Maintain Good Works, Titus 3:8-15

We conclude the study of Paul’s epistle to Titus with his admonition in Titus 3:8-15 that we maintain good works.  In Titus 3:8 Paul wrote, “This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to...

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He Saved Us, Titus 3:1-7

This lesson is from Titus 3:1-7.  Titus 3:5 says, “he saved us.”  This passage covers what we were before we were saved, what happened when we were saved, and what we should do now that we are saved.   What we were before we were saved Titus 3:3 says, For...

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Adorn the Doctrine of God, Titus 2:7-15

In Titus 2:10, Paul wrote to Titus that the people to whom he was preaching in Crete should, “adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.”  So, we will study today’s lesson, from Titus 2:7-15, with this theme in mind.  We should adorn the doctrine of God: In...

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Things Which Become Sound Doctrine, Titus 2:1-6

In Titus 2:1-6 Paul instructed Titus to speak things which become sound doctrine.  He was to teach the Cretians things which were befitting sound doctrine.  These things he was instructed to teach were things dealing with behavior.  In other words, if you believe the sound doctrine of the Bible, what...

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Titus’s Mission Field, Titus 1:10-16

In Titus 1:10-16, Paul wrote to Titus about how to handle the folks in Crete.  Crete was Titus’s mission field.  According to the postscript of this epistle, Titus was the first bishop of the church of the Cretians.  And there were two main problems among the Cretians with which Titus...

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Ordain Elders, Titus 1:4-9

In Titus 1:4-9, Paul instructed Titus to “set in order the things that are wanting,” v.5. So, there were some things out of order (1 Cor 14:40) in these churches that Titus needed to set in order.  And he was appointed to ordain elders in every city of Crete.  These...

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Paul’s Calling, Titus 1:1-3

Paul wrote this epistle to Titus.  According to the postscript to this epistle, Titus was ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians.  He was an uncircumcised Greek, Gal 2:3.  Titus was a very close companion of Paul.  Paul called him “mine own son after the common faith,”...

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