Kress Biblical Resources :: Church Leadership That Adorns the Doctrine of God as Savior (Tit 1:5-16)

Detailed Outline of Titus

The Gospel of Grace Calls Us to Adorn the Doctrine of God as Savior

2. Church leadership that adorns the doctrine of God as Savior (Tit 1:5-16)
   1. The charge to Titus recalled (Tit 1:5)
      1. He was to serve as an Apostolic representative in Crete
      2. He was to set in order what remained concerning the Church
      3. He was to select/appoint elders in every city as Paul had directed him
   2. The character and conduct of an elder revealed (Tit 1:6-9)
      1. He must be above reproach concerning his family (Tit 1:6)
         1. An overarching qualification—above reproach
         2. A one-woman-man
         3. An obvious influence on the faith/faithfulness of his children
      2. He must be above reproach as God’s steward/manager (Tit 1:7-8)
         1. The critical qualification repeated—above reproach (Tit 1:7a)
         2. The character and conduct he avoids (Tit 1:7b)
            1. Not self-willed
            2. Not quick-tempered
            3. Not addicted to wine
            4. Not pugnacious
            5. Not fond of sordid gain
         3. The character and conduct he pursues (Tit 1:8)
            1. Hospitable
            2. Loving what is good
            3. Sensible
            4. Just
            5. Devout
            6. Self-controlled
      3. He must be actively devoted to God’s Word—able to both teach it, and refute those who contradict (Tit 1:9)
         1. The active devotion
         2. The ability to exhort in sound doctrine
         3. The ability to refute those who contradict
   3. The character and conduct of false teachers rebuked (Tit 1:10-16)
      1. The description and danger of false teachers (Tit 1:10-11)
         1. The description of false teachers (Tit 1:10)
            1. They are many
            2. They are independent/insubordinate
            3. They are idle talkers
            4. They are misleaders/deceivers
            5. They are many times associated with some form of Jewish legalism
         2. The danger of false teachers (Tit 1:11)
            1. They must be silenced
            2. They mislead/overthrow whole families by teaching things they shouldn’t
            3. They are motivated by the pleasure of shameful gain
      2. The description of Cretan society and the demand for severe reproof (Tit 1:12-14)
         1. The description of Cretan society in general that specifically characterized the false teachers (Tit 1:12-13a)
            1. A cultural-assessment by one of their own prophets
            2. Ever liars
            3. Evil beasts
            4. Lazy gluttons [literally, “slow bellies”]
            5. An Apostolic-assessment by Paul
         2. The demand for severe reproof (Tit 1:13b-14)
            1. The powerful reproof demanded
               1. The sinful cultural climate
               2. The severe rebuke commanded
            2. The purpose of the reproof demanded
               1. That they may be healthy in the faith
               2. That they may not heed error
      3. The defilement and denunciation of false teachers (Tit 1:15-16)
         1. They are defiled in character (Tit 1:15)
            1. To the pure all things are pure
            2. To the perverted [defiled and unbelieving] nothing is pure, but both their mind and conscience are defiled
         2. They are deniers of God in conduct (Tit 1:16)
            1. Their profession
            2. Their practice