Now, I want to reiterate something before we get into this text. In your Christian life, you have a choice to make when you read the Word. When you encounter a difficult passage of scripture, you can do one of … Continue reading 1 Timothy 2:8-15 Men and Women
While Preparing for a funeral this Saturday, I was reading over some of the service notes from other funerals I have done and found this. I wrote it about an amazing man who passed away last year at the age … Continue reading Eulogy For Curtis Wilson
1 Timothy 2, we are going to be looking at verses 1-7 today. We talked last week about Paul’s call to Timothy and to us that we live our lives with a war time mentality, and how that should … Continue reading 1 Timothy 2:1-7 Pray For ALL people groups
Open your Bible to 1 Timothy 1:18, we are going to read to verse 20. So here we have Paul finishing up his charge to Timothy. His charge is to protect the church from false teachers. Encouraging people to stay close to the gospel, to stay away from false uses of the law and other things that take our focus and our faith from Jesus. He is exhorting Timothy and us to maintain our hold on sound doctrine that accords with scripture. There are really two distinct parts to these three verses, the first part Paul speaks very fondly … Continue reading 1 Timothy 1:18-20 Wartime Mentality
1 Tim 1:12-17 If you are following in this study, the first week we looked at Paul’s aim for his charge to Timothy, it is Love. Last time we looked at why doctrine matters. Paul was urging Timothy to charge people in the church to stay away from genealogies, and myths. He was encouraging the correct use of the law. We talked briefly about the three uses of the Law, to be a mirror, to restrain evil, and to teach us about what pleases God. Paul ended the last section with a list of sins when talking about the law … Continue reading 1Timothy 1:12-17 Paul’s Testimony
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