Kress Biblical Resources :: Christian Living That Adorns the Doctrine of God as Savior (Tit 2; Tit 3:1-11)

Detailed Outline of Titus

The Gospel of Grace Calls Us to Adorn the Doctrine of God as Savior

3. Christian living that adorns the doctrine of God as Savior (Tit 2; Tit 3:1-11)
   1. The character and conduct of various groups within the church (Tit 2:1-15)
      1. Sound doctrine and the grace of God practically applied to believers (Tit 2:1-10)
         1. The first command to Titus (Tit 2:1)
            1. The contrast with false teachers
            2. The command to speak the things that are fitting for sound doctrine
         2. The fitting character and conduct of older men (Tit 2:2)
            1. Temperate
            2. Dignified
            3. Sensible
            4. Sound in faith, in love, in perseverance
         3. The fitting character and conduct of older women (Tit 2:3-4a)
            1. Reverent in their behavior
            2. Not malicious gossips
            3. Nor enslaved to much wine
            4. Teachers of good
            5. Train the young women in sensibility
         4. The fitting character and conduct of young women (Tit 2:4b-5)
            1. Love their husbands
            2. Love their children
            3. Sensible
            4. Pure
            5. Workers at home
            6. Good/kind
            7. Subject to their own husbands
         5. The fitting motivation (Tit 2:5b)
         6. The fitting character and conduct of young men and Titus (Tit 2:6-8)
            1. Sensible in all things (Tit 2:6-7a)
            2. Titus’ example (Tit 2:7b-8)
               1. An example of good deeds
               2. Purity in doctrine
               3. Dignified in teaching
               4. Sound in speech which is beyond reproach
            3. The motivation (Tit 2:8b)
         7. The fitting character and conduct of bondslaves (Tit 2:9-10)
            1. Subject to their own masters in everything
            2. Well-pleasing
            3. Not argumentative
            4. Not pilfering
            5. Showing all good faith
            6. The motivation
      2. Sound doctrine and the grace of God powerfully explained to believers [as the motive and power for godly living] (Tit 2:11-15)
         1. God’s grace issues in a wonderful salvation (Tit 2:11)
            1. The showing/shining of the grace of God to all men [in the life, death and resurrection of Christ]
            2. The saving grace of God
         2. God’s grace instructs in a practical sanctification (Tit 2:12)
            1. What we are instructed to forsake
               1. Forsaking ungodliness
               2. Forsaking worldly desires
            2. What we are instructed to follow after
               1. Living sensibly
               2. Living righteously
               3. Living godly
         3. God’s grace induces a hopeful anticipation (Tit 2:13)
            1. The perspective of our hope
            2. The Person of our hope
         4. God’s grace includes a purposeful redemption (Tit 2:14)
            1. Redeemed by—Christ’s Person and work [“who gave Himself for us”]
            2. Redeemed from—every lawless deed
            3. Redeemed for
               1. A personal relationship with the Holy One
               2. A passion for good deeds
         5. God’s grace (practically applied and theologically defined) necessitates an authoritative proclamation [The second command to Titus to “speak” in chapter two] (Tit 2:15)
   2. The character and conduct of all toward those outside the church (Tit 3:1-11)
      1. Salvation practically applied—submission to authority and love toward all men [Remember how you now are to think and live as a believer] (Tit 3:1-2)
         1. A life characterized by submission to God’s Word
         2. A life characterized by submission and obedience to societal authorities
         3. A life characterized by readiness for good deeds
         4. A life characterized by edifying speech towards others
         5. A life characterized by non-contentiousness
         6. A life characterized by gentleness/kindness
         7. A life characterized by humility toward all men
      2. Salvation powerfully explained—salvation by God’s grace as the basis and motive for that submission and love [Remember how you used to think and live as an unbeliever, and how you were saved by grace through no merit of your own] (Tit 3:3-7)
         1. Remember the grim reality of who we were apart from Christ (Tit 3:3)
            1. Foolish
            2. Disobedient
            3. Deceived
            4. Enslaved to various lusts and pleasures
            5. Spending our life in malice and envy
            6. Hateful, hating one another
         2. Remember the glorious reality of what God has done for us through Christ (Tit 3:4-7)
            1. He saved us out of kindness and love, through Christ (Tit 3:4-5a)
            2. He saved us not on the basis of good works, but because of His mercy (Tit 3:5b)
            3. He saved us by causing us to be born again by the Holy Spirit, through the Person and work of Christ (Tit 3:5c-6)
               1. The washing of rebirth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit (Tit 3:5b)
               2. The wondrous Person and work of Jesus Christ our Savior (Tit 3:6)
            4. He saved us by grace so that we would inherit eternal life (Tit 3:7)
               1. Our position—being made righteous by grace
               2. Our possession—heirs of eternal life according to hope
      3. Salvation and its practical ramifications summarized [Remember how God reckons what is profitable and what is worthless] (Tit 3:8-11)
         1. The surety of both the explanation and application of salvation (Tit 3:8a)
         2. The solemn responsibility of believers to practically live out their gracious salvation in good deeds (Tit 3:8b)
         3. The shunning of unprofitable discussions (Tit 3:9)
         4. The sending away of a factious man (Tit 3:10-11)
            1. The discipline process—after a first and second warning
            2. The description of a factious man—perverted, sinning, self-condemned