Paul's Epistles – Titus – Part 5:
Teaching Young Men and Servants
Pastor Bruce A. Shields
House of Faith
Church | www.PS127.org
| www.TruthDigest.org
This Document is a Sermon Outline, you may hear the full audio of the
actual sermon by following the link Online
Audio Files located above for this, and other Full Sermon Audios. For a complete list of Sermon Outlines, visit
TruthDigest.org, or Truth Digest on facebook; for our Official Church website,
visit PS127.org, or find us on facebook at House of Faith Church
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
Teaching Older Men and Women
TODAY’S SERMON
Teaching Young Men and Servants
SCRIPTURE REFERENCE
Titus 2:6-15 (65 AD, written between I Timothy and II
Timothy)
Similarly,
encourage the young men to be self-controlled. 7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In
your teaching show integrity, seriousness 8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who
oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
9 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in
everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, 10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can
be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God
our Savior attractive.
11 For the grace of God has appeared that
offers salvation to all people. 12 It
teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live
self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the
appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all
wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very
own, eager to do what is good.
15 These, then, are the things you should teach.
Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.
The overall message of this
epistle to the church is;
God’s ideal for the
Christian Church and Christian Workers
I. ENCOURAGE THE YOUNG
MEN TO BE SELF-CONTROLLED
a. Self-Controlled
i. According
to scripture, young men need to be “encouraged” to be self-controlled
ii. This implies what I believe we all know to be true about young men (and
perhaps some older who have chronologically aged but failed to mature), they
can be reckless, impulsive, lead by their emotions, poor decision making
iii. However, the older men should be aware of this because we too were that
way, and encourage the younger to be self-controlled, rather, submit to the
Spirit of God they receive when they take part of the New Covenant, and allow
(do not quench or resist) the Holy Spirit to do a work in them, giving them the
ability to be self-controlled.
iv. In-everything (older men) set an example by doing what is good
1. You MUST be doers of the words you speak!
b. What your teaching should
be
i. Show
integrity - honesty, truth, honor, reliability
ii. Seriousness - the importance and significance of what
you are teaching
iii. Soundness of speech - reliable, dependable, words that bring
security in teaching
iv. These things will rightly represent the Word of God
c. Why teach in this manner
i. So
those who oppose you may be shamed because they have nothing bad to say about
you.
1. This speaks of legitimate things to say about you
2. Those who oppose you and your teaching will always find
false-accusations, lies, rumors, gossip etc...
3. However, to these, they will end up being shamed because they were not
true, and those who know you will see and hear the truth, knowing that others
are liars.
II.
TEACH THE SERVANTS TO BE SUBJECT TO THEIR MASTERS
a. Servants (Employees) and
Masters (Bosses)
i. Only
speaks to Christian Employees
ii. We represent Christ no matter where we are or what we are doing
b. Being subject means
i. We
are the employee, and they are in charge
ii. Therefore, since you represent the Lord, try to please your boss
iii. Do not argue or fight back with them (remember, they are in charge!)
iv. Show them you can be trusted
v. Do
not steal from them (not even time)
1. I have a friend who always waited until he was at work to use the
restroom for about 15 minutes every day we worked.
2. He calculated that in 1 year he was in the bathroom for about 65 hours.
3. At $7 per hour, this comes to $455 per year
4. Now, if you have to go, you have to go, but to purposely wait every day
to get paid to poop, is not the way we are supposed to be, taking advantage of
our boss and job.
c. Why be subject to our boss in
the appropriate manner?
i. Paul
says, “So in every way you will make the teaching about God the savior
attractive”
ii. If we (as Christian Employees) do not try to please our boss, or talk
back and argue all the time, steal from them, even time, we show them we cannot
be trusted...therefore why would they want anything to do with the God we say
we serve?
III.
WHAT IS THE TEACHING ABOUT GOD THE SAVIOR WE SHOULD BE SHOWING?
a. The Grace of God
i. which
has appeared and offers salvation
ii. We must explain this and share it with others
b. What it Teaches
i. This
grace and salvation teaches us to say NO to ungodliness and worldly possessions
ii. We avoid ungodly behavior
iii. We live self-controlled lives
1. We can be trusted
2. We do not need rules, laws, punishments, masters to force us to do what
is right, because we are self-controlled and chose the right path in all things
3. We chose upright and Godly lives
c. While we wait for the
blessed hope
i. The
appearing Glory of our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ
ii. He gave Himself to redeem us from all wickedness
iii. And to purify for Himself a people that are His very own
iv. A people who are eager
to do what is good!
CONCLUSION
– These then are the things you should teach
So Paul explains to
Titus in the last few verses we have looked at in the recent weeks;
Teach the older men - sound doctrine
and to be moderate, serious, self-controlled, calm, sound in faith and charity
(love), doing all in patience.
Teach the older women - live in a way
that is becoming to holiness, staying away from gossip and false accusations of
others, and not drinking much wine, teaching good things.
Teach the young women - to be temperate
(by example), to love their husbands and their children, to be tactful,
virtuous, keepers of the home, good, obedient to their own husbands (do not
listen to men other than your own husband, this keeps women from consorting in
the church with married men, and keeps peace in the home when you do not take
another man’s word above your husband’s)
Teach the young men - to exercise
self-control, doing good in all things, in doctrine being uncorrupt, showing
sincerity, sound speech, so no one has just cause to speak against you.
Servants (Christian Employees) - obey your boss,
trying to please them, doing well at your job, not talking back, not stealing
anything from them (including time), but show you are trustworthy, showing the
Doctrine of God our Savior in all things.
The Christian life
is an example to others, those younger than us, those we work for, people we
know or meet in our daily lives.
As we are here on
the earth, we are to live for the Lord, being an example to others while we
wait for our Lord to come.
Next week we will look
at Paul explaining to Titus about our citizenship in the land we live.
Want to learn more about
Salvation and Getting Saved?
Want to hear the audio to this sermon?
No comments:
Post a Comment