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Having B elieving C hildren

Having B elieving C hildren. TITUS 1:6. Titus 1:5-9. Blameless in proven spiritual leadership husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination v.6 Blameless in proven character

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Having B elieving C hildren

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  1. Having Believing Children TITUS 1:6

  2. Titus 1:5-9 • Blameless in provenspiritual leadership husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of dissipation or insubordination v.6 • Blamelessinprovencharacter • not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled v.7-8

  3. Titus 1:5-9 • Blameless in provencompetence v.9 • holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict. • Having faithful children is in the CONTEXT of provenspiritual leadership • Character is inherent in godlyleadership • Competence is necessary in leadership

  4. Titus 1:5-9 • Having faithful children does mean children who are believers 1 Tim. 6:2 • Does “having believing children” exclude men with onefaithful child? • Grammar: plural vs. singular matters Galatians 3:16, Matt. 16:18 • Singlesubject (one) with pluralobject (children) 1 Tim. 3:4 • Pluralsubject (deacons) with pluralsubject (children) 1 Tim. 3:12

  5. Does children always mean children? • “Yes. The Bible means what it says.” Deut. 23:18 • “No. Childrencan refer to onechild” • Pluralofclass Eph. 6:1 • Usage in Hebrew: Gen. 21:7 "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age." • Compare Deut. 25, Matt. 21, Lk 21:29-31

  6. Does children always mean children? • Usage in Greek: 2 Cor. 12:14 For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. • 1 Tim. 5:4 single subject (widow) with plural object (children) • Children in v.4 & 9 are singular in v.16 • Usage in English: “Parents with children entering first grade must pre-register their children by August 1.”

  7. Does children always mean children? • Usage in 1st Century Roman law: “A person is not without children if he or she has one son or daughter, for this expression, “he has children,” “he does not have children” is always used in the plural number, as are notebooks and writing tablets…For if we cannot say that a man is without children, we have to say that he has children.” Gaius, Digest 50:16:149

  8. Does children NECESSARILY EXCLUDE a single child? • The pl. vs. sing. is not the emphasis in the passage but the man’s ability to lead. # is not material in Matt. 10:21 (pl. and sing. are used interchangeably in Luke 20:29-31) • TEKNON “offspring” is used, not PAIDION “child” number is less significant • He is still leading a plurality of souls in his family. • Application (context) vs. translation (rules) • Allowing (usage) vs. requiring (pl. of class)

  9. Let’s be SAFE! • Is it safe to refuse to appoint qualified men according to the terms in Titus 1 where God commanded it (not suggested it), not respecting God’s allowance of one child where “children” is used, OR • Is it safer to have God’s organization for the church, with men qualified in every way fulfilling God’s plan?

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