This morning we draw our study of Paul’s letter to Titus, a pastoral, personal letter to a young preacher, to a close.

We can be uncontentious, and gentle, and considerate of others if we’ll remember how God has been, and continues to be, with us. Pastors and teachers can help us do that, but they’re not the only ones who need to be involved in a ministry of reminding. We all do.

In one verse Paul made it clear that if Titus wanted people to take note of him, as a minister of Jesus Christ, he’d have to speak, exhort, and reprove with all authority.

If every other prophecy of the Messiah was literally fulfilled right down to the smallest detail, then why doubt this one, the prophecy about the resurrection?

Today we’re going to bring both sacred seasons (Christmas and Easter) together by focusing on the reason the grace of God appeared.

Today Paul uses a new phrase, and changes his target audience, but the message stays pretty much the same as last week. He speaks of adorning the doctrine of God.

Our slogan is “Where God’s Word is Taught…and Lived”. And I think that’s a good slogan for Chatham Christian Church.

Christians do still notice impurity in the world and should do their best to avoid it. But when they find themselves caught up in impure thoughts, and even impure actions, they simply acknowledge their weaknesses and repent of their sins.

By its very nature as the purveyor of God’s truth there can be no freedom to teach things in the church that are not true. And those who intentionally do so must be silenced.

What prompted Paul to write this particular letter to Titus?

As we read on, we discover the reason was tied to Paul’s leaving Titus in Crete.