if you would open up your Bibles to Titus chapter 2,
I'm going to read right now the whole chapter.
Hear the word of God.
Titus chapter 2.
But as for you, Titus,
teach what accords with sound doctrine.
Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified,
self-controlled, sound in faith,
in love and in steadfastness.
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in behavior,
not slanderers or slaves to much wine.
They are to teach what is good,
and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
to be self-controlled, pure, working at home,
kind and submissive to their own husbands,
that the word of God may not be reviled.
Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works,
and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,
and in a sound speech that cannot be condemned,
so that an opponent may be put to shame,
having nothing evil to say about us.
Bond servants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything.
They are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
not pilfering, but showing all good faith,
so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.
For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation for all people,
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions,
and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
waiting for our blessed hope,
the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all unlawless,
all lawlessness,
and to purify for himself a people for his own possession,
who are zealous for good works.
Declare these things.
Exhort and rebuke with all authority.
Let no one disregard you.
I've been singing a song all week long.
School's out for summer.
Summer.
If you're a student in the room,
or a teacher in the room,
on the count of three,
give me a school out.
Hooray.
One, two, three.
I knew it.
Now, if you're a parent in the room,
on the count of three,
give me a one, two, three.
Help me.
One, two, three.
Help me.
It's a game changer, isn't it?
School may be out,
but there's another school that is in session.
It's the school of God's grace,
and it's never out of session.
There are no grace graduates of this school.
And in fact,
as long as we as Christians are alive,
and Christ is yet to return,
we are being trained in the school of God's grace.
We're in grace school,
and it's in session.
Now, maybe school doesn't do anything for you.
Think of gospel school as a grace apprenticeship.
Jesus is going to bring about hands-on training for you in godliness.
How to live out the reality of the gospel
in the everyday grind of life.
So, older men,
if you're 40 and up,
you need training in the school of grace.
Jesus has personally enrolled you.
You're not done yet.
Older women, 40 and up.
I'm not going to ask you to raise hands.
You're enrolled in the school of grace.
Jesus is looking to get something very specific done in you.
Young women, under 40,
God has work to do in you.
It's not over yet.
Jesus has given himself for you to do a work in you.
And young men, under 40,
God has a unique work for you.
He's going to train you to say no to something
in order to say yes to something else.
The school of grace is now in session.
Jesus is looking to show us,
train us,
how to live out lives in our households
in a way that's shaped by the gospel.
We've been making our way through the book of Titus.
Titus, as I mentioned a few weeks ago,
is this well-seasoned minister of the gospel.
He is an apostolic representative of Paul.
And Paul left him in the island of Crete
midway through the first century.
And Titus' marching orders were to
establish the churches in Crete
on the foundation of sound doctrine,
healthy doctrine,
the doctrine of the gospel of God's grace.
Now, doctrine simply means teaching,
what the Bible teaches about something.
And it's actually more than that.
It's a truth claim,
what the Bible claims to be the true
and real nature of things.
And so when the Bible teaches something,
it's making a claim on the truth of who God is,
who He really is.
And when the Bible speaks about men and women
in our sinfulness,
it's talking about our true nature
as men and women in our sinfulness.
And when the Bible talks about salvation,
being in Jesus alone,
there's no other name under heaven
by which men and women can be saved.
It's talking about the true nature
and reality of salvation.
And then when the world to come,
it's talking about the true nature of it.
So in this book,
what this says is God speaking definitively
and authoritatively on varieties of issues.
And it's vital for us.
Doctrine is to a church
as food is to your body.
Now, if you are eating junk food
and taking in empty calories,
your body will eventually suffer for it.
You might get a little plumpy.
Or you may come down with diabetes,
cholesterol,
off the charts,
heart disease.
If we as a church
take in the equivalent
of doctrinal junk food,
empty calorie teaching,
our body will eventually suffer for it.
You see, doctrine matters.
What the Bible says about things,
it matters.
Because what you believe
inevitably shows up
in the way that you live your life.
It's a cause and effect relationship.
What I believe is causal
to how I live.
Effect.
God's designed us that way.
He's designed us to live
out of what we believe is true.
This is design.
And so,
back in the first century in Crete,
here's what was going on.
There were some false teachers
that were exerting influence
on those early Christians
in those early churches.
And we see that they're hypocrites.
Look at Titus 1, verse 16.
The Apostle Paul says
of these false teachers,
they profess to know God,
but they deny Him by their works.
Classic hypocrisy.
But their hypocrisy
was also having an effect.
Look at verse,
chapter 1, verses 10, 11.
For there are many
who are insubordinate,
empty talkers, and deceivers,
especially those
of the circumcision party.
Those are the false teachers.
They must be silenced
since they are upsetting
whole families,
whole households
by teaching for shameful game
what they ought not to teach.
They were teaching things
that were unhealthy
for the churches in Crete.
doctrine does the body good.
Doctrine does the body good.
False doctrine,
junky doctrine,
does the body bad.
And so Titus
is to,
in chapter 2,
instruct households
of what it looks like
to live out the gospel.
It's corrective.
These false teachers
have upset the faith
of whole households.
Now, Paul is saying,
Titus,
set the record straight.
Show how the different people,
age and gender,
within a household
are to live out
what God is calling them to
by the power of the gospel.
And so what we see
in chapter 2
is this.
Verses 1 and 15,
it's called an inclusio.
They're bookends
to the content.
If you look at verse 1,
Paul says,
but as for you, Titus,
teach what accords
with sound doctrine.
Show them
how to live their lives
that's been shaped
by the gospel
of Jesus Christ.
And then look down
at verse 15.
Declare these things,
exhort and rebuking
with all authority.
Let no one disregard you.
That word declare
in verse 15
and the word teach
in chapter 2,
verse 1,
it's the same word.
It forms bookends
to the content.
There's urgency here.
Paul is saying,
you've got to teach them
this, Titus.
And what the content is
is this.
Verse 2 through 10,
it's exhortation
after exhortation
to different people
within a first century household
of how to live their life.
And then what Paul does
is he takes these exhortations
to gospel living
and then he grounds them
in theological doctrine
in verses 11 through 14.
And so we have a cause and effect.
It's just the effect comes first.
The effect of living out the gospel
is verses 10 through 10,
2 through 10,
gospel lifestyle.
And then the cause of it all
is found in 11 through 14,
the theological reality.
We have,
as Brian so well put it last week,
we've got the fruit
of the gospel
in verses 2 through 10,
and then we've got the root,
the gospel,
in verses 11 through 14.
And so my task this morning
is to exhort you,
to call you
to lifestyles
that are in keeping
with the gospel,
and then to ground you
in the gospel itself
so that you are enabled
to live it.
So let's begin
with verses 2 through 10,
the effect of the gospel,
the fruit of the gospel,
exhortations of what
gospel living looks like
as applied to older men,
as applied to older women,
as applied to younger women,
and applied to younger men.
I'm not going to address
bond slaves this morning,
and here's why.
In August,
I'm going to preach
a two-part series
on the gospel at work,
and I'm going to preach
out of Colossians 4
for one of those sermons,
and we're going to get
into understanding
how first century slavery
is a little bit different
than what we experienced
in our country,
but the application
is going to be
on how we work.
We're not going to address
that today, though.
We're going to address it
later in the summer.
So I'm going to focus
on applying
what gospel living
looks like
for older men,
older women,
younger women,
and younger men,
and then ground it
in the gospel.
So let me walk you
through this.
Okay?
We're going to make haste
because I know it's hot.
And the fireworks,
the finale,
is 11 through 14.
Older men,
40 and up,
this is what God
is calling you to.
This is the life
you're to live.
You're to be sober-minded,
which means clear-headed.
You're to be dignified,
which means that
you are a man of integrity,
that your life
matches your profession,
that there's minimal gap
in between,
that you're self-controlled,
which means prudence.
What you believe
governs the way you live.
And that particular trait
shows up in every one
of not just older men,
older women,
younger women,
and younger men.
And then there to be sound.
This is the word
that we looked at
a couple weeks ago,
which means healthy.
So where do we get
hygiene from?
Older men are to be
healthy, vigorous,
vibrant in their faith in God.
Healthy, vigorous,
vibrant in their love
for others.
Healthy, vigorous,
vibrant in their steadfastness.
Their ability to endure hardship.
This is what God
is calling to you,
older men.
To live like that.
And do you know why
he starts with older men first?
Older men were the heads
of the homes.
They were setting
the thermostat
of a household
by the way that they were
living their lives.
They were setting
the tone in their homes.
And so Paul starts
with these men
because these men
are going to exert
the greatest influence
in a household.
Now if you're
an older man
in the room
and you're having
this experience
right now,
I'm kind of okay
on the dignified part
but everything else
I'm a mess.
There's good news
for you.
That's why you're
in the gospel school.
That's why you are
in the school
of God's grace.
This is what God
is calling you to.
And you need
God's grace
to experience
and live this out.
Older women.
Verse 3.
They're to be reverent
in behavior,
not slanderers,
not slaves
to much wine.
They're to teach
what is good.
That word reverent
in behavior
was used
of Old Testament
priests
about how they
conducted themselves
before God.
And so you can
talk about
an older woman
as a priestess
of her home.
And the question
of an older woman
whose reverent
in behavior
to God
is she's asking
the question
will this,
whatever it is,
will that honor
God right now?
Will this be
pleasing to Him?
They're not slanderers.
The Greek word
underneath that
is the word
we get diabolical
from.
It means slanderer.
To throw people
under the bus
with your words.
To talk bad
about people.
And what God
is saying,
an older woman,
she's to be reverent
in her behavior,
live to God,
and she's not
to speak that way
about other people.
And she's not
to be enslaved
to much wine.
She's not
to be enslaved
to anything
because she's
enslaved to Jesus.
We'll see that
in a little bit.
But in verse 3,
we see that
she's to teach
what is good.
In fact,
she's to say no
to being a slanderer
and to say yes
to teaching
what is good
to the next generation
of women
coming up in a church.
And what is good,
you've got to understand,
she's to teach
what is good
not in the world's eyes.
She is to teach
what is good
to the next generation
of women
what is good
in God's eyes.
Older women,
this is what God
has called you to.
It's called
to live your life
like this.
And it's in light
of what God
in His grace
has done for you.
This is your calling.
In verses 4 and 5,
we see the younger women.
And it's connected
to the older women
because the older women
are to teach
what is good
and therefore
train the younger women.
That word train
is a really interesting word
in the original language.
It literally means
to self-controlify.
That would be the literal
translation of it.
To train them up.
Older women
are to disciple
younger women
in a church
to show them
how to live for God.
It's right there.
By the word,
that word teach
in verse 3,
it's the only place
in the New Testament
that word shows up.
And it's a word
that describes
kind of an informal teaching,
an informal influencing
of other people.
So imagine
an older woman
saddling up
next to a younger woman
over coffee
and sharing life
and that younger woman
has all sorts of questions
about,
hey, how am I supposed
to live out my marriage?
How am I supposed
to parent my kids?
How am I supposed
to keep my house
when I'm also working
on the side?
What does this look like?
And that older woman
teaches what is good
to her.
And then what you see
is seven virtues
for younger women.
They are to love
their husbands.
They are to love
their children.
They too are to be
self-controlled.
They are to be pure,
sexually pure.
If they're married,
faithful to their own husband.
If they're not married,
they are to be celibate
unto the Lord.
They are to be working
at home.
Do you see that
in verse 5?
Now you may hear that
and you may ask
in the question,
does that mean I can't
work outside the home?
That's not what Paul's saying.
Here's what Paul's saying.
To be industrious at home.
To prioritize the home.
If you look at
1 Timothy 3,
1 Timothy,
Paul is telling Timothy
to address a problem
in the Ephesian church.
It was women
who were neglecting
their homes
and being busy bodies
doing everything
but caring for their homes.
And so it's a corrective.
It's saying,
hey,
prioritize
the management
of your home.
It's not saying
you can't work
outside of the home.
In fact,
Proverbs 31
would argue
against that as well.
they're to be
being industrious
at home,
they're to be kind,
to be blessing
to others,
and they're to be
a submissive
to their own husbands.
And so this section
to young women
begins and ends
with talking about
the relationship
to their husbands.
At least four
of these virtues
has to deal
with their home life.
And so what we see
God's will is
is that
older women
are to be
teaching younger women
to prioritize
their homes.
And we know
this is good
because Paul has said
older women
teach what is good
to these younger women.
It turns out
that loving
your husband,
loving your children,
being industrious
in the home,
being submissive
to your husbands,
that's good
in God's sight.
Now to be submissive
doesn't mean that
you're a doormat.
We talk about
the relationship
between men
and women
around here
as men and women
are of equal value
in God's sight,
but God
has purposefully
designed and given
them different roles
in the family
and in the church.
And so we talk
about marriage
around here
as a dance
where the husband
is leading
the wife
in the dance
and the wife
is letting her husband
lead
and sometimes
helping him
because sometimes
when Jenny and I
are at a wedding
reception
and I'm dancing
with her
what I end up doing
is I end up doing
my left hand
circle move
where I just
end up
kind of just
going in the same
direction
and she starts
getting kind of
nauseous
and so what my
wife does
is she helps me
to correct
and go the other
way for her sake.
so younger women
older women
when we talk
about submission
to our husbands
your husbands
it's a good thing
it's a dance
Paul goes on
and talks
to now
about younger men
more effects
of the gospel
more fruit
of the gospel
what we see
in older men
and older women
and younger women
fruit of the gospel
doctrine having effect
and now young men
we go from talking
about seven virtues
in a younger woman
because women
are multitaskers
and they can handle it
but now we get
to men
young men
and it's one thing
because that's all
they can handle
and what is it?
self-control
thoughtful restraint
of your desires
prudence
your head
is governing
your life
and what's going on
in your head
is gospel doctrine
and that
is exerting
influence
so that you
you manage
your life
in a way
that's aimed
at God
you see
young men
in particular
have a tendency
to want to
immediately
gratify
their desires
I see it
I want it
I gotta have it
and then you get it
and often times
you regret it
and what the gospel
does in a young man
is that he sees
something
he wants something
he remembers
the gospel
and then he says
I'm gonna wait
on it
God uses
self-control
and growing young men
in his self-control
to form character
and to get them ready
to lead
in the home
and in the church
young men
Proverbs 25
28
says
a man without
self-control
is like a city
broken into
and left without walls
it's a picture
of being plundered
and devastated
and I've seen this
time and time again
where men
have been plundered
and devastated
by their own
unchecked desires
so young men
learn self-control
it is
gospel 101
for you
in the school of grace
Paul doesn't leave
these young men
alone
in first
in fact
in verses
7 and 8
he says
Titus
show yourself
in all respects
to be a model
of good works
specifically
to the young men
show them
how to live
Titus
pastors
elders
life group
leaders
of Christ the King
Church
show
the young men
of our church
how to live
out the gospel
now if you're
a young man
looking for a
godly example
we got them here
young man
we got them here
brothers
there are men
in this church
that would be happy
to saddle up
next to you
and show you
how to follow
Jesus
and grow
in self-control
in 9 and 10
Paul turns his
attention to
another member
of the household
in the first century
bond servants
so we're not going
to spend time here
but what he does do
is he shows them
he tells them
how to live out
the gospel
as they are
serving their masters
it's got great
application
for our lives
at work
what we see
going on here
are life
after life
age and gender
in a first century
household
of how to live
out the gospel
and if we ended
the sermon right here
I wouldn't serve you well
because chances are
you'd be tempted
to do something
like this
okay I'm a younger man
I need to go
get self-control
and I'm going to
self-out
my self-control
I'm going to
trust myself
to live this out
it's kind of like this
could you imagine this
we all
get out of here
and we all go down
to the end of the marina
and we're all
on that lookout point
standing over the water
and we look down
and we see scuba divers
in the water
crystal clear
and we're like
oh man
it was so hot in church
it was like
98 degrees
I want to jump in
but one of those
scuba divers
they come up
and it's a complete
surprise
you're like
what is going on
the scuba diver
comes up
and he's got his
oxygen tank on
and he's got his
breathing apparatus
in front of him
but yet
he's not using it
he dives down
and he's holding
his breath
swim down
I can't take it anymore
and he comes back up
and he comes out of the water
yeah
I gotta go down again
and do it
and all the while
he's got his
oxygen tanks
on his back
man he could stay
under
he can be experiencing
the goodness
of the
underwater world
only if he knew
how to breathe
in that oxygen
we as Christians
can approach
the Christian life
and living out
our roles
like we're trying
to hold our breath
like this depends
on me
so I hold my breath
and try to be
the best older man
I can be
and I can't do it
God saves us
from ourselves
that's why
the word for
is in verse 11
for the grace
of God
has appeared
you've got grace
on your back
Christian
you don't need
to hold your breath
and try to
get through yourself
God has grace
for you
he's got
this
grace tank
on your back
that he is
glad to open up
and show you
how to
breathe
in
grace
and live
out
your life
and so
we move
from
these
effects
of the gospel
this lifestyle
all these
virtues
and we turn
the corner
with verse 11
to now
establishing
this lifestyle
on the basis
of the gospel
it's a pivot
and what we see
in verses 11
through 14
are two
particular
gospel truths
that are designed
to enable you
to live out
your calling
first
gospel truth
verses 11
through 13
we are now
on
Jesus time
we're on
Jesus time
in verse 11
Paul points
back to the past
and he says
for the grace
of God
has appeared
bringing salvation
to all men
grace
has already
showed up
and of course
he's talking about
the first coming
of Jesus
the incarnation
his living
a perfect life
dying on a cross
and being raised
from the dead
the first coming
of Jesus
and then
in verse 12
he goes from
saving grace
to training
grace
for the grace
of God
has appeared
bringing salvation
for all people
training us
to renounce
ungodliness
and worldly passions
and to live
self-controlled
upright
in godly lives
now
in this present
age
and then
if that's not
enough
verse 13
God's
aiming grace
God's
waiting grace
waiting for
our blessed
hope
the appearing
of the glory
of our great
God and Savior
Jesus Christ
do you see
what Paul
does here
we are so
inclined
to get
on our own
time
we're so
you know
you know what
I just got out
of school
and I gotta
go back
to school
so I'm
living
in between
getting out
of school
and going
back to school
well that's
true
but what Paul
is saying
here is
you're also
living between
the appearings
the first
appearing of
Jesus
literally an
epiphany
and the
second
appearing
of Jesus
when he
comes in
glory
another
epiphany
maybe you're
an older man
and you're
like I'm
at the end
of my life
and my
body's
failing
might be
true
but you
live between
the
appearings
you're
on Jesus
time
now
if you're
an older
woman
you're
kind of
like oh
my life
isn't what
I thought
and you
can get
bitter
and you
can slander
and you
can turn
to wine
Jesus
remember
you're
on Jesus
time
now
you live
for him
his grace
has showed
up
we're
on Jesus
time
now
think
about it
there's
coming a
time
when Jesus
comes back
and when
he comes
back
he's coming
back
in glory
everyone
will see
it at the
same time
every knee
shall bow
every tongue
confess
that Jesus
Christ
is
Lord
he's coming
back
in glory
and what
verse 13
says about
him
is
phenomenal
waiting for
our blessed
hope
he is our
happy hope
waiting for
our blessed
hope
the epiphany
of the glory
of our
great God
and Savior
Jesus
Christ
Jesus
is God
in the
flesh
and he's
coming
back
see what
happens
here
Paul
gives us
a little
paradigm
shift
you live
your life
now
in light
of what
Jesus
has done
of what
he's doing
and what
he's gonna
do
and it's
all about
Jesus
it's all
about
his grace
saving
grace
training
grace
and his
waiting
grace
for the
glory
of
Jesus
to be
revealed
when you
start
understanding
the timeline
you're on
as a
Christian
it affects
the way
that you
live
it informs
the way
you live
your life
now
as an
older man
as an
older woman
as a
younger
woman
and as
a
younger
man
changes
the way
that you
are an
employee
do you
know what
happens
when people
realize
that they
are on
Jesus
time
it's
verse 12
we're in
the school
of grace
in between
this first
coming
and his
second
coming
we've been
enrolled
in the
school
of grace
and he
is actively
teaching
us
to say
no
to
ungodliness
to say
no
to worldly
desires
so that
we can
live for
him
self-controlled
upright
godly
lives
that's
what he's
doing
in our
lives
now
he wants
us to
live for
him
and live
out
our roles
for him
regardless
of your
age or
gender
and do you
know what
happens
when we
do
verse 5
oh
I'm
in
2nd
Timothy
verse 5
when
older
women
teach
younger
women
to
prioritize
their
home
the
word
of
God
may
not
be
reviled
you
know
what
happens
look
at
verse
8
that
an
opponent
may
be
put
to
shame
having
nothing
evil
to
say
about
us
you
know
what
happens
look at
verse
10
so
that
in
everything
they
may
adorn
the
doctrine
of
God
our
Savior
when
we're
in
the
school
of
grace
and
God
is
doing
work
in
us
by
his
grace
it
ends
up
having
an
effect
not
only
in
us
but
those
who
are
watching
us
we're
all
on
Jesus
time
now
did
you
know
that
in
the
heyday
of
Britain's
naval
dominance
the
main
clocks
on
every
British
vessel
was
set
to
London
time
so
that
no
matter
where
in
the
world
you
were
if
you
were
on
a
British
naval
ship
you
were
all
on
the
same
time
brothers
and
sisters
in
Christ
whether
you
are
a
man
or
a
woman
whether
you're
older
or
younger
whether
you're
employed
or
unemployed
all of
our
internal
clocks
are
set
on
Jesus
time
he's
come
he's
training
us
he's
coming
back
we're
all
living
in
between
the
already
and not
yet
and
we're
all
pupils
in the
school
of
God's
grace
the
school
of
God's
grace
is
now
in
session
God
but
that's
the
first
gospel
truth
we're
on
Jesus
time
let me
give you
the
second
gospel
truth
we
see
this
in
verse
14
who
gave
himself
for
us
to
redeem
us
from
all
lawlessness
and
to
purify
for
himself
a
people
for
his
own
possession
who
are
zealous
for
good
works
in
verse
14
Paul
circles
back
to
the
first
coming
of
Jesus
in
verse
13
he
was
talking
about
the
second
coming
of
Jesus
the
glorious
appearing
of
our
God
and
Savior
Jesus
Christ
every
knee
bow
down
every
tongue
confess
but
in
verse
14
Jesus
where
Paul
circles
all
the
way
back
to
the
first
coming
where
Jesus
didn't
come
in
glory
but
he
came
as
a
servant
to
give
his
life
as
a
ransom
for
many
and
that
is
exactly
the
language
he
uses
in
verse
14
who
gave
himself
for
us
Jesus
gave
himself
for
us
the
second
gospel
truth
is
we
are
now
Jesus
people
we
live
this
way
2
through
10
because
we
are
now
Jesus
people
we're
his
possession
he
gave
himself
for
us
to
redeem
us
from
sin
from
all
lawlessness
when
you
hear
the
word
redeem
you
may
be
thinking
coal's
cash
and
redeeming
them
at
your
local
coal
store
in
the
first
century
that
word
redeem
means
to
purchase
someone
back
from
slavery
and
to
redeem
you
used
a
purchase
price
it's
called
a
ransom
and
so
what
Paul
is
saying
here
to
us
is
that
those
who
put
their
faith
in
Jesus
have
been
redeemed
by
the
purchase
price
of
Jesus
his
life
and
his
death
it
set
us
free
you've
been
redeemed
by
his
death
redeemed
from
the
power
of
sin
all
lawlessness
think
about
this
Jesus
died
on the
cross
over
2,000
years
ago
and
that
payment
for
sin
is
as
powerful
and
effectual
today
over
two
millennia
later
than
it
was
the
day
after
Jesus
was
raised
it's
just
as
powerful
and
so
when
Jesus
redeems
someone
he
redeems
them
from
the
full
power
of
sin
which
means
you're
no
longer
enslaved
to
sin
which
means
by
God's
grace
you
can
say
no
to
sin
and
the
reason
why
you
can
say
no
to
sin
is
because
sin
no
longer
owns
you
Jesus
does
but
not only
did he
give himself
up
to redeem
us
from the
power
of sin
he
gave himself
up
to
purify
us
for
himself
his
blood
that
he
shed
on the
cross
cleanses
us
from
all
of
our
sins
each
and
every
sin
we
have
ever
committed
and
each
and
every
sin
that
we
will
commit
and
just
in
case
you're
wondering
if
you
think
about
your
past
sin
as
like
a
cherry
stain
on
your
white
shirt
that
will
never
come
out
not
so
with
the
cleansing
power
of
Jesus
he
cleanses
all
of
your
defilement
of
sin
he
cleanses
it
thoroughly
and
fully
and
I'm
convinced
that
some
of
you
this
morning
need
to
hear
that
you've
been
cleansed
by
the
blood
of
Jesus
and
he
cleansed
you
for
himself
to
take
you
as
his
own
to
claim
you
as
his
part
of
his
people
you
are
his
possession
now
we
the
church
are
Christ's
new
people
for
his
own
possession
do
you
know
what
it
means
to
be
repoed
repossessed
repo
man
when
someone
falls
off
paying
for
a
car
they've
got
a
loan
from
a
bank
a
bank
hires
a
repo
man
to
go
and
basically
steal
the
car
back
so
that
the
bank
takes
back
ownership
of
the
car
Jesus
is
the
ultimate
repo
man
we
were
under
an
ownership
of
sin
that
was
mean
and
awful
delinquent
and
Jesus
came
and
he
repoed
us
back
to
himself
and
has
repurposed
us
to
live
for
his
glory
and
has
dropped
us
into
the
school
of
grace
and
so
do you
know
the
effect
of
that
is
those
of
us
who
have
been
repossessed
by
Jesus
were
zealous
for
good
works
it's
right
there
at
the
end
of
verse
14
eager
to
live
for
Jesus
older
men
because
you
are
on
Jesus
time
now
because
you
have
been
bought
by
the
blood
of
Jesus
purified
for
him
you
are
to
be
sober
minded
dignified
self
controlled
sound
in
faith
and
love
and
steadfast
ness
older
women
because
you've
been
redeemed
and purified
by the
blood
of
Jesus
be
reverent
in
your
behavior
not
slanderers
not
enslaved
to
much
wine
but
teach
what
is
good
in
the
sight
of
God
to
the
younger
women
of
our
church
and
younger
women
Jesus
gave
himself
for
you
so
don't
live
according
what
the world
says
is
good
about
your
body
about
your
success
live
according
to
what
God
says
is
good
and
younger
men
you've
been
repoed
by
Jesus
so
say
no
to
the
ungodliness
and worldly
desires
of the
non-Christian
world
around
you
don't
buy
it
and
say
yes
to
live
out
the
good
works
that
God
has
prepared
in
advance
for
you
to
do
don't
settle
for
mediocrity
young
men
press
into
the
school
of
God's
grace
get
to
the
front
row
raise
your
hand
and
say
Jesus
train
me
up
so
I
can
live
my
life
for
you
this
morning
Titus 2
has
shown
us
that
we
are
in
constant
need
of
God's
grace
each
of
us
has
been
called
to
a
high
calling
according
to
our
age
and
gender
that
none
of
us
in
our
own
ability
can
achieve
and
that's
why
Jesus
has
enrolled
us
in
the
school
of
his
grace
he's
promised
to not
only be
with us
but to
supply
all of
our
needs
his
grace
is
sufficient
you
don't
need
to
hold
your
breath
anymore
Christian
you
breathe
in
deep
the
rich
gospel
air
that
he's
provided
for
you
and
the
place
to
start
is
not
yourself
it's
with
the
gospel
and
so
to
that
end
for
this
Sunday
and
Sunday
only
I've
got
six
books
it's
called
the
gospel
primer
this
is
designed
to
help
you
to
get
the
gospel
on
the
forefront
of
your
mind
so
that
you
can
live
out
the
gospel
in
the
grind
of
your
life
so
if
you're
interested
in
getting
these
I'll
be
happy
to
hand
it
to
you
after
we
wrap
up
the
service
but
let
me
close
by
saying
this
not
only
can
the
gospel
shape
our
lives
the
gospel
must
shape
our
lives
it's
God's
grace
to
us
let's
pray
together
God
in
heaven
do
a
work
of
grace
do
what
only
you
can
do
make
us
a
people
who
stand
out
from
the
rest
of
this
world
because
it's
your
grace
actively
at
work
training
us
to
say
no
to
ungodliness
and
to
say
yes
to
living
for
you
in
this
present
age
amen
as
your
so