Crossroads Church of God, Lima OH

Scripture used: Titus 3:3-15

• Trustworthy Saying…

   • Need for salvation – broken (v.3)

   • Source of salvation – Christ (v.4)

   • Grounds for salvation – mercy (v.5)

   • Means of salvation – Holy Spirit (v.5-6)

   • Result of salvation – adoption (v.7)

   • Evidence of salvation – life (v.8)

• Possibility of Distraction

• Produce an active and attractive life

Scripture Used: Titus 3:1-8, Philippians 2:4,

NT Wright, The New Testament and 'The State': What is [taught] is not a meek submission to whatever an authority wishes, but a recognition that, by being Christian, one has not thereby ceased to be human… and that, being human, one remains bound in ties of obligation to one’s fellow humans, and beyond that to the God who, as creator, has called his human creatures to live in harmony with each other…

Devoted to Jesus and the Common Good

• Submit to those in authority
• Importance of Mission
  • Practical
  • Development of Humility
• Remember the mercy of God

Scripture Used: Titus: 2:11-15, Acts 4:12, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 2:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9

Grace: god acting on our behalf to do for us that which we cannot do on our own.

• A life fueled by grace
• Grace brings salvation
• Grace teaches us
• Grace anticipates the blessed hope
• Life in the balance

Scripture Used: Titus 2:1-10, Ephesians 4:3, Galatians 6:9 

Notes 
- Teach what is good by being good 
- Live a life worthy of respect 
   - Self-control 
   - Endure in what is good 
   - Faithfulness 
- Purpose: So no one will malign the word 
 

- Experiment 
   - Silence confession
   - Intentionally be a blessing 

Am I demanding something that I am unwilling to demonstrate myself?

Scripture Used: Philippians 4:8, Titus 1:10, 1 Corinthians 13:1-3. Matthew 6:33, 1 Corinthians 2:2

Distractions for the good life:

- legalism

- impure motivation

- weakness of culture

Centrality of faith

- Jesus + nothing = everything

- everything - Jesus = nothing

- What do I try to add to the equation?

Scripture Used: Titus 1:4-9, Galatians 3:28, Ephesians 4:11-13, Romans 3, Romans 12

Notes:

- Unity of faith
- leadership parameters of a health church community
    - local
    - plural
    -mission to protect and equip

- Signs of maturity
   - Blameless
   - Hospitable
   - Devoted to god

What difference would it make in my daily life if I asked “How do my actions and motivations please God?”

Scripture Used: Matthew 16:25, Titus 1:1-4

Notes:

• Paul introduces himself as a servant, and then an apostle
• Never give someone a position of leadership who does not demonstrate a posture of a servant.
• Encourages life of godliness
• Hope of eternity

Journal Download: https://thechurchco-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/sites/2644/2022/01/Titus-Journal.pdf

Scripture Used: Isaiah 40:28-31, Galatians 6:9, 1 Corinthians 15:58, James 1:4, Isaiah 41:10

Notes:
•We can’t sustain ourselves over long periods of time

•Consistency

•Time is holy

•Generosity vs Efficiency

•Purpose vs Achieving

Scripture Used: Jeremiah 29

Notes:

1. Become the person God intends you to be in the present
2. Lives not just for ourselves, but for community
   1. Human Flourishing is a communal project

Things we can do to be a blessing:

1. Be good neighbors
2. Tip well
3. Find a way to serve