Occasional Sermon – Appointing Elders

Peter Barnes | Titus 1:1-9

SERMON  NOTES
APPOINTING  ELDERS
Exodus 18:1-27;  Titus  1:1-9

–  see  Acts 14:21-23

1.  Church  polity  does  not  define  the  church  but  is  important.

– 1:5;  Crete  had  many  towns

–  for  the  centrality  of  the  gospel  see  Gal.1:8-9;  1 Cor.15:1-4

– but  Paul  still  seeks  …

Relationships Within the People of God – Respect and Purity

Peter Barnes | 1 Timothy 5:1-2; Titus 2:2, 6

SERMON  NOTES
RESPECT  AND  PURITY
(1  Timothy 5:1-2;  Titus 2:2, 6)

– we  relate  to  one  another  in  terms  of  age  and  gender.  Remember  that  Timothy  was  young  (1 Tim.4:12)

1. How  old  men  and  young  men  are  to  conduct  themselves.

Relationships Within the People of God – Older Women Teaching Younger Women

Peter Barnes | Titus 2:3-5

SERMON  NOTES
OLDER  WOMEN  TEACHING  YOUNGER  WOMEN
(Titus  2:3-5)

Titus  was  in  Crete  where  the  snake  goddess  was  worshipped,  and  where  ‘to  play  the  Cretan’  meant  ‘to  lie’.

1. Older  women  are  to  be  reverent  in  their  behaviour.

– 2:3  –  almost  priestesses

– no  …