FAMILIAL DUTIES IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD (32 OF 44)
Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:1-24, 1 Timothy 6:1-2
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Familial Duties in the Household of God (32 of 44)
Series: The Church at Ephusus: God's Calling, Empowering, and Instruction for the Church
Patrick Edwards
1 Timothy 5:1-6:2
Introduction
After a few weeks off we jump back into our series ''The Church of Ephesus'' in 1 Timothy 5 by looking at the make-up and conduct of the church within herself. You see what Paul does this morning is remind us that that local church, the household of God, is a family first and foremost. Meaning the way we view ourselves and each other must be through that lens of family. No doubt, families are structures, households must be organized in a certain way to ensure the flourishing of the entire family and those who comprise it. But the outlook and perspective that we are supposed to have is that of spiritual brothers and sisters, spiritual fathers and mothers. One biblical scholar puts it like this, ''The world in which Jesus and His followers lived was a distinctively strong-group culture in which the health of the group--not the needs of the individual--received first priority...The New Testament picture of the church as a family flies in the face of our individualistic cultural orientation.''
As God's household, as a community of Christ followers who view and conduct themselves together as family, it is vital therefore that we put to death this concept that we gather together so that each of our ''personal relationships with Jesus'' may flourish. We gather and covenant together because that is the calling and responsibility that has been laid on us by Christ. Paul shows in 1 Timothy 5 that a healthy local church is dependent upon its members committing to godliness in their every dealing with one another. Our responsibility to one another requires that we equip one another to walk rightly and glorify God.
1. As the household of God, members of the church ought to treat one another as family v. 1-2
And so to begin, Paul simply states the obvious: we are to view one ...
Series: The Church at Ephusus: God's Calling, Empowering, and Instruction for the Church
Patrick Edwards
1 Timothy 5:1-6:2
Introduction
After a few weeks off we jump back into our series ''The Church of Ephesus'' in 1 Timothy 5 by looking at the make-up and conduct of the church within herself. You see what Paul does this morning is remind us that that local church, the household of God, is a family first and foremost. Meaning the way we view ourselves and each other must be through that lens of family. No doubt, families are structures, households must be organized in a certain way to ensure the flourishing of the entire family and those who comprise it. But the outlook and perspective that we are supposed to have is that of spiritual brothers and sisters, spiritual fathers and mothers. One biblical scholar puts it like this, ''The world in which Jesus and His followers lived was a distinctively strong-group culture in which the health of the group--not the needs of the individual--received first priority...The New Testament picture of the church as a family flies in the face of our individualistic cultural orientation.''
As God's household, as a community of Christ followers who view and conduct themselves together as family, it is vital therefore that we put to death this concept that we gather together so that each of our ''personal relationships with Jesus'' may flourish. We gather and covenant together because that is the calling and responsibility that has been laid on us by Christ. Paul shows in 1 Timothy 5 that a healthy local church is dependent upon its members committing to godliness in their every dealing with one another. Our responsibility to one another requires that we equip one another to walk rightly and glorify God.
1. As the household of God, members of the church ought to treat one another as family v. 1-2
And so to begin, Paul simply states the obvious: we are to view one ...
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