Introduction

• Titus 2:1-8

• 2 Corinthians 10:12

• Titus 1:5

• Titus 2:1

• Titus 2:2

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“Live your life as a thank you back to God.”

Pastor Dave Heisterkamp

Older Men - Titus 2:2

• Sober-Minded (temperate)

• Dignified

• Self-Controlled

• Sound in Faith

• Sound in Love

• Sound in Patience

Older Women - Titus 2:3

• Reverent behavior

• Not a gossip

• Not addicted to alcohol

• Teach and train what is good

Younger Women - Titus 2:4-5

• Love your husbands

• Love your children

• Self-controlled

• Pure

• Workers at home

• Kind

• Submissive to husband

Titus (Younger Men) - Titus 2:6-8

• Self-controlled

• Be an example of good works

• Studier of God's Word

• Dignified

• Sound in Speech

Application

The Church's testimony matters.

Warm-Up Question

Who is someone older in your life—family, church, or community—who really impacted your walk with Jesus or helped shape your character? What did they do that made such a difference?

Read Titus 2:1–8

Sound Doctrine Leads to Sound Living (v. 1)

What does Paul mean by “teach what accords with sound doctrine”? How is this different from merely teaching “right ideas, anecdotes, etc.”?

Insight: Paul links healthy teaching to transformed lives. The church’s witness depends on this connection.

Older Men (v. 2)

“Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.”

Why might Paul start with older men in his instructions?

What kind of example do these virtues set for the entire church?

What’s one area here you’d like to grow in to better model Christ to younger generations?

Older Women (v. 3)

“In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good…”

How can older women practically “teach what is good” today? What are some modern examples of this kind of mentoring?

What might “reverent behavior” look like in our context?

Younger Women (vv. 4–5)

“…so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children, to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission to their husbands, so that God’s word will not be slandered.”

How might these instructions sound in our culture today? How can we faithfully apply these principles while explaining the cultural context?

What do these qualities reveal about God’s concern for the home and the church’s public witness?

Titus & Younger Men (vv. 6–8)

“In the same way, encourage the young men to be self-controlled in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching.”

Why does Paul emphasize self-control again here? (Notice it appears for every group.)

How is Titus’s example vital for shaping younger men? Who plays that kind of role in our church today?

Wrap-Up Application

Main Point: When every generation in the church embraces God’s design for character, mentoring, and example, the gospel is made beautiful to the watching world (vv. 5, 8, 10).

Which part of this passage challenges you most personally—in character or in mentoring others?

*Family Challenge: This week, each person identifies one way to intentionally invest in someone of another generation—through encouragement, modeling, conversation, or prayer.

Optional Closing Prayer Idea

Pray together, thanking God for the generations in the church and asking for grace to live out Titus 2 in the coming week.