to the church is;
God’s ideal for the
Christian Church and Christian Workers
I. PAUL HAS ALREADY
ESTABLISHED THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH
a. Bringing the light through
sound doctrine
i. Sound
doctrine is NOT judging everything people do as either good or bad, right or
wrong
ii. Sound doctrine is NOT taking your opinion, thoughts or feelings from
what you read and trying to apply those to either yourself or others
iii. Sound doctrine has NOTHING to do with you, your thoughts, feelings,
understanding, wishes, dreams, aspirations, likes, dislikes, etc...
iv. Sound doctrine is really simple, and the basics are;
1. God is one “What”, in three manifestations (Father, Son, Holy Spirit),
all of which are the ONE Deity and personality, God.
2. The person of Jesus Christ is the manifestation of God the Son, the
Word, donning flesh, 100% God and 100% man for all of eternity
3. The Second Coming: Jesus Christ will come bodily to earth to rule and
judge
4. Salvation: It is by Grace alone, not works, through faith alone in
Christ alone.
5. The Scripture: entirely inerrant (disregarding translation issues
which are man’s shortcomings not God’s), and sufficient for all Christian life
v. Anyone teaching anything which contradicts
this sound doctrine is teaching false doctrine, and should be corrected with
True Doctrine.
vi. It is through this True Sound Doctrine that the light of Christ and the
workings of His Word are revealed to the lost, which has the ability to bring
those to salvation.
vii. That is “bringing the Light through Sound Doctrine” that Paul speaks
of.
b. Appointing the right Elders
for the job
i. Paul
tells Titus, once you have sound doctrine, now you must begin building the
church
ii. Not of brick and mortar, but of strong spiritual leadership
iii. Men who fit the test of Eldership spelled out by Paul
iv. These men are the first layer placed upon the Sound doctrine, the
teachings of the Apostles and Prophets which the Word of God refer to as the
foundation.
v. Ephesians 2:19-22 “you are no longer
foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also
members of his household, 20 built on
the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus
himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building
is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you
too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his
Spirit.”
vi. Christ the Cornerstone
vii. Then the teachings of the Apostles and Prophets
viii. Then members of the church
1. Beginning with the Older men
2. Older women
3. Younger women
4. younger men
ix. TOGETHER {we} rise to become the Holy Temple in the Lord
x. And in
Him you too are built to become a dwelling
xi. A dwelling in which God lives by His Spirit
c. Correcting and rebuking
those who fail to do good
i. Paul
then teaches Titus about correcting those who fail to do good because they can
corrupt the rest who may not be strong
ii. So Paul then instructs Titus on the process of making the congregation
strong, beginning with the Older men and women
II.
TEACHING THE OLDER MEN IN THE CHURCH
a. Temperate, worthy of
respect and self-controlled
i. Sounds
easy enough...well, simple, but not always easy
ii. The teaching this is easy, the living it can be difficult for the older
men
iii. Temperate
1. means, mild, pleasant, calm, not easily excitable
iv. Worthy of Respect
1. Paul speaks of this in many different places in scripture, worthy
doesn’t demand, it just receives
a. Those who are worthy of respect are willing to be discipled, to learn,
and grow consistently
b. Those worthy of respect are
consumed with the interests of Christ and others, not themselves
c. Those who are worthy of respect are balanced and stable
d. Those who are worthy of respect are sympathetic
e. Those who are worthy of respect are willing to take risks for Christ
f. Those who are worthy of respect know that their rewards are not here,
but awaiting them in heaven.
v. Self-Controlled
1. Because someone truly seeking Christ should not have to be controlled
by any authority higher than Christ!
2. It is NOT the pastor/Elders job to “make” you be good, live right, do
the right thing, tell you to act right, treat others a certain way
3. Pastor’s/Elders are NOT the sin police...an older man in the church who
knows how to read, or listen to the Word knows right and wrong behavior, as
well as what Christ wants of him, and how He expects him to behave
4. A real man is self-controlled, and does not need “monitoring” or
constant correcting
b. Sound in faith, sound in
love, sound in endurance
i. Sound in faith - meaning older men are to affirm biblical
teaching, and live according to it
ii. Sound in love - They were also to live by I Corinthians 13
iii. Sound in endurance - Steadfastness (key to Titus), meaning
patience, and stamina, but it also means survival.
1. The older men were to endure whatever came their way, not losing their
sound faith and love for others, regardless of what outwardly happens in life,
their inward being is in Christ, and unchanged by outward circumstances.
c. These are to be taught to
the older men
i. This
first layer of brick will help create a strong church
ii. The older men will be an example to younger, and to those outside of
the church
III.
TEACHING THE OLDER WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
a. Revenant in the way they
live
i. Likewise,
Paul instructs that the older women also live in a revenant way
ii. LIT - “in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers,
to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers.”
iii. Meaning in modern English - in their manner and behavior, they live as
holy-blessed-consecrated-sanctified people
iv. NOT false accusers (slanderers-gossips of lies-blaming with no cause)
v. Not
hooked on drinking, or what we would call an alcoholic or drunkard
vi. and a teacher of “good things”
1. Paul explained in earlier verses what “good things” are, which is sound
doctrine, and those who do not “do” good (or live to sound doctrines) were to
be corrected within the church.
b. Urging younger women
i. The
older, more experienced women, were to teach the younger women
ii. There are many skills that only an experienced woman can teach the next
generation, household management, cooking, living as a Proverbs 31 woman
iii. LIT - “of good things teachers, that they may make the young women
sober-minded”
iv. “to be lovers of their husbands”
v. “lovers
of their children”
vi. “sober, pure”
vii. “Keepers of their own houses”
c. So that no one will malign
the Word of God
i. malign
- slander, criticize or smear
ii. The Word of God
iii. If you call yourself a follower of Christ, and part of the church, and
you’re not living as holy-blessed-consecrated-sanctified people, if your manner
and behavior does not reflect this, or you go around slandering or spreading
falsehoods about others, or you are a drunk, other people will look at you and
the way you live;
iv. They may or may not speak against you, but they will most definitely
speak against the Word of God
CONCLUSION
– older men & women, the first blocks upon
the foundation
The only foundation
that can be built upon is the Rock, Jesus Christ. The teachings of the Apostles and Prophets
are laid upon that Rock.
From there, Elders
who will serve the local church as the Spiritual leaders, teaching and
preaching the teachings of the Apostles and Prophets and set upon that
foundation of True Doctrine.
The first “blocks”
building up the church, formed of people is the older men & women within
the church congregation.
The order is
important, you would not lay brick before a solid foundation, nor would you put
your thoughts and feelings before the Truth of sound doctrine.
Next week we will look
at Paul explaining to Titus about teaching the young men and servants
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