The Work of Reformation (Titus 1:9-16) Introduction Acts 20:29-31, "savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock."
The problem: Those who contradict 1. "Insubordinate" (v. 10a) 2. "Idle talkers and deceivers" (v. 10b). 3. "Especially those of the circumcision" (v. 10c) 4. "Subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not" (v. 11a) 5. "For the sake of dishonest gain" (v. 11b) 6. "They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him" (v. 16).
The solution: "By sound doctrine, both exhort and convict those who contradict." 1. The teachers' mouths must be stopped (v. 11). 2. The Christians following them must be rebuked sharply to be sound in the faith.
Application We don't want the reformation of the church. We want the separation of the church. We don't want to struggle with problems in the camp. We'll a new camp.
"First, call to mind the fearful calamities of the Church, which might move to pity even minds of iron. Nay, set before your eyes her squalid and unsightly form, and the sad devastation which is everywhere beheld" (Calvin, Necessity of Reforming the Church).
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