Title: Speak according to sound doctrine
Titus 2:1-10 Speak words in harmony with sound doctrine Topic: 44. Devotion. 2008. 4. 27.
◎ Introduction
: Titus 2~3 is a message about the right doctrine (the attitude that believers should have).
1. The attitude that believers must keep. (2:1~10)
2. God's grace (2:11~15)
3. The believer's duty (3:1~2)
4. Life without God (3:3)
5. Life with God (3:4-7)
6. A warning to believers (3:8-11)
1. To preach and teach sound lessons (1)
※ “Right teaching” refers to the doctrine and precepts of the Word of God (the sound and beneficial teachings of the Word of God).
※ Do not spread or teach your own thoughts or opinions or the theological theories that have recently become widespread.
(Matthew 15:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Timothy 1:3-4, 4:6, 16)
2. The attitude that an old man should have (2)
※ The old man
① Temperance (1 Thessalonians 5:6, Titus 2:12-13, 1 Pet 1:13),
② Be godly (John 4:34-36, Matthew 6:33, Philippians 3:13-14, 15-16),
③ Be sober (Acts 24:25, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Gal 5:22-23, Proverbs 21:17, 23:1),
④ Be perfect in the faith (John 6:28-29, Romans 10:17, Hebrews 11:6, James 2:17, 1 John 3:23, 5:4-5),
⑤ Perfect in love (1 Thessalonians 1:3, 3:12, 2 Thessalonians 1:3),
⑥ Be perfect in patience (2 Timothy 3:10).
※ “To be reverent” is solemn. worthy of respect worth it respectful It means to be respectful.
※ “Scientific” means sensible, self-disciplined, disciplined, able to control greed and emotions.
※ It means “to make perfect” and to be wholesome.
* To be perfected in the faith is to be firm in faith in Christ, the word of God, and the promises of that word.
3. The attitude that an old woman should have (3)
※ The old woman
① Be holy (Luke 1:74~75, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Ephesians 4:24, Hebrews 12:14, 1 Peter 1:14-16, 2 Peter 3:11),
② Do not accuse (Ephesians 4:31, 2 Thessalonians 3:11, 1 Tim 5:13, James 1:26, 3:6, 4:11, 1 Pet 2:1, 3:10, Psalm 101:5, Proverbs 11: 9, 26:22), ③ Do not become a slave to much wine (1 Timothy 3:2~3),
④ You must become a teacher of good things (John 21:15, Titus 2:4, Deut 6:7, 31:13, Proverbs 22:6).
※ The word “holy” means reverent, reverent, exceptional in conduct and thought, and pure.
※ A person who slanders only “accusation”, a person who spreads other people’s stories or rumors, and a person who causes harm and confusion.
* It is such a terrible sin that the devil calls himself a 'accuser'.
※ Teaching good things refers to work at home.
4. The attitude a young woman should have (4-5)
※ Young women
① Love your husband (Eph 5:28, Col 3:19, Gen 24:67, 29:20, Es 2:17, Song 8:7),
② Love your children (1 Tim 2:4, 2 Tim 1:5, Proverbs 19:18, 22:6, 22:15, 23:13,)
③ Must be sober (Section 2)
④ Must be pure (Matthew 5:28, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, Titus 2:5,),
⑤ Doing housework (Proverbs 25:17, Titus 2:5),
⑥ Must be good (1 Timothy 5:13, Matthew 5:16, Titus 2:7, Hebrews 10:24, 13:16),
⑦ You must submit to your husband (1 Corinthians 11:11-12, Gal 3:28)
※ “Innocent” means moral and sexually pure.
※ “Be in subjection to your own husband” and there must be order and partnership between husband and wife.
※ “so that the word of God may not be blasphemed” This is to prevent the word of God from being reviled, criticized, and defiled.
* Young women who confess Christ with their mouths, but do not live according to His will, are profaning the Word of God (because they lead people to judge for themselves).
5. The attitude a young man should have (6)
※ It is “Be sober.” This means self-discipline, control, discipline and restraint.
※ Why do young men need to be sober?
① This is because young men show physical phenomena that become more sexually stronger as they get older.
② It is because they realize their reality and seek and find their social position.
* You have to make decisions about important life decisions (leaving the family, getting married, getting a job or a job).
③ Because young men are full of vision, dreams and confidence, but lack experience.
6. Attitudes that teachers and young ministers should have (7-8)
※ It can be said that it is a continuation of the lesson to young people.
※ In all cases
① Set an example of good works (Matthew 5:13, 16, 1 Tim 4:12, Hear 2:7, James 5:10, Hebrews 10:24, 1 Pet 2:12)
② Incorruptibility (test to properly proclaim God's message),
③ Reverence (the Word of God must be preached with a careful, dignified and sincere attitude);
④ It is to make people speak the right words (speaking things that are wholesome and useful).
※ Those who preach the word and those who teach are not to be condemned. Even if people accuse them, the accusation is false, and God knows the truth.
※ Those who oppose those who preach the word and those who teach will be put to shame because of their slander and accusations.
※ If a preacher or a teacher suffers, it is not because he has done evil;
Because of the actions of the wicked. (1 Thessalonians 2:2-6, 1 Tim 4:6, Titus 1:9, 2:1)
7. The attitude that Christian workers should have (9-10)
※ Servants to their masters
① Obey everything (obey work related to work),
② to please (attitude, spirit, thoughts, speech and language, interpersonal relationships, work and labor = work more than the amount entrusted to you);
③Do not speak against anything (hierarchy, command system),
④ Don’t take it apart (the attitude of stealing extremely trivial things),
⑤ to be faithful in good faith (so that the owner can be trusted),
⑥ Let the teachings of God shine in all things.
※ We must live, practice, and have the meaning of our existence in God's precepts. As he does so, everyone who works with him in the workplace will see him and recognize that he is the one who shines the teachings of God.
(Eph 6:5-8, Col 3:22-25, 1 Tim 6:1-2, Titus 2:9, 1 Pet 2:18, Gen 2:15, 3:19, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Ephesians 4:28 )
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