A C T S Go Tell The Good News! (Part 2) Class 20: Titus

Milestones of Acts Acts 1 – Matthias chosen Acts 2 – First gospel sermon and church established Acts 3 – Lame man healed Acts 4 – Peter and John arrested Acts 5 – Ananias and Sapphira lied and died Acts 6 – Seven men chosen Acts 7 – Stephen’s message/Stephen stoned Acts 8 - Gospel to Samaritans/Simon the Sorcerer/Ethiopian Eunuch Acts 9 – Saul’s conversion Acts 10 – Cornelius baptized Acts 11 – Peter’s vision/Barnabas and Saul in Antioch Acts 12 – Peter freed from prison

Milestones of Acts Acts 13 – Paul and Barnabas preach/Gospel to Asia Minor, Greece and Rome Acts 14 – Iconium, Lystra, Derbe, Antioch Acts 15 – Circumcision conflict Acts 16 – Lydia baptized and Philippian jailer baptized Acts 17 – Paul preached in Thessalonica, Berea, Athens Acts 18 – Paul preached in Corinth and Antioch Acts 19 – Paul in Ephesus Acts 20 – Journey in Greece Acts 21 – Journey in Jerusalem Acts 22 – Jerusalem mob and Paul’s Roman citizenship Acts 23 – Sanhedrin divided/plot against Paul Acts 24 – Felix procrastinates

Milestones of Acts Acts 25 – Paul appeals to Caesar/Paul before Agrippa Acts 26 – Paul retells his conversion Acts 27 – Voyage to Rome Acts 28 – Paul at Malta and Rome

Memory Work Acts 20:32 So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Memory Work Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

Paul’s Letter To Titus Notes about the letter: Probably written in the fall of A.D. 63 from either Macedonia or Greece Titus was another of Paul’s faithful co-workers Was written about the same time as I Timothy Titus was selected to go to Jerusalem to address the circumcision conflict along with Paul and Barnabas (Acts 15) Titus was a Gentile convert and was not required to keep the law of Moses in any way (Gal. 2:1-3)

Paul’s Letter To Titus Outline Greeting (1:1-4) Elders (1:5-16) Teaching various classes of individuals (2:1-15) Various commands (3:1-11) Personal remarks and closing (3:12-15)

Paul’s Letter To Titus Elders No love for sordid gain Blameless Husband of one wife Believing children Not rebellious Above reproach Not self-willed No hot temper Not given to wine No striker No love for sordid gain Hospitable Lover of good Sober, just, holy Temperate Holding fast to sound doctrine so they can exhort brethren and rebuke false teachers (v. 10-16)

Paul’s Letter To Titus Teaching Various Classes of Individuals Aged men – self-control, serious Aged women – reverent, not gossips, not enslaved to wine Younger women – love their husbands, love their children, be serious, pure, workers at home, kind, and in subjection to their husbands Younger men – serious in their approach to life You be an example – live so the enemy may be put to shame Servants – in subjection to their own masters

Paul’s Letter To Titus Various Commands Saints – be in subjections to rulers, speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, be gentle, showing consideration for others (3:1-2) Once we were all foolish, disobedient, deceived, and living our lives in lusts and pleasures…but God saved us! (3:4-7) Continue to teach others about these things (3:8-9) Reject the trouble-maker (3:10-11)