CrossWay Church
These are the Bible passage and sermon notes for our Sunday morning worship services.
Titus 3:4-15 NIV
Titus 3:4-15: Avoid and do these things!
“The worst people I’ve ever known have been doctrinally correct. The best people I’ve ever known have also been doctrinally correct. The difference is, the first use the doctrine to reinforce their superiority, whereas the latter receive it as a glimpse of Christ — and bow low.” -Ray Ortlund
I) Paul closes this letter to Titus and the church at Crete with 3 personal messages.
A) Paul asks Titus to ____________ him in Nicopolis.
B) Paul promises to send a ________ leader will take over Titus’s ministry at Crete.
C) Paul asks the Titus and the _________________ to help his fellow workers Zenas and Apollos.
II) Warning: Five things Christians should avoid.
A) Foolish __________________: Don’t try to make the Bible speak where it is silent or focus too much on minor theological issues.
Permit the Christian man to open his mind and ears to every utterance of God directed to him, provided it be with such restraint that when the Lord closes his holy lips, he also shall at once close the way to inquiry. The best limit of sobriety for us will be not only to follow God’s lead always in learning but, when he sets an end to teaching, to stop trying to be wise.
-John Calvin
B) Genealogies: Your family ________________ doesn’t save you.
C) Arguments: Don’t stir up needless ____________.
D) Quarrels about the law: Don’t think anything you can do to make you more _______________ in God’s eyes.
E) _____________ People
1) _____________ them to try and bring them to repentance.
2) If they do not head multiple warnings, keep your distance and do not let them _______________ you.
III) Call To Action: Two things Christians should do.
A) _______________ on what Christ has done for them.
B) Remember that the Holy Spirit is renewing their lives and empowering their good ______________.