Message notes:
Curtis Woods
Kentucky Baptist Convention
5.31.20
Family Matters
Titus 1:10-16 CSB
10 For there are many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from the circumcision party. 11 It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly. 12 One of their very own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” 13 This testimony is true. For this reason, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith 14 and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of people who reject the truth.
15 To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled. 16 They claim to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
Big Idea: Theology matters because every family matters
I. Bad pastor-theologians will ruin households (vv. 10-12)
a. Bad pastor-theologians rebel against biblical authority.
b. Bad pastor-theologians forfeit truth for selfish gain.
II. Good pastor-theologians will strengthen households (vv. 13-14)
a. Good pastor-theologians lead courageously.
b. Good pastor-theologians love consistently.
III. Good pastor-theologians will expose false teachers (vv. 15-16)
a. False teachers cannot discern truth from error.
b. False teachers promote moral corruption.
XV. The Christian and the Social Order (Baptist Faith and Message, 2000)
All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in our own lives and in human society. Means and methods used for the improvement of society and the establishment of righteousness among men can be truly and permanently helpful only when they are rooted in the regeneration of the individual by the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ. In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography. We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick. We should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love. In order to promote these ends Christians should be ready to work with all men of good will in any good cause, always being careful to act in the spirit of love without compromising their loyalty to Christ and His truth.