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Scripture Texts

Primary Text: Titus 2

Supplemental Texts: 1 Peter 4:9; Philippians 4:8; James 2:1-4; Galatians 5:23; 2 Timothy 3:16

Main Points or Ideas

1. Be Hospitable 

• 1 Peter 4:9
• The Good Samaritan 
• We make so many excuses to avoid being hospitable. 

2. Be Loving 

• Philippians 4:8
• Do you love what God loves and hate what God Hayes?
• Love what is good. 
• What someone loves tells you a lot about that person. 
• Could you write “good” on the things you consume (i.e. books, videos, music, websites, etc.)?

3. Be Soberminded

• Keeping one’s head about them 
• If you are a pastor, you have to have common sense. 
• If you don’t have common sense as a pastor, you hurt your whole congregation. 
• Having common sense is part of being a good leader. 

4. Be Just 

• What is proper, right, and fitting 
• It is being honorable in everything you do. 
• James 2:1-4, 8-11
• You should always be trying to do what is right and fitting. 
• Slander/Gossip is not just. 

5. Be Holy 

• Be above reproach. 
• If you can’t be trusted in private, you can’t be trusted in public. 
• We are more concerned about what people think we are than what we actually are. 
• Learn to become good at confessing sin, not good at hiding it. 
• What you try to hide, God has a great way of revealing. 

6. Be Self-Controlled 

• A mark of immaturity is the lack of self-control. 
• Do you choose the right response even when it’s hard? 
• If you only act right when others are watching, that’s what you are doing, acting. 
• Galatians 5:23 
• Self-control is a daily battle/decision. 
• When you see someone lose self-control, it’s sad. 
• Are you practicing self-control in every area of your life? 
• Are there things in your life that, if you were honest between you and God, are totally out of control?
• You can control yourself (because you have the Holy Spirit). 
• What is something that Satan says you can’t control? God says you can. 

7. Be Committed to God’s Word 

   • 2 Timothy 3:16
8. We need to hang on hard to God’s Word. 
9. Are you ready to take the stand for God’s Word? 
10. Hold fast to the Faithful Word.