The transformation of the gospel transforms more than your relationship with other Christians; it also transforms your relationship with the secular world. The instructions in Titus 3:1-3 focus on the outward signs of a grace-filled life and how God's grace affects your relationship with the world.

The gospel transforms believers into people who live righteously in the present world with anticipatory hope of Christ's return, proclaiming the gospel's good news with authority and boldness until then.

In this passage, Paul connects the instructions for how Christians are to live (2:2-10) with the why and how. The hope of the gospel transforms Christians before God. It also transforms how Christians live in this present age. The hope of the gospel is the fundamental truth that defines what the church is and how the church is to live in this world.

Few subjects are more fraught with difficulty than the issue this text addresses. In our cultural context, it feels awkward at best and dangerous at worst to declare what women should and should not wear, how women should fix their hair, remain quiet in church, and be submissive. The awkwardness of the cultural context does not release the church from preaching such passages and certainly not Christians from obeying what this passage teaches. To faithfully preach the Bible, a pastor must proclaim what the Bible teaches regardless of how well it is received by the culture of the day.

In the second half of 1 Timothy 2, Paul turns his attention to the proper order of the church. In this text, he addresses women's role in the church, particularly in public worship. This text addresses three areas for Christian women: how you present yourself in worship, participate in worship, and honor God's design for women.

Leaders can be tempted to adjust the message to be most appealing to the crowd, even at the expense of the truth. Congregations can be tempted to desire what is entertaining over what is true or to give more honor and authority to what draws a crowd than what is faithful and true to God's word.

Who has the most significant cultural influence today? Some say it is the one who can draw the largest crowds. Some say it is the social media influencers who have large numbers of followers. Others say that those with large traditional media audiences have the most significant influence.

2 Corinthians 10 is not concerned with the church's influence in the larger culture or with Paul's influence among the community. 2 Corinthians 10 is concerned with what influences the church and who the members are giving their attention to. The hope is to draw the church away from unfaithful influences that may be more attractive to those that are true and faithful to God's word.