Message Series: Titus
Week 1
Scripture: Titus 1
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Group Check in:
How is it with your soul?
Prayer Request? Praises?
How has God shown up in your life this week?
Overview:
What’s this message about? God, source of grace and author of peace, has been working all along- before we were aware- to bring us home temporally and eternally. Our response to God’s salvific work can’t be to hold people hostage or in bondage to a law that does not have the power to save. Rather, our response, must be a life that matches the gift of grace (generous, full of love) and peace (aimed at reconciling ourselves and our neighbors to God)
Titus is written by Paul, whose place of authoriy is second only to Jesus in shaping the early church. Paul planted churches all across the Mediterranean Sea. These letters reveal the first attemots at understanding how the Gospel is to be lived out. In other words, the people who lived closest to Jesus were showing us how to live in light of Jesus.
Paul is coaching Titus about how to build a community that can withstand the particular challenges of Cretan church. Paul lays it out pretty plainly for Titus so that he can't miss it.
The path for the church in Crete:
Relies on the foundation of faith.
Depends on leaders, but not in a bureaucratic senese
Requires commitment to life that matches belief.
Discussion Questions:
What areas of this scripture passage do you most need to put into practice in your life today?
Looking back on this past week's message, what is the most important thing for you to remember?
Read Tituts 1:1. How can knowledge of the truth lead God's people to godliness?
How does Paul describe Titus' purpose in Crete in verse 5?
Why is it significant that Paul based his hope of eternal life on the character of God and on promises God made before time began?
Who has been the best model of a leader in your life? Why? What made their leadership so effective?
What qualities do we look for in leaders in the business and government sector? How does that compare with the characteristics God wants to see in us as Christian leaders?
What could you do differently this week to grow in faithfulness to your family, your own spiritual growth and devotion to God's word?
What is one way you can encourage someone this week?
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