Title: The attitude that believers should follow
Attitudes to be observed by believers
What kind of person should a believer be? How should a believer live in the world? The text clearly and resolutely tells the attitude a believer should have. The text discusses the important positions of people of all ages, teachers, ministers, and believers.
1, A minister must preach and teach the right doctrine (verse 1). The “right instruction” in this verse is the sound and beneficial teaching of God’s Word in contrast to the doctrine and precepts of God’s Word, that is, the unsound teachings of false teachers. It means a lesson.
The teachings of false teachers only cause cancerous disease in people's faith, which ultimately leads to death and ruin. Therefore, the admonition to Titus is very urgent, and it is the same for all servants of God. The reason is that the circumstances and destiny of God's people and the church were in a critical phase.
“Therefore, we give thanks to God without ceasing because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you received it not as the word of men, but as the word of God, truly it is. These words also work in you who believe” (1 Thessalonians 2:13).
You must not preach or teach your own thoughts or opinions or the new theological theories that have recently become widespread. You should not add or subtract even one point or one tittle from God's Word. We need to take only the lessons of the right Word of God and teach them to people.
2, There is an attitude that an old man should have (verse 2), 1) An old man must be temperate. 2) Old men should be reverent. 3) Old men should be sober.
4) Older men must be sound in their faith. 5) An old man must be whole in love. 6) Older men must be whole in patience.
3, There is an attitude that an old woman should have (verse 3), 1) An old woman must be holy. 2) Old women should not be accusing. 3)