In this message from Harris Creek Baptist Church, Pastor Drew walks through Titus 3 to show how followers of Jesus are called to live by example, remember their own need for salvation, and engage their communities with kindness rather than contempt. He argues that genuine change in any environment, whether a home, workplace, or neighborhood, flows from people who have been made new by God's grace and who extend that same mercy to others. The sermon challenges listeners to identify their own 'Crete' and ask honestly how well they are living out the gospel there.
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“When you said, "All I was bringing to the table was, 'Hey, I know those people you're trying to reach because I was them 18 months ago,'" you gave your congregation permission to believe that their own story is not disqualifying, it is qualifying.”
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Unlock with your sermon →“God has placed you exactly where you are, in that office, on that street, at that school, around that table, not by accident, but on purpose. The world isn't your enemy. It's your mission field.”
Read all 5 days of the devotional →“When you picture them, do you feel more like a Pharisee (superior, critical, distant) or more like someone who remembers what it felt like to need saving? What would it look like to move toward them with the same kindness God showed you?”
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Unlock with your sermon →“Titus belongs to the category scholars call the Pastoral Epistles, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus, letters addressed to individual ministry leaders about the ordering of church life.”
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Unlock with your sermon →“it is an absolutely miserable evangelism strategy to despise the people you hope to convert. No one has ever been hated into the faith. Not once in the history of the world. So instead of superiority, let compassion lead.”
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Unlock with your sermon →This sermon teaches that hatred has never converted anyone. Instead, remember you were once lost too, foolish, disobedient, enslaved by passions. Compassion, not condemnation, is the strategy. God's kindness saved you, so extend that same kindness to others as your evangelism approach.
The sermon points to Romans 13 and Titus 3, noting Paul wrote these commands under Emperor Nero, a man who murdered his wife and burned Christians alive. Scripture still calls believers to submit to governing authorities, trusting that God establishes them, and that rebellion brings judgment.
This sermon teaches that God takes your mess and makes it your message. Your past struggles, addiction, self-righteousness, or any sin, become your ministry. Revelation 12 says we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony, so your story can set others free.
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