Titus Is Further Instructed in His Duties
This exegetical article by Ronald Vanoverloop examines Paul's instructions to Titus in Titus 2:15, exploring the pastoral duties of church officebearers to speak, exhort, and rebuke according to sound doctrine. Vanoverloop grounds these duties in the foundational concept of believers as slaves of God through both creation and redemption, emphasizing the connection between theological truth and godly living in congregational leadership.
"These things speak and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let not man despise thee." Titus 2:15 Paul had given to Titus the calling to pastor (shepherd) the new Christians in the various congregations on the island of Crete. This included the selecting and ordaining of men as officebearers in order that the congregations might be instituted churches (Titus 1:5-8). It also included exhorting and convincing the unruly, vain talkers, and deceivers (Titus 1:10-13). And it included preaching...
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