Don't Waste the Moment

September 22nd, 2025

Our passage in Chapel this week was Titus 2:1-10. Paul is encouraging Titus, to encourage the church, to protect the Gospel. Four times Paul makes the argument that it’s important to maintain a good reputation in the community:

 

  1. So that the word of God may not be reviled (v.5)

  2. To be a model of good works (v.7)

  3. So opponents will have nothing evil to say about believers (v.8)

  4. And so that people may adorn the doctrine of God (v.10)

 

Much of the passage is focused on what godly character looks like. Men and women functioning with integrity, self-control, sober-mindedness, reverence, and dignity. It’s godly character, that matches up with the truth of God’s Word, that shines a light in the midst of a chaotic culture. Paul says it’s this type of behavior that will ensure opponents of God have nothing bad to say about Christians.

 

However, there’s a second theme that emerges. 

 

Making Disciples

 

This is where the church gets to work.

 

Did you know Gen Z goes to church more on average than any other generation? A recent Barna study revealed that people 18-28 years old are more likely to attend church than their parents and grandparents. This is data to back up the perceived reality of “spiritual renewal” in our nation among young people. 

 

Across the nation, college students are coming in waves to revival services. They’re making professions of faith, being baptized, and sharing their faith with their fellow classmates. 

 

People seem to be waking up to the reality that this world is jacked up and we need Jesus. Over a million people heard the Gospel yesterday at Charlie Kirk’s memorial.

 

Do you know what these young people need as they turn to follow Jesus? 

 

They need you.

 

In the passage, Paul instructs the older men to teach the younger men and tasks older women with teaching the younger women. 

 

There’s a clear outline of discipleship and investment.

 

Especially in today’s environment, young people are growing up with a plethora of bad examples. It’s hard to look in any direction and not see the depravity of culture. Social media is full of it. TV shows are prime examples. YouTube and Spotify/Apple Music is discipling our kids beyond what we can imagine–and rarely for God’s glory. 

 

As Christ comes alive in the next generation, where will they turn? Who will teach them the Way of Christ? The Great Commission is clear. It’s our responsibility.

18And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
–Matthew 28:18-20


Older followers of Jesus have the responsibility to teach younger followers of Jesus to observe all that God has commanded them.

Can I get really practical and encourage you? 

 

If you’ve read the Bible, understood it, and you’ve conformed your behavior to that Word–you are in a position to make a disciple. 

 

Did you read the Bible this morning? You’re in position to share it with someone else. 

Do you pray? You’re in position to ask someone how you can be praying for them.

Do you eat food? You’re in position to have a meal with someone and encourage them.

Do you have a home? You’re in position to bring someone over and invite them into your life.

Do you have a marriage? A family? You’re in position to invite a younger couple in and team them how to have a godly marriage & parent well.

Do you have the Holy Spirit? Do you pray and read the Bible? If yes, then you have everything you need to make disciples.

 

God’s not asking for a lot, just our obedience. It’s costly, but not hard.

 

Chances are, there is someone at your church or work place that is waiting for you to invest into them. I wrote an article this summer for our Shiloh Today magazine and I want to share an excerpt from it with you. It’s focused on this very topic.

So, where do we start? Ask God for one man or one woman. Ask Him for one person to invite into your life—specifically, your walk with Christ. Invite them in, sit with them, and share everything you have with them. Read the Bible with them, talk about life, and pray together. Invite them to your dinner table, share how you make big family decisions, and allow yourself to be honest with them about your need for grace and repentance. Do it week in and week out. Read the Bible, talk about life, and pray. Read the Bible, talk about life, and pray. If you invest in one person over three years by following this pattern weekly, you will have made a disciple. You will have exercised your responsibility to live on mission as a follower of Christ. God’s most significant victories in culture often start in the most minor places—around a dinner table with our families, in a conference room at work, and, in our case, in the classroom. 

If you know God, He’s embedded the responsibility to make disciples in your DNA. Don’t be bashful about it. Lean in. The next generation is hungry for truth. They want to know God and discuss Him. They think about God almost daily.

 

What an opportunity we have to leverage our lives for the sake of God’s Kingdom. Don’t waste a moment. 

 

–Brandon Moore

 

 

Tomorrow, we'll be in a split chapel setting. Students will hear testimonies and be encouraged in unique ways. They will also have the opportunity to ask questions. None of the services will be live-streamed. You can ask your students the following questions:

1. Who was your speaker? 
2. What stood out to you about their story?
3. What was one thing they said that got you excited about following Jesus?