slides for sermon

1. Good Works
TITUS 2:14

2. DISQUALIFIED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK 1:16
•Our works show people who we truly are
•Matthew 17:15-20
• 16 They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him,
being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.
(NASV Titus 1:16)

3. A PATTERN OF GOOD WORKS 2:7
• We need biblical patterns to learn good works
• What are good works? 2 Timothy 3:16
• How do we handle good works? Matthew 6:1-4
• Good works aid your teaching and helps you stand up to
your opponents. V.8

4. ZEALOUS FOR GOOD WORKS 2:14
• Why are God’s people zealous for good works?
–It’s not because that is what saves them 3:5
• God’s people are zealous for good works because
they understand they have been redeemed.
• They are being transformed into the image of the
Son, they cannot help but be zealous for Good
Works! Romans 12:1
• Zeal is contagious.
–Hebrews 10:24 - 24 And let us consider one another in
order to stir up love and good works

5. READY FOR EVERY GOOD WORK 3:1-2
• We need mental preparation for every good work.
• Who does this passage remind you of?
• Daniel 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not
defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the
wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the
eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

6. MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS 3:8, 14
• Some opportunities for good works will be urgent
and unexpected
• Some opportunities for good works will be
ongoing and will need constant maintenance.
• These good works are profitable in comparison to
foolish disputes which are unprofitable and
useless. V.9
• There is a qualifier for those who are commanded
to maintain good works
–“Those who have believed in God”