Making The Gospel Beautiful – Week One
Titus 1:1-4
The Audacity Family exists to Love God, Serve others, and Go make Christlike disciples. Helping people find new life and purpose in Christ Jesus, until all have heard.
Titus: Making the Gospel Beautiful
Healthy Churches are built by Healthy Disciples
1. A Beautiful Church Must Have Order
2. A Beautiful Church Must Be Anchored In Truth
Titus 1:1-4 – Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; 4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace [mercy] and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Being a Servant Matters
Because Truth Matters
A Beautiful Church must be built on something unchanging - the Truth of God’s Word
3. A Beautiful Church Must Have Healthy Leaders
Titus 1:5-9 – This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. 9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
A Leader:
Faithful Children
Husband of One Wife
Above Reproach
Above Reproach (Blameless):
Not arrogant
Not Quick-Tempered
Not a Drunkard
Not an Abuser
Not Greedy
Hospitable
Lover of Good
Self-Controlled
Upright, Holy, Disciplined
Hold Firm to Doctrine
Teach, Rebuke, and be Teachable
Titus: Making the Gospel Beautiful
Healthy Churches are built by Healthy Disciples
1. A Beautiful Church Must Have Order
2. A Beautiful Church Must Be Anchored In Truth
Titus 1:1-4 – Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; 4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace [mercy] and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Being a Servant Matters
Because Truth Matters
A Beautiful Church must be built on something unchanging - the Truth of God’s Word
3. A Beautiful Church Must Have Healthy Leaders
Titus 1:5-9 – This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. 9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.
A Leader:
Faithful Children
Husband of One Wife
Above Reproach
Above Reproach (Blameless):
Not arrogant
Not Quick-Tempered
Not a Drunkard
Not an Abuser
Not Greedy
Hospitable
Lover of Good
Self-Controlled
Upright, Holy, Disciplined
Hold Firm to Doctrine
Teach, Rebuke, and be Teachable