Who Needs Correction?

We are continuing our series through Paul’s letter to Titus. Last week we examined Titus 1:5-9 in a sermon entitled: THE HALLMARKS OF A GODLY LEADER. In that message we looked at four things that should characterize those who are the leaders of a church. Godly leaders are people with…
GODLY COMMITMENTS (Titus 1:5, 6)
GODLY CONDUCT (Titus 1:7)
GODLY CHARACTER (Titus 1:8)
GODLY CONVICTIONS (Titus 1:9)

Why is godliness so important in the life of the leader? Because a leader must always be credible, especially when it comes to confronting error. Our text today reminds us that God calls ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ not only to the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18), but also to the ministry of rebuke (2 Timothy 4:2).

It has been my observation that people really like the ministry of reconciliation, but they balk at the ministry of rebuke. It has also been my observation that some ministers relish rebuke and fail to see that its purpose must ever be reconciliation.

In Paul’s letter to Titus, he instructs his young protégé to fulfill the high and holy calling of correcting and setting right, those who were in error. Ministry is all about comforting the afflicted, but it is equally important to remember that ministry likewise must afflict the comfortable. Especially those who are comfortable in error.

The title of my message: WHO NEEDS CORRECTION? Paul addresses three groups of people that needed correction in the churches of Crete. Still today, nearly two thousand years removed from Paul writing this letter we find that there are still people, just like the ones on Crete who need correction too. So, who needs correction?