Main Idea: Leaders must teach conduct that accords with sound doctrine.
• Older men need to be men of godly character (2:2)  Sober  Serious  Sensible (self-controlled)  Sound ïƒ In faith ïƒ In love ïƒ In perseverance
• Older women need to be women of godly character (2:3-5)  Reverent in behavior  Not slanderous  Not addicted to wine  Teaching young women what is good ïƒ To love their husbands ïƒ To love their children ïƒ To be self-controlled ïƒ To be pure ïƒ To be busy at home ïƒ To be kind ïƒ To be subject to their own husbands ïƒ So that the Word of God might not be reviled
Application
Every member of the Body of Christ is responsible for godly character! Every member of the Body of Christ is responsible for godly living!
“Thou commandest continency; give what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.â€
St. Augustine, The Confessions of St. Augustine, Chapter XXIX, 40 (p. 153, The Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, Vol 1)
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