The Leadership We Need (Titus 1:1-5a) Introduction: My testimony
An Overview of the Book 1. Author: The apostle Paul (v. 1-3) (a) to bring faith to God's elect. (b) to bring knowledge unto holiness. (c) to bring the hope of eternal life which God (who cannot lie) promised.
2. The recipient: Titus (v. 4)
3. The setting: the island of Crete (v. 5)
4. The message of the book of Titus: The Leadership We Urgently Need (v. 5) (a) The first lack: the faith of God's elect (1:1, 1:9-16) (a') The first answer: elders in every city (1:5-9)
(b) The second lack: knowledge unto holiness (1:1b, 1:16, 2:11-15) (b') The second answer: saints who adorn the gospel and teach others to do so (2:1-3:2)
(c) The third lack: the hope of eternal life (1:2, 3:9-11) (c') The third answer: people devoted to the gospel of grace and doing good works (3:3-8)
Conclusion: we urgently need this kind of leadership in the church.
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