Titus Study - Week 5 - Conclusion: Titus in our time.
Overview of our 5 week study:
Week 1 - (7/13) Introduction, purpose & setting of Titus.
Week 2 - (7/20) The challenges & solutions for Titus (and the church).
Week 3 - (7/27) Specific instructions for Titus’ teaching
Week 4 - (8/3) Authority, controversy, and devotion.
Week 5 - (8/10) Conclusion: Titus in our time.
Today’s topic: Conclusion: Titus in our time.
Opening Prayer & Reading Titus 1:1-4
Review questions -
Who wrote this letter to Titus?
Who was Titus?
What was the reason or occasion for writing this letter?
What were some of the problems in Crete (where Titus was stationed)?
What were some of the solutions to these problems?
Since Titus was a letter to someone, written by someone, thousands of years ago, why should we pay attention to it today?
What can a book about problems from thousands of years ago teach us today?
What do we share in common with the believers on Crete?
Does the letter to Titus have weight for us today as we evaluate and look for leaders in the church?
Does the letter to Titus have weight for us today as we serve and live in the community of faith?
What occasions should we as a community of faith look to God’s Word in this letter to Titus?
Self Study Questions:
What are the controversies that distract or interrupt our devotion to doing what is good that we face in our day and age?
How does the world around us encourage us to live when there are controversies or quarrels?
Is this different from the way Paul instructs Titus and the believers of Crete to live? How so?
Which group or groups mentioned in chapter 2 do you think you fall into?
What are the instructions given for you and your group?
Paul left Titus in Crete to put things in order according to God’s Word, what things need to be put in order in your family according to God’s Word?
What things need to be put in order in our church according to God’s Word?
What is a verse, passage, or lesson from Titus you had not previously heard?
Now that you’ve studied Titus for 5 weeks, what questions do you have for God?
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