Living

Titus 3

1. subject to rulers
2. to authorities
3. to be obedient
4. to be ready for every good deed
5. to malign no one
6. to be peaceable
7. gentle
8. showing every consideration for all men

"He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

"those who have believed God will be careful to engage in good deeds..."

To God be the Glory.

Teach

Titus 2
"¹You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine."

Older men are to be:

1. temperate
2. worthy of respect
3. self-controlled
4. sound in faith, in love and in endurance

Older women:

1. reverent in the way they live
2. not to be slanderers
3. not to be addicted to much wine
4. teach what is good

Younger women:

1. love their husband
2. love their children
3. self-controlled
4. pure
5. be busy at home
6. be kind
7. be subject to their husbands

Young men,
self-controlled.

"In your teaching show integrity, seriousness ⁸and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us."

Slaves:

1. be subject to their masters in everything,
2. try to please them
3. not to talk back to them
4. not to steal from them
5. show that they can be fully trusted
6. in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive

" ¹¹For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. ¹²It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, ¹³while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, ¹⁴who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good."

We shall wait patiently for the blessed hope.

To God be the Glory.

Hold firmly

Titus

"...Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. ⁹He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it."

1. be hospitable
2. loves what is good
3. self-controlled
4. upright
5. holy
6. disciplined
7. hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught
8. encourage others by sound doctrine
9. refute those who oppose the sound doctrine

To God be the Glory

Be Merciful

Jude

"²²Be merciful to those who doubt; ²³snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh." -NIV


"²³save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh." - NAS

" ²² And you must show mercy to those whose faith is wavering. ²³ Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives." - NLT

Be merciful:

1. compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
2. the disposition to be compassionate or forbearing: an adversary wholly without mercy.
3. the discretionary power of a judge to pardon someone or to mitigate punishment, esp. to send to prison rather than invoke the death penalty.
4. an act of kindness, compassion, or favor: She has performed countless small mercies for her friends and neighbors.
5. something that gives evidence of divine favor; blessing: It was just a mercy we had our seat belts on when it happened.

Very interesting.

To God be the Glory.