{"id":980,"date":"2020-04-20T17:31:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.churchofchristcantonil.com\/?p=980"},"modified":"2021-09-01T14:20:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T14:20:29","slug":"sound-doctrine-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.churchofchristcantonil.com\/?p=980","title":{"rendered":"“Sound Doctrine” (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Older & Younger Women<\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>

As Paul continues to relate to Titus the\nthings that are fitting for sound doctrine, he gives him instruction concerning\nChristian women. He states that older women, who have been in Christ for some\ntime, should have developed in their character certain attributes, as well as\nrid themselves of some traits that are to be avoided. \u201cOlder women likewise are\nto be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much\nwine, teaching what is good\u201d (Titus 2:3). <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

A godly woman is not to be loud, boisterous,\noutspoken, rude or crude. She is to be reverent in her behavior. That is, her\nbehavior and conduct should be a reflection of holiness. The word reverent<\/b>\nused here in this text bears the idea of the way a priest was to conduct\nhimself while in a sacred place. When considering how a priest would behave\nwhile in the temple of God one would hope that he treated God with reverence\nand respect. This is the way godly women are to conduct themselves in all their\nbehavior. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

A godly woman is not to be a malicious\ngossip. The term malicious gossip<\/b> comes from just one Greek word (diabolos)<\/span>, which carries the meaning of\n\u201cone prone to slander, accusing falsely\u201d. Our English word \u201cdiabolic\u201d\noriginated from this same Greek word and is defined as \u201chaving the qualities of\na devil; fiendish; outrageously wicked\u201d. This makes sense when we consider the\nfact that the devil is the father of all lies and deception (John 8:44). He is\nalso the great accuser who tempts us to sin and tear us away from God (cf.\nZechariah 3:1 and Job 1:6-12; 2:1-7). To be involved in gossip, to slander or\nmake false accusations against others, is to be involved in the work of the\ndevil. A godly woman will keep herself far from it.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Furthermore, godly women are not to be enslaved\nto much wine<\/b>. Certainly, this passage condemns drunkenness; no argu\u00adment.\nBut in an age where social drinking has become very popu\u00adlar and acceptable,\none might honestly enough enquire whether or not it would be okay if she was\nonly enslaved to a \u201clittle\u201d wine. This text does not give permission for social\ndrinking. As faithful children of God we are instructed to \u201cmake no provision\nfor the flesh in regard to its lusts\u201d (Romans 12:14). If it is sinful to be\nenslaved to much wine it is at the very least flirting with sin if we think we\ncan drink only a little without stumbling over the edge. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

The last attribute specifically applied to\nolder women is that they are to teach what is good. An older, godly woman must\nbe a teacher<\/b>. Certainly, Scripture places some limitations on the role\nof women in teaching, but it by no means indicates that she should not be able\nto teach. Consider Priscilla, the wife of Aquilla, who, along with her husband,\ntook Apollos aside and \u201cexplained to him the way of God more accurately\u201d (Acts\n18:24-28). Though there may be some circumstances when a woman can instruct a\nman, the primary reason given here why older women are to be teaching what is\ngood is \u201cso that they may encourage young women to love their husbands, to love\ntheir children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to\ntheir own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored\u201d (Titus\n2:4-5). <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

To encourage<\/b> literally means to\n\u201ctrain\u201d. So older women are really called to do much more than simply encourage\nthe younger women to be what they ought to be. They are actually to show them\nhow to be what they ought to be. Older women will not be able to adequately\nshow the younger how \u201cthey are to be\u201d if they are not already what they ought\nto be themselves. Because of this fact, the qualities that follow, which we\nwill primarily attribute to younger women as things \u201cthey are to be\u201d according\nto sound doctrine, equally apply to the older women.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Younger women are to be taught to love their\nhusbands and children. The most common word translated as love<\/b> in the NT\nis agap\u0113<\/span>. This type of love is the\nkind of love Christ and God have for us. One has this kind of love for another\nonly because they deliberately choose to love them. This is not the type of\nlove being described here in this text. The love here is a derivative of phile\u014d<\/span> which describes a demonstrative\nand emotional type of love. Contrary to popular opinion, women are not the only\nones who need to know that they are loved. Husbands and children also need to\nknow that they are loved. Certainly though, husbands need to demonstrate love\ntowards their wives (Ephesians 5:25-33) just as children should respect and\nhonor their mothers (Proverbs 31:28).<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Young women are also to be sensible<\/b>:\nthat is, they are to think in a healthy and right way. Just as older men were\ninstructed to be sensible, women, both young and old, need to use sound\njudgment and make good decisions. After all, the older are to teach the younger\nhow to think in this way. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Furthermore, younger women are to be pure<\/b>.\nThey are to be free from defilements or any impurities. This means that they\nmust be pure in their speech, conduct, and thoughts as well as their\ninteractions with others. This attribute will also govern the type of apparel\nthat a godly woman chooses to wear. If she is pure, she will make sure that her\nattire is modest. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Younger women have been given the\nresponsibility to be workers at home<\/b>. Even though this is not saying\nthat she is forbidden to work outside the home, I am afraid that sometimes we\nare so quick to point out what this text does not mean that we miss what it\ndoes mean. Though it is permissible for a woman to work outside the home\n[consider Lydia and Priscilla, both godly women, and yet Lydia was a seller of\npurple fabrics (Acts 16:14) and Priscilla appears to have worked right\nalongside her husband and Paul at tent-making (Acts 18:2-3)], women should not\nlet their work outside the home interfere with their work in the home. If it\ndoes then she needs to give up her work outside the home, because being a\nworker at home is to be her primary responsibility (1 Timothy 5:14). <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Younger women are also told to be kind<\/b>.\nThey are to have a \u201cgood\u201d character, which will lead to the benefit of those\nwith whom they come in contact. They will be disposed to doing good to others,\nnot so that they will reap some benefit for themselves, but so that others will\nreceive what is in their best interest.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

Younger women are to be subject<\/b> to\ntheir husbands: that is to say, they are to be submissive and obedient to the\nleadership of their husbands. Submitting to another can be a very difficult\nthing to do, whether it is a wife submitting to her husband, an employee\nsubmitting to his employer, or a man submitting to the governing authorities of\nthe land, especially when the one in authority is not walking by God\u2019s\nstandard. But regardless, we are to submit, because God has instructed us to do\nso (cf. Romans 13:1 and Ephesians 6:5-8). When it comes to wives being subject\nto their husbands, older women are given the responsibility to teach the\nyounger women this attribute. <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>

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The end result of both\nolder and younger women being what they ought to be, to develop and possess the\ncharacter qualities that are in keeping with sound doctrine, is that the word\nof God will not be dishonored. When people, professing to be children of God,\nwalk in His ways and live by His standard there will be no room for accusations\nagainst God or His plan. Are you living up to the standard to which you have\nbeen called in Christ? If not, why not?<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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