TITUS
Chapter 1
• Greetings
• Qualification
of Elders
• The
tasks of Elders
Chapter 2
• Qualities
of a sound church (women, men, servants etc.)
• Trained
by saving grace
Chapter 3
• Graces
of the heirs of grace
• Avoid
dissension
• Final
messages
• Farewell
Titus 1:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
1 Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of
Jesus Christ, according
to the faith of
God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth
which accords with
godliness
2 In hope of eternal life which God,
who cannot lie, promised before
time began
3 But has in due time manifested His
word through preaching, which
was committed to
me according to the commandment of God our
Saviour;
4 To Titus, a true son in our common
faith:
Grace,
mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ our
Saviour.
Titus 2:11-13 Amplified (AMP)
11 For the [remarkable, undeserved] grace of God that
brings
salvation has
appeared to all men.
12 It teaches us to reject ungodliness and
worldly (immoral) desires,
and to live
sensible, upright, and godly lives [lives with a purpose
that reflect
spiritual maturity] in this present age,
13 awaiting and confidently expecting the [fulfilment
of our] blessed
hope and the
glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour,
Christ Jesus.
GRACE TEACHES, INSTRUCTS, TRAINS, SHOWS, MAKE US
REALISE, PREPARES, EXPLAINS, CLARIFIES, TUTORS AND COACHES US.
As the days of Noah…
Matthew
24:37-39 King James Version (KJV)
But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of
the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all
away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
How did Noah escape? Genesis chapter 6, 7 & 8
• Gen
6: 8 But Noah found grace in the
eyes of the Lord.
• Gen
6: 14-21 Grace instructed Noah to
built an ark.
• Gen
6:22 Noah built the ark as grace taught
him to, leaving nothing out.
• Gen
7:1 Grace gave further instruction to enter the ark and what to bring in.
• Gen
7:5-9 Noah entered the ark as grace instructed him to do.
• Gen
8:15 Noah only left the ark when grace told him to, even though the dove did
not return signifying that the earth was dry.
• Noah
was under direct discipleship with God and he obeyed every single instruction
of grace as given, not adding to it, not subtracting from it, not amplifying
it, and he obeyed immediately.
Prayer Points
• Let
grace locate my household.
• Let
my husband and heads of home (singles, those parenting alone) be a candidate of
Your grace.
• Handpick
my family for Your favour, for Your mercy, for Your grace.
• Turn
Your eyes toward my family and show us favour that will secure us from the
impending doom that is about to come upon the inhabitants of the earth.
• Let
grace instruct the head of my home (my husband), myself, if I am single or
parenting alone to secure our lives when the Lord appears.
• Don’t
let me be like the hired hands who helped Noah built the ark and were paid
wages yet they did not enter.
• Don’t
let me be like the scoffers who laughed at him; those who criticised him and
said to him, "This is too much, you is mad, what kind of discipleship is this, that will
turn a man useless and render him unprofitable for us?"
Prayer Points
•
When grace has instructed me, please let
grace further help me to obey very quickly.
•
No more procrastination, no more delay, no
more putting off - help my life, O Lord.
•
No more postponement, no more refusal to do
my homework, or coursework, or thesis in this University of Grace.
•
Let grace teach me to respond quickly to
every instruction and teaching, in Jesus name.
•
Help my life Lord, help my family. Don’t let
us be among those who will be drowned like the days of Noah.
• Ask grace to give us specific, detailed, thorough, meticulous , instructions about areas of our personal life,our family life, our work life, our following Him in discipleship, our finances and any area of our life He wants to prepare.
• Ask for the what, when, how, the who of all these issues.
• Pick up a pen and a journal (do not use a sheet of paper as you may lose it) and write them down; write the vision down that they may run that read it.
• Present the list to God and ask grace for further help, courage, tenacity , support, dogged determination in the Holy Ghost to carry out all the instructions to the letter like Noah did.
• This list will grow As you tick one off, another will be given until we see Him face to face. The Lord who helped Noah and his family will help us in Jesus name. Grace will lead us home.
