July 20, 2025

Opposing False Teachers – Titus 1:10-16

Ice Breaker

1. Read Titus 1:10-16 as a group.
2. Have you heard a preacher on radio, TV, or the internet who was being rebellious or deceptive? What did this preacher say that showed he was a fraud? Share your answers with your group.

Loving God Unreservedly

3. What is purity? What does a pure person (v. 15) look like? How can a person achieve purity?
4. What test, according to (vs.16), can you use to determine if someone truly knows God?

Loving People Sacrificially

5. How should believers respond to “rebellious people” in the church? (1:10–13)
6. What did Paul tell his audience to pay no attention to? (1:14)
7. How can you implement accountability measures in your own spiritual life, based on the principles discussed in Titus 1:10-16?
8. What role does community play in safeguarding against false teachings, as implied by this scripture?

Making Disciples Purposefully

9. What specific actions can we take this week to strengthen our commitment to biblical truth in our everyday conversations?
10. How can we use biblical conversations to reach the unbeliever? Pray, that God would put a person in your life this week to have a gospel conversation.

Dig Deeper (optional/personal study)

11. Research: Characteristics of the False Teachers and Their Teaching in the Letters to Timothy and Titus (Köstenberger, A. J., 2021, Commentary 1 & 2 Timothy, and Titus, pp.34-35):