
Titus: A Church That Lasts
Stay Focused on Good Works
- Avoid foolish activities
- Avoid those who don’t
- Meet needs
Citylight Delco | May 23, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo
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The big idea of our final passage this morning is: Stay focused on good works. Stay focused on doing what the Bible commands out in the world so that others will see our good deeds and give glory to our Father in heaven. Citylight, stay focused on growing strong as a gospel culture that makes the truth of the gospel visible through our good works out in the world. Stay focused on good works. For the rest of our time together, we are going to answer one question: How? How can Citylight church stay focused on good works? Three answers from our passage today: (1) Avoid foolish controversies, (2) Warn divisive people, and (3) Meet kingdom needs.
Citylight Manayunk | May 23, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo.
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Titus 3: 9-15
ESV Study Bible
Titus For You by Tim Chester
1/2 Timothy & Titus commentary in the Pillar series by Robert Yarbraugh
The Cross of War: Christian Nationalism and U.S. Expansion in the Spanish-American War
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Read sermon transcriptTitus 3:8: The saying is trustworthy and I want you to insist on these things so that those who have believed in God may be careful to devote themselves to good works. That brings us to the big idea of our passage: Devote yourselves to good works.
Citylight Manayunk | May 16, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo.
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Titus 2:15-3:8
Titus For You by Tim Chester
1/2 Timothy & Titus commentary in the Pillar series by Robert Yarbraugh
ESV Study Bible
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Read sermon transcriptBig Idea: Be ready for every good work.
- What they are
- How we do it
- Why we do it
Citylight Delco | May 16, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo
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The big idea of our passage this morning: Grace has appeared to make us godly. Far from being opposed to godly living, God’s grace has appeared to be our, so to speak, personal trainer, mentor, and tutor in godliness. Grace has appeared to make us godly. With that said, I want to spend the rest of our time together this morning answering one question: how does grace teach us to be godly? We’ll see three answers in our passage this morning: 1. Grace saves us 2. Grace trains us 3. Grace orients us.
Resources:
Titus 2:11-14
ESV Study Bible
Titus For You by Tim Chester
1/2 Timothy & Titus commentary in the Pillar series by Robert Yarbrough
Grace is Not a Thing by Jeremy Treat
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Read sermon transcriptThe Saving Grace of God has come:
- Teaching us how to live (verse 12)
- Giving us a future hope (verse 13)
- Creating a new people (verse 14)
Citylight Delco | May 9, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo
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Put Sound Doctrine into Practice:
- As older men
- As older women
- As younger women
- As younger me
- As employees
Citylight Delco | April 2, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo
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So the big idea of the passage is this: Show off the gospel.
1. As men
2. As women
3. As employees
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Titus 2:1-10
Titus For You by Tim Chester
1/2 Timothy & Titus commentary in the Pillar series by Robert Yarbraugh
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Read sermon transcriptThe big idea of our passage: Elders must rebuke false teachers. Why? 1. They are divisive 2. They are worldly. 3. They are legalistic 4. There is hope.
Citylight Manayunk | April 25, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo.
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Titus 1: 10-16Adapted from Mark Dever’s book The Gospel & Personal Evangelism
Titus For You by Tim Chester
1/2 Timothy & Titus commentary in the Pillar series by Robert Yarbraugh
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Read sermon transcriptElders protect against false teaching. Why?
- It destroys.
- It draws away.
- It defiles.
Citylight Delco | April 25, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo
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Elders Keep the Church in Order
What do Elders need?
- Character
- Competency
- Conviction
Citylight Delco | April 18, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo
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A church that lasts is grounded in the truth of the gospel. There are three reasons from this passage that tell us why we ought to be grounded in the truth: the truth accords with godliness, the truth is an eternally true promise, and the truth makes us a family.
Citylight Delco | April 11, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo
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The Letters to Timothy and Titus, the Pillar New Testament Commentary, by Robert Yarbrough
The Letters to Timothy and Titus, the New International Commentary on the New Testament, by Phillip Towner
Titus for You, by Tim Chester
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How can we all together live lives that really matter and last as an attractively different gospel culture in our world? The answer is the big idea of the opening of Paul’s letter to Titus: Be servants of God. Now, the Bible says that God is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything (Acts 17:15). And yet, Paul’s vision for a church that lasts is living as servants of God. So, what do servants of God serve? (1) Faith, (2) Godliness, (3) In hope.
Citylight Manayunk Service | April 11, 2021 from Citylight Church on Vimeo.
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Titus 1: 1-4
Titus For You by Tim Chester
1/2 Timothy & Titus commentary in the Pillar series by Robert Yarbraugh
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