Main Idea: The Lord provides instructions for the ordering of His church so that we may most effectively accomplish the Great Commission.

Paul Leaves Titus in Crete to Set What Remained Into Order

• 1a, 4 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
• 5a This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order,
  • 1 Timothy 3:14, 15

A Rightly Ordered Church Is Most Effectively Used By God to Disciple Her Members

• 1b for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
  • 2 Timothy 2:10
  • Titus 1:9, 10; 2:1, 15
  • Titus 1:16; 2:7, 8; 3:8, 14

A Rightly Ordered Church Is Most Effectively Used By God to Proclaim the Gospel

• 2, 3 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;
  • Titus 2:11–14
  • Titus 3:7

So What?

• We must be willing to regularly evaluate our structure and practices and make changes when necessary to ensure we are a rightly ordered church.