Titus 3:8-11

Observation:

• Read Titus 3:1-11
• Read Titus 8-11 and look for any contrasts (hint: look for the word but)
• Answer the following questions in your journal:
• What is a trustworthy statement?
• What does Paul want Titus to speak confidently about? 
• How are good deed described?
• What is the contrast of good deeds? 
• How are these things described?

Interpretation:
Look up the following words using Blue Letter Bible

• trustworthy
• careful
• engage
• good
• profitable
• avoid
• foolish
• controversies
• genealogies
• disputes
• unprofitable
• worthless
• reject
• factious
• self-condemned

Look up the following cross references and write down how they connect with the things in this passage:

• Romans 3:28
• Roman 15:18
• Gal 2:16-21
• James 1:21-27
• James 2

Application:

What has the Lord showed you this week about a person who walks in good deeds vs a foolish and unprofitable person? What kind of person are you? 

Titus 3:3-7

Observation:

• Read Titus 3:1-7
• Read Titus 3:3-7 and mark any contrasts you see (look for the word but)
• Make a list about what we were vs. what God did

Interpretation:
Look up the following words using Blue Letter Bible:

• foolish
• disobedient
• deceived
• enslaved
• lusts
• pleasures
• malice
• envy
• hateful
• hating
• mercy
• regeneration
• renewing
• justified

Look up the following cross references and write down what you learn (how it relates to Titus):

• Ephesians 2:1-10 (what do you learn about grace?)
• John 3:3-6, 1 Peter 1:3, 2 Cor 5:14-21 (what do you learn about regeneration?)
• Ephesians 1:13-14, 1 Cor 12:13, Roman 8:9-17, Gal 5:16-25 (what do you learn about the Holy Spirit?)

Application:

What were we once? Who are we in Christ? Do you really believe that? Do you live like it is so?