🗓 日期：2025年8月21日
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1️⃣ 提多书背景与牧养的关系
提多书是保罗写给属灵同工提多的牧养书信，主要指引他如何在克里特岛设立长老、坚固信徒、抵挡异端。
👉 这本书的重点就是 教会的牧养 —— 如何带领群羊走在健全的真理和圣洁的生活里。
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2️⃣ 牧养的核心：健全的教义
📖 提多书 1:9
「坚守所教真实的道理，就能将纯正的教训劝化人，也能把争辩的人驳倒了。」
👉 一个牧人要守住神的话语，才能教导羊群。
牧养不是凭经验或情感，而是 凭神的真理 来喂养。
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3️⃣ 牧养的生命榜样
📖 提多书 2:7
「你自己凡事要显出善行的榜样，在教训上要正直、端庄。」
👉 牧养不仅是言语教导，更是 以身作则。
正如牧人走在羊群前面，羊就跟随；牧养需要榜样的力量。
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4️⃣ 牧养的目标：转化生命
📖 提多书 2:11–12
「因为神救众人的恩典已经显明出来，教训我们除去不敬虔的心和世俗的情欲，在今世自守、公义、敬虔度日。」
👉 牧养的终极目标是 让羊群的生命被恩典转化。
牧人不仅是保护羊，更是带领羊 活出敬虔、公义的生活。
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5️⃣ 牧养的动力：圣灵的更新
📖 提多书 3:5
「他便救了我们，并不是因我们自己所行的义，乃是照他的怜悯，借着重生的洗和圣灵的更新。」
👉 牧养工作不是单靠人的努力，而是靠 圣灵的工作。
牧人引领，圣灵更新 —— 羊群才能真正成长。
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✨ 总结
牧养在提多书的蓝图
• 核心：健全的道
• 方式：生命榜样
• 目标：转化生命
• 力量：圣灵更新
🐑 Shepherding and the Book of Titus
🗓 Date: August 21, 2025
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1️⃣ Background of Titus and the Connection to Shepherding
The book of Titus is a pastoral letter written by Paul to his spiritual co-worker Titus, mainly instructing him on how to appoint elders in Crete, strengthen believers, and guard against false teachings.
👉 The central theme of this book is the shepherding of the church — how to lead God’s flock in sound doctrine and holy living.
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2️⃣ The Core of Shepherding: Sound Doctrine
📖 Titus 1:9
“He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.”
👉 A shepherd must hold fast to God’s Word in order to teach the flock.
Shepherding is not based on personal experience or emotion, but on feeding with the truth of God.
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3️⃣ The Shepherd’s Life Example
📖 Titus 2:7
“In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness.”
👉 Shepherding is not only about teaching with words but also about living as an example.
Just as a shepherd walks ahead of the sheep and they follow, shepherding requires the power of example.
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4️⃣ The Goal of Shepherding: Transformed Lives
📖 Titus 2:11–12
“For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age.”
👉 The ultimate goal of shepherding is for lives to be transformed by grace.
A shepherd not only protects the sheep but also leads them to live godly and righteous lives.
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5️⃣ The Power of Shepherding: Renewal by the Holy Spirit
📖 Titus 3:5
“He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”
👉 Shepherding is not sustained merely by human effort, but by the work of the Holy Spirit.
The shepherd leads, but the Spirit renews — only then can the flock truly grow.
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✨ Conclusion
The Blueprint of Shepherding in Titus
• Core: Sound doctrine
• Method: Life example
• Goal: Transformed lives
• Power: Renewal by the Holy Spirit
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