Avoid Useless Debates Titus 3 9 Angie Chang

Avoid Useless Debates Titus 3: 9 Angie Chang • Homiletics 1 Class Sermon Uploaded by Dr. Rick Griffith • Singapore Bible College All files in many languages for free download at Bible. Study. Downloads. org

Tit 3: 9

You're scrutinized and criticized from top to bottom, stem to stern. Rev Dr Ken Fong Senior Pastor, Evergreen Baptist Church | Adjunct faculty member, Fuller Theological | Contributing editor, Leadership Journal

“my true child in a common faith” (Tit 1: 4) “partner and fellow worker” (2 Cor 8: 23)

“Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians—we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God. ” (Acts 2: 7 -11)

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies… But shun foolish speculations and genealogies… “Avoidance” (or, more proactively, “shunning”) urges nonparticipation in what are considered deceptively dangerous things, but not complete disengagement from debate. – Philip H. Towner, The Letters to Timothy and Titus, The New International Commentary On the New Testament

Oppose teachings that are unbiblical

• Oppose teachings that are unbiblical • Avoid discussions that lead to spiritual error

CONTEX T S I S A H EMP

• Oppose teachings that are unbiblical • Avoid discussions that lead to spiritual error • Shun legalistic debates about tradition

• Oppose teachings that are unbiblical • Avoid discussions that lead to spiritual error • Shun legalistic debates about tradition • Do not be involved in heated arguments about minor points

In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love. Augustine of Hippo

Avoid useless man-focused debates and legalistic arguments Main Idea

• Oppose teachings that are unbiblical • Avoid discussions that lead to spiritual error • • e l b a t i f Shun legalistic debates about tradition o r unp s s e l h Do not be involved in heated arguments t r o w about minor points

unprofitable excellent worthless profitable devote themselves to good works (v 8)

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