Healthy Christian Living

Part  6 – Don’t waste your life!  

Guest Pastor: Sandy Mason  

Thursday, February 6th, 2025  

Sunday, February 9th, 2025  

The Passage: Titus 3:9-15, ESV 

9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies,  dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they  are unprofitable and worthless.  

10 As for a person who stirs up division, after  warning him once and then twice, have nothing  more to do with him, 11 knowing that such a  person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. 

12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do  your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have  decided to spend the winter there. 13 Do your best  to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their  way; see that they lack nothing. 14 And let our  people learn to devote themselves to good works,  so as to help cases of urgent need, and not be  unfruitful.  

15 All who are with me send greetings to you.  Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be  with you all.  

Cross References: Ephesians 5:14-16, I Timothy 4:8, Proverbs 6:16-19

Paul Instructs Titus to Do His Best…  

• To avoid being drawn into foolish controversies.  

• To avoid getting tripped up by irrelevant genealogical arguments. 

• To avoid being associated with disruptive dissentious people. 

• To avoid frivolous legal interpretations.  
• To fully and properly warn troublemakers.  
• To disassociate himself from sinful  unrepentant people.

• To provide God’s helpers with everything they need.  

• To teach the people to be fruitful, rich in good  works and ready to provide aid wherever &  whenever needed.  

• To be cheerful and gracious in everything they do.   

“Only one life ‘Twill soon be past; Only what’s  done for Christ will last.” —C.T. Studd  

Talk It Over:  

Ice Breaker - Share about the most productive,  most prominent or most pivotal season in your  life?  

1). Read Titus 3:9-15.  

2). According to Titus 3:9, what was Titus  instructed to avoid a lifestyle of legalism such as getting caught up in genealogies, contentions, disputes. Why would these actions cause division and how do we try to prevent division in our own church family?

3). How does 2 Timothy 2:16 expand your  understanding of avoiding unprofitable talk?  

• Who pays the ultimate price?  

4). In Titus 3:10 Paul instructs Titus in the way he  should deal with a person who stirs up division?  

• Why did Paul choose to deal harshly with  this type of person?  

5). Read 1 Timothy 6:3-5. 

• Why is sound doctrine so important in  maintaining unity in the body of Christ?  

6). In Titus 3:12 Paul requests that Titus join him  in Nicopolis.  

• How was Titus instructed to come to Paul?  
• How can we begin to live out what 1 Timothy 1:4 asks us to do?  

7). In Titus 3:14, Paul describes how God’s people can be fruitful and challenges Titus to maintain good works in order to meet urgent needs. How would you define or understand urgent needs for that period of time and what do you believe are the urgent needs for the church today?

• According to the verse, how can God’s people remain fruitful?  
• According to 2 Peter 1:8-15 what qualities should we supplement our faith with?  
• Pastor Sandy said “We need to take Christ with us wherever & whenever we go.”-----That’s the worthy-life. 

8). In Philippians 1:9-11 what qualities must  abound in us in order for us to be filled with the  “fruit of righteousness” that comes from Jesus?

9). Pray that God’s Love will abound in your  Community Group, at North Valley Church and in  the World.