Category Archives : Titus (Rayburn)

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v.12

As we mentioned in our introduction to this letter several months ago, Paul wrote Titus, perhaps in largest part, to tell him to join him in Nicopolis, on the Adriatic coast of Greece. But Titus can’t lea…

This is the third sermon I have devoted to the opening paragraph of Titus chapter 3. We spoke the first time of the ethics described, that is the positive account of Christian behavior that we are given. We spoke the second time of the theological ba…

This is the second sermon on this text. Last time we considered the ethics described in these verses, the Christian way of life, and reflected on the fact that godliness is the pursuit and the practice of many virtues at the same time . Too often yo…

I intend to preach three sermons on the text we will read this morning: the first concerning the ethics taught here; the second the compact account of salvation Paul gives in vv. 4-7, really an epitome of Paul’s entire theology [Guthrie, 207]; and th…

The text before us this morning is one of those “programmatic” statements that we find from time to time in the Bible. That is, it sums up in a few words the great message of the Bible. Holy Scripture, after all, has a great deal to say about God, ma…

We read this same text last week with a view to the ethics that it taught. We pointed out that three times in these verses the particular way of life that Paul is teaching is commended to Christians for the impact it will have on others, especially u…

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v.1

In contrast to the false teachers described in the previous verses, Titus is to teach sound doctrine. But sound doctrine does not mean simply “right” or “true” doctrine, but doctrine that is health-…

The last of the qualifications for elders that Paul mentioned was theological conviction. To lead the church of Jesus Christ a man must know the faith and must believe it absolutely. He must have that theological mind that enables a man to recogn…

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v.5

As we said last week, the letter to Titus was perhaps occasioned by Paul’s learning that he had friends going Titus’ way and he dashed off this short letter for them to carry with them to Crete. Accor…

This morning we begin a new series of sermons, this one devoted to Paul’s short letter to Titus. I was loath to start anything too lengthy so soon after completing Matthew, a series that took more than two years of Sunday mornings. Titus will take…