# Monte's 10/30

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### October 30, 2022<br>Bloom Where You're Planted<br>Titus 2:2-10

Title: Bloom Where You're Planted
Intro:

**2 Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.**

- sober-minded = just sober (Strong, et al.), unmixed with wine (LSJ)
- Sweeter or angrier
- love = agape

Scrooge or Mr. Rogers
Mid life crisis = No
Regret
Corvette

**3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, 4 and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.**

**6 Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.**

**7 Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, 8 and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.**

**9 Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, 10 not pilfering, but showing all good faith, so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.**

These are the things each struggle with.

**11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.**

**15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.**