Titus 1:1-4 Sermon

Context

General

The three letters 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus stand in very close relationship to one another.

In contrast to the other Pauline letters, which, except for Philemon, were written to churches, these three letters were written to fellow workers of the apostle Paul to give instruction concerning their pastoral duties.

Even one of their own Cretians understood the depth of their depravity (1:12. lying, laziness, immorality)

Authorship

Paul

Recipients

Titus

a partner in the gospel in Corinth

a Gentile who was not circumcised as a test case for the gospel amongst the Gentiles (Gal. 2:3)

Onle of Paul’s closest counterparts

Church

Setting

Purposes

Warning of False Teaching

commands them to refute it

The false teachers are characterized by an interest in myths (1 Tim. 1:4; 4:7; Tit. 1:14; 2 Tim. 4:4) and genealogies (1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9), a concern with the law or a Jewish orientation (1 Tim. 1:7; Tit. 1:10, 14; 3:9) - George W. Knight

a desire to get material gain by means of their teaching (1 Tim. 6:5; Tit. 1:11)

Conduct and Church Life

set up elders

Dates

60-65 A.D.

Sometime right after Paul’s first Roman imprisonment