1. TITUS 2:1-8 PURITY IN OUR LIVES

2. PURITY IN HOW WE LIVE STRENGTHENS THE CHURCH. Purity in how we live requires us to strive to exhibit attributes of holiness. I Timothy 5:1-2, “Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.”

3. PURITY IN HOW WE LIVE STRENGTHENS THE CHURCH. Older men Are to be temperate Worthy of respect Self-controlled Sound in faith Sound in love Sound in endurance

4. PURITY IN HOW WE LIVE STRENGTHENS THE CHURCH. Older Women Reverent in the way that they live Not to be slanders or malicious gossips Not addicted to too much wine Teach what is good

5. PURITY IN HOW WE LIVE STRENGTHENS THE CHURCH. Younger women Are to love their husbands and children To be self-controlled and pure To be busy at home Proverbs 31 woman, she makes sure that the needs of the family are taken care of. To be kind To be subject to their husbands

6. PURITY IN HOW WE LIVE STRENGTHENS THE CHURCH. Young men Self-controlled Teach them to be men of integrity Men of seriousness or dignity Men of sound speech

7. PURITY IN HOW WE LIVE STRENGTHENS THE CHURCH. This type of behavior needs to be mentored by the older and emulated by the younger. Older men need to take time to guide the younger men and older women need to train the younger women. For this guidance to happen, the younger need to be open to the wisdom of the older And the older need to stop seeing the younger in diapers.

8. Purity in how we live strengthens the church.