Okay, back to Titus chapter two. Titus chapter 2. Terry, the title of this message is in verse 1 of chapter 2, Things Which Become Sound Doctrine. So that's the title. I could have given it a couple of other titles which are found in this chapter, such as Adorning the Doctrine in All Things. Or we've been thinking about things, haven't we? More things to think on. I could have entitled it that. More things to think on. Look at those of you who've been here. You remember we studied that. Think on these things. And then we talked about flee these things and follow after these things and so forth. Look at chapter two verse one says speak thou the things which become sound doctrine. Verse fifteen. These things speak. Chapter three verse eight look over there. Chapter three verse eight this is a faithful saying. And these things I will that thou affirm constantly that They which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good work." These things, these things are good and profitable unto men. So I want to, John, we're going to look at some good and profitable things. Good and profitable things, things that he says that I should speak and exhort. things which adorn this doctrine that we preach, and things that become or becoming sound doctrine. Think. We'll think on some more things. Things which become sound doctrine. Now, as a wise father would order his household in all things, as much as possible, he would oversee and order all things concerning his children. Well, God Almighty has done that. He hath ordered all things for his people, right paths, right paths, right ways for his people to walk therein. He is the all-wise, kind, Heavenly Father, and he has ordered all things and right paths for his children. He says in Jeremiah, he says, Stand and seek and search for the good path. The old ways. Wherein is the good path. And you'll find some rest therein. Walk therein. You'll find rest, he said. Good things. These are good things. Wherein is the good way? Good life? Yes. The good life. The good life. Listen to these verses. Listen to me. Listen to, not me, but God's Word. He said in Isaiah 45, he says, I said not unto the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain. I have the Lord speak righteousness I declare things that are right. He said I declare things that are right. So I didn't say seek me in vain or to be useless if you try to say oh you find that I declare things that are right. Listen to this Proverbs twenty eight. They that seek the Lord understand all things. or have an understanding of these things. Listen to 1 Corinthians 2. You know these verses. The natural man, though, receiveth not the things of God. Right? The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God. They're foolishness unto him. Neither can he know them. They're spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual understandeth all things." Now, we're going to look at some good things God has given us, things in a right path, things of the Spirit of God, good things. Yeah better things the best good better yeah best thing a good way God's way which is opposite of ours which is opposite of the world and God said my ways are not your way. My ways are not your way he said with every man. Thanks there is a way the way that is right on the other this way God says That's not my way. It's the wrong way to go. Young people want to go their way, don't they? God says that's not the way to go. It's the wrong way. He says the end is death and destruction. He said my way is the right way. The right way to lead them to everlasting life. All right, look at chapter 2, verse 15. We'll start with the last verse first, because this is a A commandment to me, the preacher. And chapter one is, most of the chapter one is written to this young preacher named Titus. He was the first bishop at this, to the Cretans, this isle of Crete. He was the first pastor of this church and Paul, the older preacher and apostle is writing to him and instructing him in chapter one. And I read it and was rebuked. I was exhorted and rebuked and helped. And chapter two also is helped. I hear he's writing to me. He says in verse fifteen, and I'm young. Yes, I'm young. I am. These things speak. He said to young Titus and the men these things preach these things declare these things teach these things these things speak. What we just read. And exhort. These things exhort. And that means to encourage to put into practice exhort exhort put this into practice that's what it means to exhort do this. Do what he says. Whatsoever he saith unto you do it. Mary exhorted him in whatever he said do it. And he tells me exhort them and rebuke. Rebuke that means to admonish or approve those who do not these things and who may argue with these things. I don't think anyone here at all would argue with these things at all but we all certainly need to be admonished concerning all these things, me included. It says, do it with all authority. If any man speak, let him speak how? As the oracles of God, the very authority of God. This is what thus saith the Lord. Not up for debate, discussion, it's not a share session. The Lord says, with all authority, let no man despise thee. Or in other words, You're not preaching. To get a man you're not preaching for approval you're not preaching with with people with the opinions or thoughts of people in mind at all. Doesn't matter. What anybody thinks. All right you're preaching you're teaching you're speaking these things because God said do it all right. OK. All right, good things, right things, things that become sound doctrine, that adorn the doctrine. This will meet everybody. Like I said, young and old, male and female, young and old, male and female, workers. I thought, like I said, sitting down, reading, thinking about you all going to work and so forth, and various things that you go through in this life. What do we need? Lord, we need... And I began reading this and it just... We need all these things. This is where we live. This is where the rubber meets the road here, and this will hit somebody somewhere. All right? Verse 1 of chapter 2, let's look at it. He says, Speak thou the things which become sound doctrine, which become or are becoming to. You've heard the word becoming, haven't you? That dress is very becoming to you. Oh, that's very becoming. It's befitting to you. You look good in that. That's what that means. You look good in that. It's becoming to you. That fits you well. But it says, here speak things which are becoming sound doctrine, that which fits sound doctrine. We have sound doctrine here, don't we? Sound doctrine. That means biblical, God's Word, truth. Sound doctrine. Sound doctrine. Pure doctrine. Doctrine of Christ. Doctrine of God, our Savior, the doctrine of Christ, the doctrine of sovereign grace, and we can go on and on with doctrine. I've got too many verses to cover. No, we preach sound doctrine here, don't we? Sound doctrine, God's Word, and that'll sum it all up, won't it? What do we preach? What God says in his Word concerning himself, concerning ourselves, concerning his Son. Sound doctrine. Well, these things, he says, they're fitting. sound doctrine. It fits with sound doctrine. This type of teaching goes well with sound and true teaching. All right. Verse two. Aged men. Aged men. Child. I said aged men. Aged men. There aren't too many here tonight, but Aged man, I don't know what age that is, but it's older anyway. Older man, he says this, to you. Aged man, verse 2, be sober. That doesn't mean talking about drinking. It means sober. Do you have a marginal reference to that? It says vigilant. Or that is watchful. Another good word is circumspect or. Keeping a watch over. All things your. Your lips your conduct your and things around you having an eye open to all things be sober. Prudence like a watchman keeps vigil. Older men here. ought to be grounded and settled and solid and watchful and are watching out for, watching over this church, watching our young people, watching over the family and so forth. Sober, that's what that means. Read on. Aged men be grave. The word grave here means somebody worthy of honor. Somebody worthy of respect. That's what that means. Venerable is a fancy word, but it means somebody that needs to be respected, looked up to, worthy of honor. Aged men. Can I conclude? I need some aged men here. Joe? Aged men? William? Hodges? You ain't no spring chicken. Aged man. He said that we need some we need to be we you need to be. Men our children may look up to as example. Honorable men. Men worthy of honor. And not just good old guys. Funny old fellows you know but. Men that hold honor and respect. Then he goes on, he says, and listen, as I read these things, every one of us fall way short. And these aren't standards by which to judge ourselves. Or we'll be, we'll go out here miserable tonight. Every one of us will go out here miserable and say, I'm not any of those things. He's exhorting us. This reason he's telling if we had it down, Joe, if we had arrived, he wouldn't even say it. I mean, we wouldn't need it. Joe, you can go home now. This doesn't apply to you. Right? But you need it. So, you see, you know, don't, let's not leave here all depressed and thinking, oh, I failed miserably, because he's telling us. He's exhorting us. Be this way, by God's grace, all right? Great tempered. The word tempered there means moderation in all things tempered tempered tempered tempered that mean that you know it's it's not allowed to run well. And that goes for your temper that goes for your temper and the appetites and so forth it's found in the faith the next word. Aged men be sound in faith. Sound in faith. Oh, my. There's nothing a church needs more than men, aged men who are sound in faith. And I've been places where there was a want of or a lack of men who were sound in faith. Grounded and settled, I mean, know whom and what they believe, and they're not about to change. This is one way that it's good to be set in your way. This is one way. It's one thing that a man, a woman, the older they get, they need to get set. Settled in this way. Right and ground is sound in the faith, unmoved, unmovable, unshakable, sound in the faith, solid in the faith. That's what that means, sound, solid in the faith. And what is that? We could sum it all up. Sovereign grace. Settle, that thing's settled. It's been settled a long time ago in your mind and our And that's what you're going to believe by God's grace the day you die right William. You believe salvation is of the Lord. Salvation is all in Christ. Yet. Where are you going to go not going to go anywhere. Here I stand. I can go nowhere else. I can do no other. Sound and effect. Until the day you die. He was on he was Grounded and settled and unmoved. He was sound in the faith. Sound in the faith. In charity, next word, love. It says, in the next word, it says it's sound in faith and in charity. That is, be a lovable fellow. Be a lovable fellow in love. Be a loving fellow, aged men. Lovable and loving. Make some—provoke somebody to love. Don't just provoke them. Provoke them to love. Aged men sometimes get old and cantankerous. What's that mean? Tell me, what's cantankerous, man? Anyway, that's the way they get sometimes. Believers ought not get that way. They ought to get soft. The old rock solid on the gospel, Softer. Oh, softer. He's easy. He's a pushover. He's a lovable fellow. Lovable and loving. That's what we ought to be. Read on. And impatience. Sound impatience. Calm and collected. Not impulsive or impetuous, but patience. Patience. All right? Aged women. They'll be careful who I call on here and ages women, whoever that may apply to. Aged women, aged women, verse three, aged women, likewise. In other words, he's saying all of the above. Everything is said to aged men should apply to aged women. It applies to age, all of this and more. Read on. Aged women, likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, or that is, women professing godliness, or holy women, God's women, God's women, Christ's followers, a Mary, a Martha, a Mary, a Martha, Christ's followers, Christ's women, Christ's like, his followers, becoming Christ like women not silly women. And this won't offend any of you ladies because none of you are this way. But the scriptures talks about silly women. And there are lots of those silly men for that matter but women are more prone to this sort of thing. Silly women. But you're not so don't be that way. Be a wise woman. The only truly wise are those that are godly women or Christ's women followers and read on they may teach. Age women likewise that they be in behavior becoming whole not false accusers and this is what silly women are prone to do in false accusers that's another term for rumor mongers. Did you hear. Silly one that's all silly women got to do and is talk about people. Somebody, what was that old saying? It said, great minds talk about concepts and theories. Good minds talk about things and events. Small minds talk about people. That's good. Great minds talk about theories and concepts and so forth. Ideas. Average minds talk about things and events and happenings. Small minds, people, talk about people. Well, don't be given the false accusing, the make-baits the word is, or gossip or rumor-mongering. Read on. Not given the much wine. This is needful, but I don't I don't think any of our ladies have a problem with this. At any rate, don't do it. Don't be given or taken with. And there was a problem back then. There really was, because that's about all they drank back then. Water wasn't paid for drinking. And I had it with every and there was a real promise that it was common to be wine beavers back then. And maybe there are you know there are a lot of housewife alcoholic type housewives these days but y'all aren't given to that. At any rate there is the exhortation. Teachers of good things. Verse three. Teachers of good things. Teachers of good things. What things? Well what sort of things are true. What sort of things are honest. What sort of things are just. What sort of things are pure. What sort of things are good or poor. If there be any virtue. If there be any praise. Teach. Not only think on these things. But he says now teach these things. Well who are you going to teach ladies? You're not going to teach your husband. You will teach look at verse four the young women. If they may teach the young women hopefully the husband will be teaching her these things. But you he says teach the young women or children or young men young people young boys. Teach the young women and children we have some ladies. And I just can't I can't say enough about. We have some ladies that are teaching our young people, our daughters, that just, our people. I wish everybody could sit in on these classes and listen as Vicki Patton teaches our little one. You're talking about getting a solid foundation in the scriptures and training our children up in the way they should go. I'm so thankful, I am so thankful for these ladies. I wish, I wish everyone knew and could sit in on what they're doing. And I advise you, I really do, to go down there whenever you can and look around their classroom. Just look around. You just look around and you'll see what our children are getting, our grandchildren. It's invaluable, Joe. Aren't you so thankful for what Joseph and Lauren are getting? Oh, my. Can't put a premium on it, buddy, can you? And Deborah, man, these ladies have got their heart in this thing. And my wife, she comes, she tells me her whole lesson sometimes. And I think, well, I'm just going to take that word to word and preach it Sunday morning. It's so good. And not only the gospel, but teaching our young people things that they're not going to learn in school. Certainly not the gospel. They won't learn that there, but things they will not learn in school and things they won't really learn as intensively at home. God's ways, Bible, Biblical, sound teaching for our young boys and young girls, dealing with them about marriage, about dating, about sex, about dealing with all these things, pulling no punches, mincing no words, telling them like it is, like God says it is, or should be. Oh, we need that, don't we? Our children are getting that, Terry. They're getting that, and it's invaluable, teaching them. Well, all ladies should have a hand in on this, and it says, teach the young women Teach the young women, verse four, to be sober. There's that word again. It is a little different this time. It means to tell, now still talking to you aged, aged women. Made a mistake and looked at the wrong person. Aged women. Ellen, you don't mind, do you? I mean, aged women. Teach the young women to be sober. That means to be wise, not foolish or silly or without understanding. Teach them to be young ladies, young women that are wise thinkers. Use your heads. Use your head. Don't lose it. Use God's wisdom. Think on these things. Teach them these things. Read on. Teach them to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children. Teach them that if they are to marry, teach them to do it for love and make sure they know what love is or else they're in for a miserable time. Love. Don't do it for lust. Don't do it out of infatuation. Teach them to marry for love, and no other reason. Love, and make certain it's true love. And here's ways to love that you teach young ladies to love their husbands and children. Here's the way you do it. Verse 5. You do so, if you really love them, you'll be discreet. That is, you'll be an example in conduct And speech, this word discretion comes from discreet, and it means to have wise conduct and speech and just be generally sound in character. Discretion. He's a discreet, she's a discreet person. She thinks about things, thinks things through and acts wisely and speaks, thinks about what she says before she says. That's discretion. We all need that, don't we? Teach the young ladies that teach them to be. Chased. And not only. Morally pure or. Without. Sexual indecency but that means to be modest and free from indecent actions or speech chased read on the big keepers at home. Keepers at home. If young ladies and I hope our aged women will instill this in. Our young ladies. In order to have a true home. They don't have to stay at home. In order to have a true home. What kind of home did you grow up in a woman. In order to have a true home. You can have to stay at home and make it a home. Not a place where you're there occasionally. Listen to me. Now listen to me. This is what God has said, isn't it? I told you now, the natural man doesn't receive this. The natural woman won't receive this. Certainly not in our generation. Just won't have this. God is ordained not only for salvation, But our happiness—order, universal order. And in the home, to ensure some peace and some tranquility, maybe even the salvation of some. Men are to be head of the home, provider for the home, and women are to be keepers of the home, especially when children are involved. And oh, that we would teach our daughters that the highest calling and most honorable profession on the face of this earth is to be a wife and a mother." Huh? All right, read on. And that's God's Word, isn't it? Teach them that. Teach them that. to be good, that is considerate, kind, thoughtful, genuine, good, obedient to their husbands. Boy, that's out the window in this day. Obedient to their husbands. For a family to function properly, there's got to be a head. Right? Any ship. Every ship. Has. One captain one person at the helm if you got two people pulling the wheel let's go this way no I think this way no. Run aground. If you don't have one head you're going to have to go on what head to head. Right. Let the word of God be not blaspheme." Verse 5. Let the word of God be not blaspheme. Or that is, the word of God teaches us, above all things, to show humility, to be in subjection. Doesn't it? Submit yourselves one to another. Meekness. The word of God tells us that man is ahead of the woman. as Christ is the head of the church. Our generation would just love, love to throw that out the window, wouldn't it? Well, God ordained it that way, and it's the good way, and it's the right way. Let's teach our young ladies that before it's forgotten forever. Forgotten forever. Well, hopefully they'll marry a young man who knows Christ and will act like a head and not a... Well, let's go on. He says, young men, now, young men. All right, that applies to me. And you, Stan, John, and the rest of us, Sam. Young men. Young men, he says, likewise. So that is all of the above. All these things apply to everyone without exception. Likewise, everything that was said to the aged women applies to you. Everything to the men applies to you. Young men likewise exhort to be sober-minded, and the same word, discreet, sound-minded in judgment. That's hard for a young man to come by. It really is. But he exhorts us, by the grace of God, to do so. be of sound mind and judgment. Verse seven. In all things, show in thyself a pattern of good work or example or role model to your wife, to your children, to young people that are watching you. I was thinking, you know, they have this organization, Big Brothers. out there, and it's a good thing, isn't it? These guys, young men, take young boys, you know, and be a brother to them, boys that don't have fathers or much family, and they be a brother to them. You know, they go play basketball with them, just do things. That's good, isn't it? That is a good thing. Well, our young men ought to be that to our young, to our little fellows, shouldn't they? Our young men ought to take these little fellows in our group under their wing and be a big brother to them. They might say, hey, this gospel stuff ain't square after all. I mean, this ain't old fogey, you know, uncool stuff. You know what I mean? What I'm trying to say, it's hard to say it, but oh, we had little Andrew and others, you know, In. So easily influenced right now. Who need good role models and are nobody could do it better than the young man in this church we. Role models to these young boys. And I read on he says a pattern of good work in doctrine verse seven in doctrine. Showing incorrupt uncorruptedness or that is moral. Instructions to your family if you're married. Read on verse seven gravity there's that word again. I earn respect and honor be honorable. Be honorable sincerity that means true honest sincere verse eight sound speech. That is not given the constant foolishness but sound speech sound speech civil tone then decent Be slow to speak, sound speeches of someone who studies before they answer. They all need that. Verse eight, that cannot be condemned, that he that is of contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. Verse nine, exhort servants. Now that's everyone that works. Everyone here that works a job out there in the world. Servants, workers. This applies to everyone that works. How are we to conduct ourselves on the job? Verse 9. Be obedient unto their own masters, unto their own employers. Be obedient unto them. Be obedient. That is, and it reads on, it says, that we please them well in all things. Why, he's a company man. Well good. He works for the company. Well he's out he's trying to. He's a company man he's trying to please the boss he's trying to. Well that's what he's out to do. They gave him a job. He didn't have a right to that job. The company hired him. To work for them to do whatever they say. Didn't they Stan? If they say sweep the floor. What should you do sweep the floor. If they say do this what should you do do that wherever they say what that's who gave you the job so you work for and that's what we're to do please them do a good job and a job to please your employer and he says read on he says please they're not answering again. That means talking back then that. Don't talk back. Boss gives you a job you don't particularly like. What are you to do? Argue with him? No. You should be thankful you got a job. No matter how menial the task. Try this. It might give you a promotion. Try this. Thank you. Sweep the floor. Thank you. I'd be delighted to. I appreciate that. You know, I'm getting bored of being a foreman. I'll sweep you. I'll sweep that floor. Thank you. I consider it a privilege to do it. It means sweeping. Somebody's got to sweep it. You might be vice president next week. You never know. Those things go a long way. Don't talk back. Don't talk back. You know reaction to authority and this is for young. Father. And husband's reaction to authority you come home where you speak of. The government or speak of your job or employer or the church especially the church where things are at. Weighs mildly heavily on your children. And the way they're going to turn out. It sure does. It holds a lot of influence on men about what kind of worker they're going to be, about what kind of citizen they're going to be, what they're going to think about this gospel. Mr. Gaddy and Mama, all they got to say is bad things about the preacher of the church. They ain't going to have much use for the gospel, are they? I see it happening right now. in some youngs. Verse 10, he said, not purloining, that means stealing, purloining or stealing time. Not stealing time, but showing all good fidelity. That is being a faithful, trustworthy employee. So, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. That's what he sums this up by saying, that this Teach them, exhort, speak, exhort, rebuke with all authority these things, that they may," that who? "...that the old and young may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things." This is adorning the doctrine. What do you all believe down there at Central Baptist Church? Sovereign grace. Let me tell you what we believe. And then you go out and act like a A fool. And then sovereign grace has a bad name, doesn't it? Huh? Central Baptist Church has a bad name. This gospel you profess to believe has a mighty be trodden underfoot, won't it? Isn't that right? He says that's what this is all about. That we may adorn the doctrine. of God our Savior. I would have loved to just preach on that verse, John, by itself, God our Savior. He says that four or five times throughout Titus, God our Savior, leaving no doubt who Christ is, God. But what this was all about, here it is, read verses 11 on. And let me say, give you this illustration, this will stick with you. Jonathan Edwards, His. His son when his son-in-law David Brainer was his son-in-law all right David Brainer was John Jonathan Edwards son-in-law David Brainer was probably one of the finest man to walk this planet. You want good reading read the life of David Brainer. At any rate Jonathan Edwards made this statement and David Brainer died when he was twenty nine years old. He was a missionary to the Indians. It walked through the snow spitting up blood to preach the Indians. And he died when he was twenty nine years old. Twenty nine. Twenty nine. That's young isn't it? Oh, that's young. But he lived in such a way and made such an impression on people. Jonathan Edwards said this as an older man. Jonathan Edwards said, And he'd seen a lot come and go. Jonathan Edwards said, any religion, any religion that produces a David Bringer is worth looking into and is worth following. Boy, oh boy. Like Fritzie said about me, when you stand I told you about that fellow that called up Todd Nyberg, about one of his members, didn't I? A young man, a doctor that this young man worked for, called up Todd Nyberg on the phone. He said, you don't know me, but one of your men works for me. And he said his name. He said, I just want to know what you all believe, because whatever it is that this young man believes and is following, he said, I want to be that way. I want to believe that, because he's got something that I need." Boy, that's good, isn't it? That's what Paul's saying to Titus. In all these things that we may adorn, what are we doing it for? That God may be glorified in all things. We're not just doing it so people can say, well, he's a good fellow. They have their reward. That's what the Pharisees did, didn't they? They loved to stand on the street corners and loved to look pious, and they grew their beards and wore their black... I don't know if they did that or not, but they... At any rate, they looked the part, so everybody'd know they were real pious people. That ain't it. It's not the clothing you wear. It's how you adorn the doctrine. Not how you adorn yourself physically. It's adorning the doctrine. That God may be glorified in all things. Read on. Now, here's what it teaches us. Here's what the gospel teaches us. Boy, let somebody take this to those people that call us anti-no-men or anti-law or loose livers. Pass this tape out to our de-reform. Verses 11 on. For the grace of God that brings salvation. What brings salvation? The grace of God. The grace of God that brings salvation. What brings salvation? The grace of God. He didn't say these things bring salvation. Or that God will look on you with favor if you do these things and save you. No. These things are the results of salvation. The grace of God that brings salvation hath appeared to all men. He's talking about old men, young men, you know, older women, younger women, all sorts of men. That's what he said in Timothy, another place, kings, all inner authority. Teaching us, this is what the grace of God teaches us, not that we can live like the devil or live for ourselves, no. Verse 12, teaching us, that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, that we should live soberly, righteously, godly. in this present world. And that's how we want to live. Well, you want to live, Nancy? Well, sure it is. You don't want to live ungodly, unrighteous. Not at all. But live this way. That's what it teaches us then. Verse 13. Looking for that blessed hope. Boy, I love this verse. I was tempted to just preach on this one verse. looking for that blessed hope. What's that blessed hope? It's a person. Oh, my hope, my hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame but holy lean on his precious name, on Christ. So that's my hope, that blessed hope. and the glory, oh what a verse this is, and the glorious appearing, looking for that blessed hope, looking for Christ, and the glorious appearing, oh what an appearance, what a day that, what a day that will be. The glorious appearing of, this, this verse I, it's too good, the great God, that blessed and the glorious appearing of the Great God. Now, what about your God? Oh, our God's this way. Our God's that way. What about your God, David? Our God's great. The Great God. Sitteth in the heavens. He hath done whatsoever he pleased. He's the Great God and our Savior. Well, who is this God? Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ. You believe Jesus Christ is God, you better believe He's the great God and our Savior. Jesus Christ. I always think of Isaiah 25 when I read anything about Christ's deity. It says, this, it shall be said in that day, that great day of the Lord, this is our God. Lo, this is our God. We've waited for Him. He'll save us. This is the Lord. We're waiting for him. We'll be glad and rejoice in his salvation. I like that. Isaiah 25, 9. If you want to write that out to the side of that verse. The great God and our Savior, Jesus Christ. Isaiah 25, 9. Who? What did he do? He gave himself for us. He gave himself for us. And that's what he's exhorting us to do in all these verses, and give ourselves to him and to others for us. Why did he do this? Why did he give himself? Why did he give his life? Why did he shed his blood? Why did he do what he did to redeem us? We needed to redeem him. We needed to save him. And we couldn't do it ourselves, but he did it to redeem us from all iniquity. And he did it. He did it. He did it. And purify unto himself. Why did he do it? Not just to save us from the penalty and the punishment of sin, but from the power of sin. To purify unto himself. To purify a peculiar people. zealous of good work. Peculiar people, zealous of good work. So that is, a people like Christ. That would sum it up, wouldn't it? That would be a good one. A people like Christ. That's why Christ died. To give himself for us, to redeem us, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good work, which God hath before ordained that we should walk there in his good work. Then he closes and well these things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority. Chapter three look at that verse again. Chapter three verse eight look over there again I'll quit. Chapter three verse eight it says now this is a faithful saying or Paul is saying to young Titus everything I say is faithful to you. It's good for you. These are good things. These are right things. Paul says Titus this I'm being faithful to your soul. I'm being faithful to God's Word. I'm being faithful to the aged men, the aged women, the young men and young women. These things are good. These things are right. This is, according to God's Word, sound doctrine. It cannot be condemned. These are good things, things that become sound doctrine, that adorn the doctrine of God. And these things I will, verse 8, I will that thou affirm constantly." Teach these things constantly. Well, you're teaching, you're preaching works. Well, no, we're just going through God's Word, you know. It doesn't have anything to do with, I mean, it won't save us. It does have something to do with salvation, though. It does. That's what salvation's all about. That's what we read it there, didn't it? They affirm constantly the day which had believed in God might be careful or use care to maintain good work. These things are good. Are these good things, Fannie? Are they profitable to you? Well, I know they are profitable to me. What I need, I know you need. What you need, I need. We need the same things. We deal with the same thing, the same sin, the same needs, the same world we live in. God is saying yesterday, today, and forever. His words are saying, and these things are good and profitable to all. Good things. Think on these things. Think on these things. Don't let the fowls of the air come and remove these things. Think on these things. These are things that are true. These are things that are honest and so forth. All right, stand with me. The Father is the only one that can cause us to think on these things, to remember these things, and that's you. Only you can imprint these things or impress us with these things. Only you can instill these things within us. Only you can hide this Word in our hearts. We can't do it without you. We can do nothing. We can't take a step in the right direction apart from your sovereign, constraining grace. And we will go astray and go a wrong way unless you restrain us by your grace. So, Lord, we call upon you in every endeavor, in every good and perfect work, we call upon you to perfect that which concerneth us. We call upon you to establish thou the works of our hands. We call upon you to make us beautiful through your work, through your work. And we want this all for your glory, not our glory, but thy glory, that we may adorn this blessed saving doctrine of God our Savior in all things, our reasonable service. We want to be like Christ, whom we admire and love. And we ask that you would, by your grace, enable us to heed the doers of your word, not just hearers only. In Christ's name we pray, amen.