Qualities of a Sound Church - Message 12 - Bearing Quality Fruit. As Paul closes out the final chapter he begins by telling Titus that he needs to constantly speak out with conviction and authority the great need for the church to maintain good works, that is, to do them and continue to do them no matter the opposition. Doing these good works is said to be profitable and good for all men. That means that when the church lives like she should evangelism is enhanced and all men, especially the lost, profit by hearing the gospel. In maintaining good works they had to be on the look out for things that would be unprofitable and take away from their testimony and the truth. Paul names four things to avoid, that is, to turn away from. The first is foolish controversies, that si debates about moronic things. Secondly, geneologies. These were mystical interpretations of past occurrences. Thirdly, contentions. This is self serving strife and personality conflicts. Fourthly, disputes about the Law. Remember, Paul and Titus were fighting the Judaizers, those who would drag the church back under the Mosaic Law as a means of maintaining salvation. The role of the Law had been settled by the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 and yet the early church continued to struggle with the influence of these false teachers as they confounded the Old and New Covenants and made attaining grace a work of obedience to the Law. In the end we see that bearing quality fruit is a mark of a quality church.
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Phillip was called to new life in Christ at age 9, called to preach at age 14, and ordained to the gospel ministry at age 20. He graduated from The Criswell College (Dallas, Texas) in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies with a major in Evangelism. He...
