Women Professing Godliness Titus 2:1-5

I. Older Women Must Stand Up And Speak Out

A. Reverent In Behavior Mature Christian women speak carefully and cautiously Titus 2:3 Mature Christian women speak carefully and cautiously Titus 2:3 13 And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not. I Tim.5 - What messages are you sending by the way you speak? - “And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity” Jas.3:1-10

B. “Teachers Of Good Things” Mature women use language that creates peace and relates truth Eph.4:20-24, Mature women use language that creates peace and relates truth Eph.4:20-24, Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. Eph.4 - Sadly, some Christians display the world’s attitude and words I Pet.4:15 - Mature women can make a big difference in young women’s lives Prov.31:26

II. Younger Women Should Carefully Listen

A. Learn To Love Their Families Why would any woman need to be taught to love their families? Titus 2:4 Why would any woman need to be taught to love their families? Titus 2:4 1 She doesn’t understand marriage love “This thing is bigger than both of us” - Love isn’t a feeling but a commitment to share life’s joys and difficulties Matt.19:9-10 “We don’t choose who we fall in love with” “The heart wants what it wants!”

A. Learn To Love Their Families Why would any woman need to be taught to love their families? Titus 2:4 Why would any woman need to be taught to love their families? Titus 2:4 2 “No Mother needs to learn how to love her children!” - Sometimes mothers are frustrated in their efforts to raise and discipline Prov.29:15 - Older women know, “But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.” - Young women, listen to their advice!

B. Keep Yourselves Pure Older spiritually mature women model purity for younger women I Tim.2:9-10 Older spiritually mature women model purity for younger women I Tim.2: Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? - “But I didn’t have an Godly influence. What about my purity?” Jas.2:25

B. Keep Yourselves Pure Older spiritually mature women model purity for younger women Heb.11:31 Older spiritually mature women model purity for younger women Heb.11:31 31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. Heb.11 - Don’t allow sin to cause you to doubt the promises and power of God Phil.4:13 - Pray and find “Godly people” to join yourself closely to Acts 18:1-3 - One day you will have to stand and speak!

III. Women Are The Foundation of The Home

A. Women Are The Homemakers Timothy’s genuine faith first dwelt in his grandmother and mother 2 Tim.1:5 Timothy’s genuine faith first dwelt in his grandmother and mother 2 Tim.1:5 15 And that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2 Tim.3 - Elders are warned about false teachers subverting whole households Tit.1: Mothers, help your children in learning God’s Word, the Bible! Ex.2:5-10 Prov.31:27

B. Submissive To Their Own Husbands “How do I respond to a harsh, foolish husband?” I Sam.25:18-33 “How do I respond to a harsh, foolish husband?” I Sam.25: Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, - “How can a woman respect and submit to a ‘no good’ husband?” Col.3:18, 23 2 When they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear. I Pet.3

How does failure in this cause the Word of God to be blasphemed?