Changed Lives that Change Lives TITUS 2 1

Changed Lives that Change Lives TITUS 2: 1 -10

“Show me your redeemed life, and I might be inclined to believe in your Redeemer. ” -- Nietzsche

UNFIT or SOUND? “They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work. ” (Titus 1: 16, ESV) OR “But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine” (Titus 2: 1) “…sound in faith, in love, in patience” (2: 2) “…sound speech that cannot be condemned” (2: 8)

Characteristics of Changed Lives Titus 2: 1 -10 Older men • • • Sober (Temperate) Reverent or Worthy of respect Temperate (Self-controlled) Sound in faith Sound in love Sound in patience (endurance)

Characteristics of Changed Lives Titus 2: 1 -10 Older women • Reverent in behavior • Not a slanderer • Not slaves to much wine • Teachers of good things • Admonishing the young women

Characteristics of Changed Lives Titus 2: 1 -10 Younger women • • Love their husbands Love their children Self-controlled (discreet) Chaste (pure) Homemakers (busy at home) Good (kind) Subject to their husbands:

Characteristics of Changed Lives Titus 2: 1 -10 Younger men • Self-controlled YOU HAVE ONE JOB!!!! “Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls. ” (Proverbs 25: 28)

Characteristics of Changed Lives Titus 2: 1 -10 The Preacher • A pattern of good works • In doctrine showing… Integrity Reverence Incorruptibility Sound speech

Characteristics of Changed Lives Titus 2: 1 -10 Servants (employees? ) • • • Obedient to their own masters Well pleasing in all things Not answering back Not pilfering Showing all good fidelity “That they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things”