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August 26, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | Overseers Who Recognize Friend and Foe | Titus 1:10-16


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August 26, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | Overseers Who Recognize Friend and Foe | Titus 1:10-16

Overseers Who Recognize Friend and Foe
Titus 1:10-16

We observed in verse 5-9 that the overseers must be of high character in for the protection of themselves, their families and the church. Paul then goes on to describe the highest working characteristic of an oversee. This feature of the overseer’s life is the ability to first, personally know and embrace the message of Christ: “hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught.” The second trait is the ability to teach, encourage and correct those who are under their care:“encourage others by sound doctrine.” And third classification of people are those who oppose the Gospel. The overseers must be ready to identify the enemies of the Gospel and stand against them forcefully. As Paul states: “refute those who oppose it.” In today's text will go on to describe in full detail these enemies of the cross. How we must wonder what the Church of Christ might be like today had these words been held to throughout the centuries.

Sunday, July 22, 2018

July 22, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | Looking for the Light | Titus 1:5


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July 22, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | Looking for the Light | Titus 1:5

Looking for the Light
Titus 1:5

In this verse, Paul launches into the first purpose of his letter – instruction to Titus for choosing elders and teachers for the new church plants in Crete. As before, we will see that Paul is not going to give Titus a detailed commentary of who are these persons are or what each of the qualifications he presents mean. He is reminding Titus of what to look for in leaders and teachers using this short summary or outline. This is expressly because Titus is well aware of the qualifications for leadership having confronted and taught leaders in Corinth in Paul’s absence there. Today, we will try and discover what Titus might be looking for in the life of leaders and teachers in Crete: the light of Christ in their lives.