The Source of Good Citizenship

Part 2

 Text: Titus 3:3-7

 Introduction/Review

I.     Remember the duties of good citizenship (3:1-2).

II.    Remember the source of good citizenship (3:3-7).

A. Remember your pre-conversion state of bondage. 3:3

 Lesson:

B. Remember your post-conversion state of salvation. vv. 4-7

 “What we have become, in contrast to what we once were, furnishes a powerful motive for Christian living,” (Hiebert, Titus and Philemon, 68).

 1. The Cause of the Believer’s Salvation. vv. 4-5a

Reflection:

“To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.” 2 Tim. 4:18

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