His Time – Lutheran Indian Ministries, 1517 The Legacy Project, Qualifications for Elders

1. Lutheran Indian Ministries

Dr. Don Johnson, Executive Director of Lutheran Indian Ministries, talks about the mission and work of LIM.
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2. 1517 The Legacy Project

Conversations with contributors to www.1517legacy.com
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3. Daily Lectionary

Rev. Dr. Victor Belton of Peace Lutheran Church in Decatur, GA looks at Titus 1:1-2:6 “Qualifications for Elders“.

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4. Matins Sermonette

Today’s sermonette is by Rev. Dr. Victor Belton of Peace Lutheran Church in Decatur, GA
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“The Bible is cradle wherein Christ is laid.” – Martin Luther

Titus 1:1-2:6

Greeting

1 Paul, a servant[a] of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began[b] 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;

4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith:

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications for Elders

5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife,[c] and his children are believers[d] and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer,[e] as God’s steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, 8 but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. 9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound[f] doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.[g] 11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 One of the Cretans,[h] a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”[i] 13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, 14 not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth. 15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. 16 They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.

Teach Sound Doctrine

2 But as for you, teach what accords with sound[j] doctrine. 2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. 3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. 6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.

Footnotes:

Titus 1:1 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

Titus 1:2 Greek before times eternal

Titus 1:6 Or a man of one woman

Titus 1:6 Or are faithful

Titus 1:7 Or bishop; Greek episkopos

Titus 1:9 Or healthy; also verse 13

Titus 1:10 Or especially those of the circumcision

Titus 1:12 Greek One of them

Titus 1:12 Probably from Epimenides of Crete

Titus 2:1 Or healthy; also verses 2, 8