我的托负 My task Titus 1:1-5

Apostle Paul 4th century icon—the oldest image known of Apostle Paul Physical Description of Paul from “The Acts of Paul and Thecla” (2nd century) “A man small of stature, with a bald head and crooked legs, in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked, full of friendliness. 4th century icon—the oldest image known of Apostle Paul

保罗生平 Chronology of Paul’s Life 保罗在路上遇见主归信耶稣 Conversion of Paul 33 AD 保罗信主后第一次到耶路撒冷 Paul's First Visit to Jerusalem After Conversion 35 AD 巴拿巴找保罗往安提阿事奉 Barnabas fetches Paul from Tarsus to Antioch 45 AD 第一次宣教旅行 1st Missionary Journey 47-48 AD 耶路撒冷会议 Jerusalem Council 49 AD 第二次宣教旅行 2nd Missionary Journey 50-52 AD 第三次宣教旅行 3rd Missionary Journey 52-57 AD 在耶路撒冷被捕，被囚于该撒利亚 Arrest at Jerusalem, imprisonment at Caesarea 57 AD 在罗马被关 Imprisonment at Rome 60-62 AD

保罗生平 Chronology of Paul’s Life 被释放 Release from prison 62 AD 写教牧书信（提前、多、提后）Wrote pastoral epistles 62-65 AD 在罗马被软禁 imprisonment at Rome 殉道 Martyrdom at Rome 65 AD

1. 我的身份 My Identity (1a) Tit 1:1 神的仆人，耶稣基督的使徒保罗 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ

兩種奴仆 Two Kinds of Slave 罪的奴仆 Slave of sin Eph 2:2 … 随从今世的风俗，顺服空中掌权者的首领 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,

兩種奴仆 Two Kinds of Slave 罪的奴仆 Slave of sin 神的奴仆 Slave of God Col 1:13 他救了我们脱离黑暗的权势，把我们迁到他爱子的国里； 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves Gal 5:1 基督释放了我们，叫我们得以自由。 1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.

Exo 21:2-6 你若买希伯来人作奴仆，他必服事你六年；第七年他可以自由，白白地出去。 … (5) 倘或奴仆明说：『我爱我的主人和我的妻子儿女，不愿意自由出去。』 (6) 他的主人就要带他到审判官…用锥子穿他的耳朵，他就永远服事主人。 2 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything… 5 “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ 6 then his master must take him before the judges…pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.

Rom 6:16 … 或作罪的奴仆，以至於死；或作顺命的奴仆，以至成义。 16 …whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?

2. 我的托负 My Task (1b-3) Tit 1:1 神的仆人、耶稣基督的使徒保罗（这是为着　神选民的信心，和那合乎敬虔真理的知识) [新譯本] 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness

2. 我的托负 My Task (1b-3) 叫人信福音 Lead people to faith – “神选民的信心” the faith of God’s elect 造就信徒 Teach saints to grow – “那合乎敬虔真理的知识” the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness

3.我的盼望 My Hope Tit 1:2-3 盼望那无谎言的神在万古之先所应许的永生， (3) 到了日期，藉著传扬的工夫把他的道显明了；这传扬的责任是按著神我们救主的命令交托了我。 2 a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, 3 and at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior

3.我的盼望 My Hope Tit 1:4-5 现在写信给提多，就是照著我们共信之道作我真儿子的。愿恩惠、平安从父神和我们的救主基督耶稣归与你。 (5) 我从前留你在革哩底，是要你将那没有办完的事都办整齐了，又照我所吩咐你的，在各城设立长老。 4 To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. 5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

我的身份? My Identity? 我的托负? My Task? 我的盼望? My Hope?

John 4:34 34 耶穌說：「我的食物就是遵行差我來者的旨意，做成他的工。 34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.