The Gospel (Titus 2:11-14) OUTLINE

Corey Ramsey

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Presentation of the gospel from Titus.

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Introduction

Greeting

Alexander the Great

I like to study history

I find war history and biographies interesting

Two of my Favorite, Napolean and Alexander

Alexander was the great King of Macedon, who lived from 356 to 323 BC

Known for

Military Genius

Hellenization

Taking over much of the world

Would sometimes allow people to rule in his name

If they did not submit, they were expelled and replaced

Goal was to Hellenize whole world

Meant renouncing old culture and embracing new

Many of his time referred to him as king of kings

Transition

I am here to tell you today that as great as Alexander may have seemed, I will be speaking to you of one far greater, the true King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ.

We will see similarities between Alexander and Jesus in our passage in Titus, Jesus work being far greater

Prayer

Titus 2:11-14

Context

The text we will be looking at today is Titus 2:11-14

Written by Paul to Titus

Speaks of three things

Setting up church government or appointing elders

Devotion to sound doctrine

Good works

The Text

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

Light Reflection

Passage full of doctrine

Grace of God

Salvation

Sanctification (being made holy)

Eschatology (study of end times)

Redemption

The Church

and more..

Touch on all these topics in presentation of gospel

WHAT IS THE GOSPEL

Depends on who you ask

Many different answers

Truth is only 1 true gospel of Jesus Christ

Any not the one true gospel are false gospels

How did Paul feel about the one true gospel

Galatians 1:6-9 says,

6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

What about the importance of the one true gospel

1 Corinthians 15:3 says,

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received

The one true gospel should be delivered as of first importance when sharing the faith and as verse 15 in Titus 2 mentions, I am here today to declare these things and my hope is that no one here today will disregard me as I present to you the message of life.

Verse 11

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,

Great news but why?

If there is any in here today that don’t understand why the grace of God appearing bringing salvation for all people is good news, it is because they do not understand their own condition and the destiny based on that condition.

Let me explain

No real danger makes salvation sound silly

Why be saved if nothing to be saved from?

A lot of unsaved people stand here today

They believe there is a God, whether they admit it or not, but they see no reason why they should trust in him.

They

Love their lives

Believe they are good person

God will understand their mistakes

No way God could send all these people to hell

They have nothing to worry about

This was me a little over 5 years ago before I realized some serious truths

It is of first importance that I trust in this God I had rejected all these years.

Believed in him

Did not honor him

Did not trust him as savior

Didnt feel I needed saving

I am not a good person

Drugs and immorality

Thought I wasnt bad

Hadnt killed no one

A good person in Gods eyes must be perfect

I failed to meet that standard

James 2:10 , For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

Since God is real, and I am not good, I would be in trouble when he came back

Needed Gods grace

Unable to save myself

The Grace of God has appeared

Grace = unmerited favor

Grace = an unmerited/undeserved gift of God

Ephesians 2:8-9 says,

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Nothing about us deserves grace.

We deserve wrath for breaking Gods whole law

How has grace of God appeared?

The grace of God appeared in Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ, the savior of the world, bringing salvation for all people

Does this mean that everybody is saved?

The grace of God has no limitation as far as

Poor or rich

Slave or free

Jew or Gentile

In OT, grace of God was shown in nation Israel

In NT, grace of God extended to the Gentiles

Passage does not mean every single person but all types of people

No matter where you go whether the United States or Russia or wherever, there is only one name under which man can be saved and that is the Lord Jesus Christ

People everywhere no matter rich or poor slave or free can trust in him and be saved

What does Christ save them from?

Their sins

Verse 12

12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Now saved, called to live a different life

Alexander showed mercy to some, but required they live according to his ways

Very similar thing happening in text

Jesus conquered sin and death (our old ruler)

Established a new way of life for us to live

We see that the grace of God has appeared to bring salvation in last verse

In this verse we see grace of God allows us to

renounce ungodliness

worldly passions

live self controlled

upright

and godly lives

As we go from old ways following prince of power of air

to following Christ and living for him

It is a process called sanctification in which we progressively become holy

A work of the Holy Spirit

To say no to sin

To live for Christ

We see this painted very clearly in Galatians 5:19-24,

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

We see here two complete opposites

We used to practice works of flesh, in which none who do these things will inherit kingdom

But as the grace of God has appeared and brought salvation to us

We are given the Holy Spirit

Which gives us power to forsake work of flesh

Power to bear fruit in Spirit

This is our new way of life

Alexander Hellenized

Christ Christianized

Living this way is not what saves us (wouldnt be grace)

Since we are saved, we live this way (grace)

Expected to live life in a way that glorifies our savior

Verse 13

13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Saved, expected to live godly lives until he returns

Him coming back should be motivation

Could come back today, or a thousand years from now

Dont know day or hour, only that he will be back

Consider with me the parable of the absent master in Mark 13:32-37

32 “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. 35 Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning— 36 lest he come suddenly and find you asleep. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.”

We must stay awake

There will be judgement when he returns

All those who fail to trust in him separated from his love forever

All who have trusted in him

1 John 3:2 says,

2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.

Finally see Christ as he is

We shall be like him

Revelation 21:3-4 also tells us:

3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

We will dwell with God forever

No more tears

No more mourning

No more death

No more crying

No more pain

Sinful world as we know it passed away

New heavens and earth ushered in

Spend eternity with Christ

A world that doesnt have all the things that cause us pain

Share in our masters joy

Verse 14

14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

Our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness.

Spoke of salvation earlier but how did that take place?

Jesus came into world

Born of a virgin

Fully God & Fully Man

Lived perfect life under Gods law

The one that we all have failed because of our sin

Taken to the cross and crucified

Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin are death.

Jesus never sinned, how could he die?

Didn’t die because of his sin but for sins of his people

Jesus takes all his peoples sins to cross

Jesus gives his perfect righteousness to all his people

Gods wrath is satisfied

We stand before God on judgement day with Christs righteousness

Share in this blessing by believing in Jesus

Believing that

Apart from him we would have all perished and suffered under Gods wrath

rightly so we have all rebelled

We could not save ourselves but only Jesus could save us

The grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people based on our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness

Before we are redeemed by Christ, we are slaves to sin

Ephesians passage said we were followers of the prince of the power of the air

We would still be had Jesus not intervened

Bought us at a price, his precious blood

Redeemed us from life in which we had no way to leave our slavery

Bought us from life of sin that leads to death and gave us life according to his life

Not only did he die but rose again third day

Those in Christ die to sin, raised into new life by Spirit

New creature to live in new way

Old way has passed away

To purify a people for himself, a people of his own possession

Look to OT, those who were unclean could not come in presence of God

Those who were to serve the Lord were to be pure and clean

God is Holy and Pure

Requires us to be Holy and Pure in his presence

Adam and Eve sinned and separated mankind from God by defilement of sin

Everybody after them, born sinners

In order to serve in presence of God, had to be purified and cleansed

Numbers 5:8-16 explains this well:

5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them. 7 Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves. 8 Then let them take a bull from the herd and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering. 9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel. 10 When you bring the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites, 11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD. 12 Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD to make atonement for the Levites. 13 And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.

14 “Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering. 16 For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel.

Do you see any similarities in this passage and ours?

That passage we se God cleansing a people for himself that they might be his and serve him

Our passage we see Jesus Christ who purified a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works

IF they could just sacrifice animals to be pure, why sacrifice Jesus?

Hebrews 9:12-14 says,

12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Blood of bulls and goats = temporary solution

Hebrews 10:4 says its impossible for that to take away sins

Christ, the perfect sacrifice = eternal solution to problem

Purifying us once and for all to serve him

Who are zealous for good works.

Look at all Christ has done for us

Showed us Amazing Grace

Saved us

Given us his Spirit to live by

Will return for us

Gave himself for us

Redeemed us

Purified us

Allows us to serve him

It only makes sense we would serve him zealously

Remember

He didnt have to save us but he did

Didnt save everybody but only some

If we are included, should be privilege to serve him

Reflection

We have looked throughout the text and seen gospel laid out

There are people here who:

Believe

Dont Believe

Think they believe but really dont

Lets start by addressing the unbeliever

Unbeliever

Whats preventing you from placing faith in risen Lord Jesus Christ?

This is a big deal

Cant push it aside/address it another day

Life or Death matter

We are not promised another day

Jesus could return today for judgement

You would be outside of Christ

Condemned for your sins

You could die today

Never have another chance to repent and believe

Wont make it to heaven on being a good person

You are not a good person

Scriptures tell us, none are good, no not 1

I have heard some dont want to be Christian because of all rules

Tells me you are in love with sin

NO sin worth spending eternity in hell

Gods way of life is best for us

Gods way of life is most fulfulling

If you believe opposite, you are believing prince of power of air

It is a lie

I plea to you today

Call upon the Lord

The Lord says, “whoever comes to me I will in no wise cast out.”

There is nothing that has left you beyond forgiveness except your unbelief

Your past doesnt matter

What matters is decision you will make today

Will you continue in sin on path to death?

or will you repent of your sins, come to Lord in faith, and have life?

CHOOSE LIFE!

So-called believer

The so-called believer

United States filled with cultural Christians

Cultural Christian = person would consider themselves Christian because of how raised or how culture is

As culture progresses toward non-Christian/god hating, this category will disappear

Either be forced to renounce faith because of loss

Or accept loss and embrace faith

I stood as cultural Christian around 25 years of my life

I thought I believed in God

I knew he existed

Disregarded everything he told me about him and how to live

Truth is, I wasnt a Christian

Could have cared less about God

Only concerned with myself

Those of you in this section, I want you to know

Believing God is not a thought but an action

If I believed that somebody was going to break in my house tonight and attack my family, yet I left the doors unlocked and my wife and child at home by themselves, would we really be able to say that I believed that was going to happen?

NO!

If I believed that was going to happen, I would have treated the situation with all seriousness and been prepared and ready to defend my home.

Cant say we believe in God while lives full of sin

Cant say we believe in God with no desire for relationship

No Prayer

No Bible Reading

Cant say we love God, not try to keep his commands

Cant say we love God, and not be burdened over our sin and sin of others

Revelation 3:15-16 says,

15 “ ‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

No better time than right now

Put away dead Christianity

Live for Christ

The Believer

To the believer

I challenge you to be zealous for good works

The text calls us to

Renounce or deny ungodliness

Renounce worldly passions

Are there things in your life that are not honoring to God?

We must deny these

We are ambassadors of Christ

What we do impacts peoples opinion of Jesus

We have Holy Spirit

He will help us recognize things that not honoring to God

Let us pick up word and read

and pray that Holy Spirit will point these things out

Not only should we not do wrong, but we should do good

Live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives

Pursuing fruits of Spirit mentioned early is what to aim for

Not only do these things but be zealous for these things

This is why Christ purified us

Zealous = deeply committed

Living at City Gospel with so many people that you see everyday, many opportunities for good works right where you stay

Matthew 28:19-20 calls us to:

19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Preach the gospel at all times and use words if necessary says St. Francis.

Gospel can be preached by our zeal to serve our master

Often leads to opportunity to share with words

I challenge you to be a light to the people in your lives