Sound Doctrine for Older Men

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Sound Doctrine for Older Men

• A study of Titus 21-2

All Scriptures quoted are from the New King James
Version
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CONDUCT BECOMING OLDER MEN

• SOBER, REVERENT, TEMPERATE...
• 1. What is sober?
• -see Acts 2625
• 2. What is reverent?
• -dignified or honorable
• -see 1 Peter 211-12

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CONDUCT BECOMING OLDER MEN

• 3. What is Temperate?
• -Self restraint or sound mind
• -See Acts 2424-25
• B. SOUND IN FAITH, LOVE, PATIENCE...
• 1. What is faith?
• -firm persuasion or believe the truth
• -See Romans 1017

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CONDUCT BECOMING OLDER MEN

• 2. What is love (agape)?
• -benevolence or brotherly affection
• -See Ephesians 52
• 3. What is Patience?
• -Endurance of circumstances
• -See Hebrews 1036

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EXAMPLES TO INSPIRE OLDER MEN

• MOSES AND AARON
• 1. They were 80 83 (Exo. 77)
• 2. Even at a old age they led Gods people
• -- Who did God chose to lead His people? Men
  past their prime!

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EXAMPLES TO INSPIRE OLDER MEN

• JOSHUA AND CALEB
• 1. Both men where in their 80s when they
  began serving God in a large capacity.
• 2. See Joshua 146-11 2429

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EXAMPLES TO INSPIRE OLDER MEN

• DANIEL
• Was well over eighty when
• a. Served as governor over Babylon (Dan.
  61-3)
• b. Thrown into a lions den (Dan. 64-27)
• c. Prospered during Darius and Cyrus (Dan.
  628)

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EXAMPLES TO INSPIRE OLDER MEN

• PAUL, THE AGED
• 1. His own reference in Phile. 19
• 2. We know how busy he was in the later part
  of his own life.
• --Who did God use to reveal half of the New
  Testament? A man who refused to retire!

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EXAMPLES TO INSPIRE OLDER MEN

• MODERN DAY EXAMPLES
• 1. Evangelists, elders, missionaries who
  serve into their eighties and beyond!
• 2. What about other dedicated Christian men?
• 3. These are men who would rather wear out
  than rust out!

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Who does God NEED???

• Aged men who refuse to stop working for the Lord!