Speak, Exhort, Rebuke With Authority
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
5/30/2010 PM
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Text:
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Titus 2:15
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Psalters: |
408, 45, 176, 64 |
- His calling.
- What was Titus?s duty?
- First, we see it when Paul identifies His calling (1:1,2)
- Second, Titus, like Timothy, had received the laying on of hands (I Tim. 4:14) as an evangelist.
- Always the preachers of the truth stand opposed to gainsayers and false teachers (1:9b,10,11,16).
- Titus is to make a sharp contrast between himself (a true office-holder).
- First, he was to be ?a pattern of good works (2:7), i.e., have an attitude and conduct which was exemplary.
- ?These things? consists of the teachings of gracious salvation which produces godliness (good works).
- Titus carries out his duties by unending speaking, exhorting, and rebuking.
- Titus must ?keep on speaking,? using the faculty of speech.
- He must ?speak? clearly, plainly, publicly and privately, boldly and faithfully.
- He must preach doctrines which declare the truth of God as reveled in the Scriptures.
- Also he must instruct concerning the life-style which flows from the right teaching.
- He must ?keep on exhorting,? i.e., call alongside.
- The various translations (comfort, beseech, encourage) imply shoulder to shoulder.
- The preacher must teach in such a way that he also hears what he is being used to God to teach.
- And Titus must ?keep on rebuking,? i.e., reprove, refute, admonish (1:9) with a view to correcting.
- Titus? position requires respect from others and a certain deportment on his part.
- ?With all authority? mean that he has been given authority from Christ through the church.
- It is Christ?s authority given to various positions (husband/father, gov?t, elders, employees)
- While Titus must be respectable, his office/position is to be respected.
- Let no man despise thee.?
- It means to set oneself in thought beyond, to exalt one?s self with the result of despising others.
- He must conduct himself in such a manner than no one disregards or despises him for neglecting his duties or not behaving himself worthily.