THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT
PROGRAM AIR DATE: 10-21-18
LESSON TITLE: "IN DOCTRINE SHOWING INTEGRITY"
WELCOME
TODAY WE ARE BLESSED WITH A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD, THE BIBLE. THIS BOOK IS GOD'S LIVING WORD. IN ITS PAGES, WE ARE TOLD "FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD." IT IS IN THIS BOOK OF BOOKS THAT WE FIND THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF MAN'S QUESTIONS AND NEEDS. THIS MORNING YOUR AREA CHURCHES OF CHRIST WELCOME YOU TO A PROGRAM COMMITTED TO THAT PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AS WE PRESENT THE LIVING WORD. NOW HERE IS YOUR HOST, RAY SULLINS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE LIVING WORD PROGRAM ON THIS WONDROUS LORD'S DAY MORNING. IT IS ALWAYS A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU WITH US FOR THIS TIME OF OFFERING TO GOD. WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS SERVICE FOR OUR CREATOR. TODAY, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TOGETHER TO WORSHIP AND PRAISE OUR GOD. THIS MORNING WE WILL GLORIFY OUR LORD THROUGH SONGS OF PRAISE AND THROUGH THE STUDY OF HIS PERFECT WORD. WON'T YOU DO YOUR PART TO MAKE THIS TIME TOGETHER ACCEPTABLE IN HIS SIGHT. NOW, LET'S BEGIN OUR PRAISE TO GOD IN PRAYER.
PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY AND THE MANY GREAT BLESSINGS OF LIFE AND THE PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO BE CALLED YOUR CHILDREN. AND FATHER, HELP US THIS DAY TO WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH AND TO GIVE YOU OUR VERY BEST ACCORDING TO YOUR PERFECT WORD. AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR JESUS AND WE KNOW THE GREAT SACRIFICE THAT HE MADE THAT WE MIGHT STAND JUSTIFIED IN YOUR SIGHT AND ULTIMATELY RECEIVE THE MANY WONDROUS GIFTS AND PROMISES THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN IN YOUR WORD THE BIBLE. AND FATHER, WE PRAY THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN.
IT'S TIME TO BEGIN WITH OUR FIRST SONG OF THE MORNING. SO, WON'T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE BRETHREN AT THIS TIME AS WE SING TOGETHER, "SING HALLELUJAH TO THE LORD."
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS
SOMETIMES WE FORGET JUST HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE GOD ON OUR SIDE. IF WE LOOK AROUND IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY AND CONSIDER THOSE AROUND US, WE REALLY DON'T FIND A LOT OF PEOPLE WE CAN COUNT ON ANYMORE. PAST GENERATIONS WERE FOUNDED ON FUNDAMENTAL, GODLY PRINCIPLES LIKE TRUST, HONOR, DEPENDABILITY AND SINCERITY. WHEN SOMEONE SAID, 'YES' THEY MEANT YES AND WHEN SOMEONE SAID, 'NO' THEY MEANT NO. WHAT ABOUT TODAY WHEN SOMEONE SAYS 'I'LL DO IT TODAY' OR 'YOU CAN COUNT ON ME,' CAN WE REALLY?
THE FACT IS, OUR SOCIETY SEEMS TO BE FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SATISFIED WITH GETTING THE MOST THEY CAN, WITH THE LEAST EFFORT POSSIBLE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER THE JOB IS DONE RIGHT OR WRONG, GOOD OR BAD, AS LONG AS IT'S DONE, WE'LL GET PAID. WHERE HAS HONOR, RESPECT AND RELIABILITY GONE? WHERE ARE THOSE WHO DO A JOB AND WANT IT TO BE RIGHT BECAUSE THEIR NAME IS ON IT? WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS, EVEN THOUGH OUR SOCIETY SEEMS TO BE HEADED THE WRONG DIRECTION, WE CAN ALSO REGAIN OUR STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE IN THE THINGS OF GOD. NOTICE WHAT MOSES SAID ABOUT THIS IN NUMBERS 23:19, THERE WE READ, "GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? OR HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD?" HERE WE FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE GOD WE SERVE. HE IS NOT JUST A MERE MAN WHO MIGHT LET US DOWN, BUT HE CAN BE DEPENDED ON! WHY? BECAUSE HE DOES NOT LIE AND HE WILL DO THE THINGS WHICH HE SAYS. EVERY WORD GOD HAS SPOKEN WILL BE FULFILLED AND CAN BE COUNTED ON.
THE SECOND THING MOSES TELLS US THAT WE CAN FIND CONFIDENCE IN, IS FOUND IN THE VERY NEXT VERSE, WHERE HE SAID, "BEHOLD, I HAVE RECEIVED A COMMAND TO BLESS; HE HAS BLESSED, AND I CANNOT REVERSE IT." NOT ONLY DOES GOD NOT LIE AND NOT ONLY CAN HIS WORD BE COUNTED ON, BUT THERE IS NOTHING YOU, I, OR ANYONE ELSE CAN DO TO CHANGE HIS WILL! SO WHAT HAVE WE SEEN THUS FAR? IF GOD SAID IT, HE MEANT IT, IT WILL HAPPEN AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP OR CHANGE IT.
YOU SEE, AS CHRISTIANS, A KNOWLEDGE OF THESE THINGS HELPS US TO BE WHAT WE SHOULD AND TO DO THE THINGS GOD WANTS US TO. WHY? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HE IS WITH US IN EVERYTHING WE DO AND HIS GUIDANCE, PROTECTION AND PROMISE CAN BE RELIED UPON. EVEN IN TROUBLES, GOD IS GOING TO BE THERE TO HELP US AS WE NEED HIM. ISN'T THAT WHAT DAVID MEANT WHEN HE SAID, "MANY ARE THE AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT THE LORD DELIVERS HIM OUT OF THEM ALL," PSALMS 34:19. GOD IS TRULY OUR ROD AND OUR STAFF, HE GUIDES US, HE COMFORTS US. LET'S ALL REMEMBER TO FOCUS ON GOD, KEEPING IN MIND HIS COMMITMENT TO US. IF WE CAN COUNT ON HIM, KNOWING THAT HE CAN BE DEPENDED ON, WE CAN THEN BE ABLE TO DO AND BEAR ALL THINGS.
THIS MORNING WE WILL CONSIDER OUR NEXT LESSON IN OUR SERIES ON "SHOWING YOURSELF TO BE..." OUR SPECIFIC TOPIC OF STUDY TODAY WILL DEAL WITH THE TITLE, "IN DOCTRINE SHOWING INTEGRITY." SO PLEASE STAY WITH US THROUGH OUR NEXT SONG AND AFTER THAT I WILL RETURN WITH THIS STUDY FROM GOD'S WORD. NOW IT'S TIME TO JOIN IN OUR SECOND HYMN OF THE MORNING, THE NAME OF THE SONG, "I'LL LIVE FOR HIM."
LESSON
BY RAY SULLINS
WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE CONTINUED WITH US THIS MORNING AS WE GO TO GOD'S WORD AND CONSIDER OUR SECOND LESSON IN OUR NEW SERIES THAT REALLY COMES FROM TITUS CHAPTER 2. AND YOU MIGHT RECALL LAST WEEK AS WE INTRODUCED THE TOPIC THERE THAT THERE'S A DISCUSSION THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THAT CONTEXT WHERE WE FIND THAT PAUL IS REALLY ADDRESSING TITUS AS HE WILL TALK TO THE ELDERS OR MAYBE THE OLDER PEOPLE OR THE OLDER WOMEN AND THE YOUNGER WOMEN AND THE YOUNGER MEN. AND AS HE'S TALKING TO THEM, HE MENTIONS A LOT OF CHARACTERISTICS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONCEPTS THAT CERTAINLY AFFECT THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN. AND AS HE DOES THAT HE EVEN COMES DOWN TO AROUND VERSE SIX WHERE HE BEGINS TO ADDRESS THE YOUNG MEN AND THE NEED THAT THE YOUNG MEN WHO ARE FOLLOWERS OF GOD HAVE IN NEEDING TO BE SOBER MINDED. AND HE MAKES THIS STATEMENT IN VERSE SEVEN AGAIN WHERE ARE MAIN THEME COMES FROM, "IN ALL THINGS SHOWING YOURSELF TO BE A PATTERN OF GOOD WORKS; IN DOCTRINE SHOWING INTEGRITY, REVERENCE AND INCORRUPTIBILITY." AND CERTAINLY IT CONTINUES FROM THERE. BUT AS WE LOOK AT THIS CONCEPT WHAT WE BEGIN TO SEE IS THAT PAUL CHALLENGED HIM TO SHOW HIS SELF TO BE SOMETHING. AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, AS WELL, THERE FROM VERSE SIX HE IS IDENTIFIED PERHAPS AS A YOUNGER MAN OR AMONGST THE YOUNGER MEN AND THAT THEREFORE AS A YOUNGER MAN OR EVEN A CHILD OF GOD, HE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS MIND WAS CLEAR AND THAT HE WAS SOBER IN THE THINGS THAT HE THOUGHT AND THEREFORE THE THINGS THAT CAME FORTH FROM HIM. BUT THEN AS HE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE GOOD WORKS THAT WE LOOKED AT LAST WEEK HE ALSO SHOULD FOCUS ON DOCTRINE. AND ABOUT THE NEXT FOUR THINGS THAT HE MENTIONED IN THE TEXT SEEM TO BE TIED TO THE IDEA OF DOCTRINE OR TEACHING. NOW THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU'LL LOOK WITHIN THE SAME CONTEXT, YOU CAN BACK UP TO VERSE ONE THERE IN CHAPTER 2, AND HE ACTUALLY SAYS THIS, "BUT AS FOR YOU (TITUS), SPEAK THE THINGS WHICH ARE PROPER FOR SOUND DOCTRINE." AND SO WHAT WE BEGIN TO SEE HERE THAT CERTAINLY THERE WAS A THING THAT WAS KNOWN TO BE PROPER OR SOUND DOCTRINE AND THEREFORE HE WAS TO SPEAK THOSE THINGS THAT PERTAINED TO THE SOUND DOCTRINE. AND THEREFORE, WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THAT TEXT THERE, VERSE SEVEN, AND IT SAYS, "IN DOCTRINE SHOWING INTEGRITY," WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE EMPHASIS IS: THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT GOD SAYS AND DOING IT.
NOW BEFORE WE LOOK AT THAT WORD A LITTLE DEEPER WE CAN DROP DOWN NOW TO VERSE 10 AND GUESS WHAT IT SAYS THERE? THAT WE MAY ADORN THE DOCTRINE OF GOD IN ALL THINGS. AND HE IS ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT BONDSERVANTS THERE AND INSTRUCTION THAT THEY SHOULD RECEIVE. BUT AGAIN THE POINT IS THAT HE EMPHASIZES THE CONCEPT ONCE AGAIN OF DOCTRINE. WHAT IS THE WORK DOCTRINE? THE WORK DOCTRINE COMES FROM THE GREEK AND REALLY COMES FROM THE CONCEPT OF TEACHING. AND BECAUSE THERE'S AN ARTICLE IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE THAT IS A V IN FRONT OF TEACHING. THE TEACHINGS IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SYSTEM OF CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS WHICH IS THE IDEA OF DOCTRINE IN ENGLISH. IT IS A COLLECTIVE CONCEPT OF TRUE TEACHINGS THAT MAKE UP WHAT CHRISTIANS SHOULD KNOW, UNDERSTAND, BELIEVE, AND, THEREFORE, FOLLOW. AND SO WHEN HE SAYS HERE THINK OF SOUND DOCTRINE, THOSE THINGS PROPER TO SOUND DOCTRINE, THE SOUND TEACHINGS. AND WHAT THEREFORE WOULD SOUND TEACHING BE? THE MESSAGE OF GOD. THE TEACHINGS FROM GOD HIMSELF. AND WHERE DO WE FIND THOSE? IN THE BIBLE. SO NOW WHEN WE GET DOWN TO VERSE SEVEN AND HE SAYS AND DOCTRINE SHOWING INTEGRITY, HE'S SAYING IN THE TEACHINGS AND THE THINGS OF GOD IN THE DOCTRINE OF GOD WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SHOWING FORTH INTEGRITY. NOW THE WORD INTEGRITY HERE AGAIN IS A VERY INTERESTING AND UNIQUE WORD IN THE GREEK BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THE CONCEPT OF A PURITY. IN FACT, THE WORD IS AN INCORRUPTIBILITY, INDESTRUCTIBILITY, OR IMMORTALITY. AND SO IT IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND PHYSICAL, FLESH AND BLOOD AND WHAT WE DO IN THE FLESH. BUT REALLY WHAT WE DO SPIRITUALLY. IN DOCTRINE SHOWING INTEGRITY OR PURITY OR INCORRUPTIBILITY. ANOTHER WORD THAT COULD BE USED FOR THE TRANSLATION HERE WOULD BE SINCERITY. INDOCTRINE SHOWING SINCERITY. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT WHEN YOU PREACH THAT YOU KNOW YOU ARE PREACHING WHAT YOU'VE RECEIVED AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE DECLARING WHAT IS FROM GOD. THAT WHICH IS INCORRUPTIBLE. THAT WHICH IS INDESTRUCTIBLE. THAT IS FROM GOD. THAT CANNOT BE DESTROYED. THAT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED NO MATTER WHAT. WELL, YOU SEE THAT'S EXACTLY THE IDEA THAT IS BEING SPOKEN OF HERE. SO TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND KNOWING THAT THE CONCEPT OF INTEGRITY GOES DIRECTLY WITH DOCTRINE, HOW IS IT THAT WE SHOW THE IDEA OF BEING SINCERE OR SHOWING INTEGRITY IN RELATIONSHIP TO DOCTRINE? THAT IT MIGHT BE WHAT? INCORRUPTIBLE. THAT IT MIGHT BE SHOWN AS INDESTRUCTIBLE.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT WITH ME FOR JUST A MOMENT BECAUSE EVEN JESUS SPOKE ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOME CHOSE TO CORRUPT DOCTRINE. NOT KEEPING IT SINCERE OR KEEPING IT TRUE BUT EVEN BEFORE THE CHURCH BEGAN. DO YOU REMEMBER WITH ME THERE IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW CHAPTER 15, IT IS THERE THAT JESUS SPEAKS ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING A DOCTRINE THAT WAS NOT FROM GOD AT ALL. IN FACT, VERSE EIGHT OF CHAPTER 15 SAYS THIS, "'THESE PEOPLE DRAW NEAR TO ME WITH THEIR MOUTH, AND HONOR ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME. AND IN VAIN THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINE THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.'" THERE IT IS AGAIN. TEACHING AS THE TEACHINGS WHICH SHOULD BE FROM GOD, WHICH SHOULD BE SINCERE, WHICH SHOULD BE INDESTRUCTIBLE, WHICH SHOULD BE UNCORRUPTED, AND THEREFORE ONLY WHAT GOD SAYS. WHAT WERE THEY DOING? CORRUPTING THEM. AND RATHER THAN TEACHING THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD THEY REALLY HAD MADE THEM COMMANDMENTS OF MEN. AND SO NOW WE SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. EVEN JESUS WARNED ABOUT A DOCTRINE THAT WOULD NOT SHOW FORTH INTEGRITY. ABOUT A DOCTRINE OR TEACHINGS THAT WOULD NOT BE ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH OR WHAT WAS RIGHT.
PAUL ALSO WARNED TIMOTHY, A YOUNG EVANGELIST, ABOUT THAT. WE COULD BACK UP TO FIRST TIMOTHY AND LOOK THERE IN CHAPTER 1 AND VERSE 10. AND NOTICE WHAT HE SAYS THEIR IN RELATIONSHIP TO AGAIN DOCTRINE. HE WARNS TIMOTHY ABOUT THOSE WHO MIGHT PRACTICE FORNICATION, OR SODOMY, OR KIDNAPPERS, OR LIARS, OR OTHER THINGS. BUT THEN HE SAYS AND ANY SUCH THING THAT IS CONTRARY TO GUESS WHAT? SOUND DOCTRINE. YOU SEE, HE MAKE THE SAME EMPHASIS. THERE IS A SUCH THING AS SOUND DOCTRINE AND WHAT THAT SUGGESTS AND ALSO CLARIFIES TO US IF THERE'S A SUCH THING AS SOUND DOCTRINE, THERE'S A SUCH THING AS UNSOUND DOCTRINE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT OUR TEXT TODAY IS SAYING. NOT A DOCTRINE THAT IS CORRUPTED BY MAN. NOT A DOCTRINE THAT IS INSINCERE. NOT A DOCTRINE THAT CANNOT BE TRUSTED OR DOES NOT HAVE INTEGRITY BUT THE OPPOSITE. GOD'S DOCTRINE, THE SOUND DOCTRINE. THE PROPER AND SOUND DOCTRINE THAT WAS EVEN SPOKEN OF TO TIMOTHY. TURNOVER JUST PERHAPS A FEW PAGES IN YOUR BIBLE AND YOU CAN LOOK THERE AT CHAPTER 6. AND GUESS WHAT? PAUL AGAIN WILL SAY TO TIMOTHY IN CHAPTER 6, AND SPECIFICALLY OR RATHER, CHAPTER FOUR AND VERSE SIX. THE BIBLE THERE SAYS, "IF YOU INSTRUCT THE BRETHREN IN THESE THINGS, YOU WILL BE A GOOD MINISTER OF JESUS CHRIST, NOURISHED IN THE WORDS OF FAITH AND OF THE DOCTRINE WHICH YOU HAVE CAREFULLY FOLLOWED." THIS ADDS ANOTHER ELEMENT REALLY, THE IDEA THAT TIMOTHY HIMSELF, AS WELL AS TITUS, WAS NOT ONLY TO PREACH IT BUT TO LIVE IT. HE SAYS THE DOCTRINE THAT YOU HAVE FOLLOWED, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? THEY ARE THOSE WORDS OF FAITH THAT ARE GOOD DOCTRINE, SOUND DOCTRINE, UNCORRUPTED, THAT ARE OF INTEGRITY BECAUSE THEY ARE SINCERE. BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY SAYING WHAT GOD HAS SAID AND WHAT GOD HIMSELF HATH DECLARED. AND THEN AGAIN WE CAN EVEN SEE WITHIN THAT SAME CONTEXT THAT THERE IN FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER FOUR BUT DOWN IN VERSE 13 WHEN TIMOTHY WAS REALLY TOLD ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE SHOULD STRIVE FOR. NOTICE WHAT VERSE 13 SAYS, "TILL I COME," PAUL SAYS, "GIVE ATTENTION TO," GUESS WHAT? "READING, TO EXHORTATION, TO DOCTRINE." THAT TRUTH, THE TEACHINGS OF GOD! NOT OF MAN! NOT OF THE TWISTED THINGS OF MAN! NOT OF THE THINGS THAT FEEL GOOD TO YOU TIMOTHY OR THAT FEEL GOOD TO OTHERS! NOT OF WHAT DENOMINATIONALISM WOULD BE TEACHING AND THE FACT THAT EVERY CHURCH IS OKAY WHETHER THEY FOLLOW GOD OR NOT. WHETHER THEY DO WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS OR NOT. SOUND DOCTRINE, SOUND TEACHINGS. IN TEACHINGS OF INTEGRITY THAT WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. AND IN THE SENSE THAT SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT ARE FOUND THERE IN TITUS AND TIMOTHY ARE PARALLELS BECAUSE THEY'RE GIVEN TO YOUNG EVANGELISTS THEN WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE IDEA EVEN IN FIRST TIMOTHY AND CHAPTER 6. AND IF YOU WILL NOTICE THERE IN THAT TEXT GUESS WHAT HE STARTS WITH? GUESS WHAT HE SAYS THERE AS HE IS SUMMARIZING WITHIN HIS FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY WHAT HE SHOULD STRIVE FOR? THE VERY SAME THING THAT HE SUMMARIZES THERE IN CHAPTER 2 TO TITUS, WHEN HE SAYS THIS, "LET AS MANY BOND SERVANTS AS ARE UNDER THE YOKE COUNT THEIR OWN MASTERS WORTHY OF ALL HONOR, SO THAT THE NAME OF GOD AND HIS DOCTRINE MAY NOT BE BLASPHEMED."
YOU SEE BRETHREN, WE NOT ONLY CAN KNOW THE DOCTRINE, WE CAN KNOW THE TRUTH WHICH GIVES US FREEDOM. GOD SAYS WE CAN KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL SAVE US (JOHN 8:32) SO WE HAVE THAT GREAT PRIVILEGE! WE CAN KNOW TRUTH! WE CAN KNOW DOCTRINE! WE CAN KNOW THE TEACHINGS, THE SYSTEM OF TEACHINGS AS GIVEN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THE APOSTLES, WHAT WAS REFERRED TO IN ACTS 2 AS THE APOSTLES' DOCTRINE, THE TEACHINGS OF THE APOSTLES, WHICH WERE WHAT? GIVEN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE IN JOHN 16 WE SEE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD GUIDE THEM NOT IN SOME THINGS BUT IN ALL THINGS. HE WOULD BRING TO THEIR REMEMBRANCE ALL THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO REMEMBER THAT THEY COULD TEACH THE TRUTH IN WHAT? INTEGRITY AND SINCERITY. THAT WHEN THEY OPENED THEIR MOUTHS AND WHEN THEY SPOKE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL COULD KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SAYING WAS PURE TRUTH, PURE DOCTRINE UNCORRUPTED. NO CORRUPTION IN ANY SENSE. INDESTRUCTIBLE BECAUSE IT IS WHAT GOD SAYS, NOT WHAT MAN HAS MESSED WITH, BUT WHAT GOD SAYS. SOMETHING THAT TRULY IS INCORRUPTIBLE IN EVERY WAY BECAUSE OF THE GREAT PURITY THAT IT SHOWS FORTH.
NOW AS WE RETURN TO OUR MAIN TEXT AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT PAUL IS TRYING TO CHALLENGE THIS YOUNGER MAN AS I BELIEVE HERE AS AN EVANGELIST TO REALLY TELL THE OLDER MEN AND WOMEN AND THE YOUNG WOMEN AND THE YOUNG MEN WHAT THEY SHOULD DO. HE NOW IS SAYING AND YOU DO THIS YOURSELF. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT DOCTRINE. LIVE IT AND THEN PROCLAIM IT. AND AS YOU DO THE GOOD WORKS OF GOD, TITUS, YOU MAKE SURE THAT IN DOCTRINE YOU SHOW INTEGRITY. THAT WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH PEOPLE LISTEN. NOT BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE, NOT BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN EARTHLY WISDOM BUT BECAUSE WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT. IT IS FROM GOD AND GOD ALONE. IS THAT WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU? I HOPE SO BECAUSE WHEN WE PUT GOD FIRST AND WE LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS WILL WE WILL FIND NOT ONLY HIS BLESSINGS IN THIS LIFE BUT HIS BLESSINGS IN THE LIFE TO COME!
CLOSING COMMENTS
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IN A WORLD LACKING INTEGRITY, MAY WE STRIVE TO SET THE STANDARD OF GOD IN ALWAYS DOING WHAT WE SAY AND BY BEING PEOPLE OF OUR WORD. WHAT BETTER WAY TO REPRESENT GOD THAN IN SHOWING OURSELVES RIGHTEOUS IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND OTHERS. ARE YOU TRUSTWORTHY IN ALL YOU DO AND SAY?