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Truth Matters! - A Model Church – I Timothy 1:1-11 Sept 10, 2006
] What does “a model church” look like?
Paul – had a ____________ (apostle) and a
____________ (preach)
Colossians 1:27 – “Christ in you, the hope of glory”
- links to “grace, mercy, and peace” -
Timothy
3 – Paul urged
Ephesus
- charged to instruct men to teach correct doctrine…
š everything emanates from true / false teaching
š pass the teaching on to faithful people
3c-4 – strange doctrines, myths, endless genealogies
- “con-science” –
5 –Timothy’s task = to produce ______
“love…is the fulfillment of the law” - Romans 13:10 “faith, hope, love…but the greatest of these is love” - I Corinthians 13:13 …and advice – purity, good conscience, faith What is it that draws me away from loving God / loving other believers?
7 – their desire is to be ____________ of the Law
8-11 – “the Law” Romans 7:12 – “the law is holy” = good …but main purpose is to ____________ lawbreakers, not for salvation
8 - use of the Law –
9 – the Law is for ____________ …in other words…us!
Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. - Galatians 3:21
Sins against the “second tablet” of the commandments - kill Mom/Dad – 5 - slave traders (steal) – 8 - murder in general – 6 - liars – 9 - adultery – 7 - coveting …all of them!
11 – “glorious gospel” =
- “blessed God”
- Paul considered it an honor to be entrusted
So then, men ought to regard us as STEWARDS of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful… It is the Lord who judges me. - I Corinthians 4:1-4
May all who come behind me find me faithful!!
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