Line Upon Line

This opening message of the "I Am" series introduces the Gospel of John as the inspired, eyewitness testimony of the last living apostle, written to reveal the true nature of Jesus as the Christ and Son of God—fully God and fully man. It then examines the first of Jesus's seven "I am" statements, "I am the bread of life," showing that Jesus came down from heaven to give life to a dying world and to satisfy the soul's deepest hunger.

Drawing from Titus 3:8-15, Pastor Miles teaches that God's grace saves us not by good works but for good works, calling believers to carefully maintain them. He explains that maintaining good works means pursuing what is profitable for ourselves and others, avoiding useless controversies, rejecting divisive people, and letting our fruitfulness meet the urgent needs of others.

Teaching from Titus 2:15–3:8 on how Christians should live as recipients of God's grace, especially in a culture marked by political anger and conflict with governing authorities. Pastor Miles argues that believers must speak hard biblical truths boldly while submitting to authority, pursuing peace and humility, and letting the gospel's grace inspire good works that draw others to Christ.

Working through Titus 2:11–14, Pastor Miles teaches that salvation comes by grace alone, that this grace is available to all people, and that grace itself trains us to deny ungodliness, live righteously, fix our hope on Christ's return, and become God's purified, set-apart, good-works-loving people.

Drawing on the repeated emphasis on good works in Titus 2-3, Pastor Miles teaches that God's grace saves us apart from works but for works, and that believers should be careful to maintain good works that are profitable to themselves and others while avoiding foolish, divisive, and unprofitable disputes. He closes by urging the church to let its fruitfulness meet the urgent needs of others and to pray that God would send laborers into the harvest.

Drawing on Titus 2:15–3:8, Pastor Miles teaches how followers of Jesus should respond to governing authorities and a culture in conflict—holding firmly to the inspired Scriptures while imitating Christ in submission, peaceableness, and humility, all flowing from the transforming grace of God.

Working from Titus 2:11–15, this teaching shows that salvation is by grace alone, that grace extends to all people, and that this same saving grace instructs believers to deny ungodliness, live righteously, fix their hope on Christ's return, and become God's purified, peculiar, and passionate people zealous for good works.

Teaching from Titus 2:1, Pastor Miles argues that humanity is fallen and in need of transformation, and that sound doctrine—energized by the grace of God—is what actually produces sound conduct in believers of every age and station. He shows that the changed life of a Christian substantiates the gospel before a watching world.

Opening a new study in Titus, Pastor Miles introduces Paul's letter to his silent partner Titus, set against the chaotic backdrop of Nero's Rome, and draws out the call to faithfulness, godliness, and gospel proclamation in a crooked culture.

Paul commands the rich—which includes nearly all of us—not to be haughty or trust in uncertain riches, but to trust the Living God who richly gives us all things to enjoy, and to be rich in good works so as to lay hold on eternal life. Using the rich young ruler and the mirror of God's Word, Pastor Miles confronts concealed pride, misplaced trust, and the false prosperity gospel.