THE FOUNDATIONS OF GOD'S HOUSEHOLD - PART 1 (24 OF 44)
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:1-11
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The Foundations of God's Household - Part 1 (24 of 44)
Series: The Church at Ephusus: God's Calling, Empowering, and Instruction for the Church
Patrick Edwards
1 Timothy 1:1-11
Introduction
Charley has been all over the place as of late: crawling, walking, and especially climbing! I mean you just can't keep up with her! And you certainly cannot turn away, even for a moment. We've got this little indoor slide that we had bought for Aiden which she just loves. It's about 2.5-3 ft. tall with stairs on one side and a slide on the other, and she'll spend an hour over and over again climbing up and sliding down. 95% of the time it's a blast...we've had a few tumbles off the slide, however, as well. The frustrating thing about it, though, is that you really can't warn a 16-month old to be careful. Like with Aiden, you can at least warn the kid when he's about to kill himself, but with Charley you're wasting your breath. You can't hold a 16-month old responsible for her own safety and welfare.
You can, however, hold an adult responsible for their safety and welfare.
And so when Paul warned the church at Ephesus in Ephesians 6 to be alert, to be ready, to be strong; when Paul warned us in Ephesians 6 to be alert, to be ready, to strong that was our calling and now our responsibility to do so! He warned us like a spiritual father, ''Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.'' Satan and his demons will war against your faith, against your worship, and you will fall if you are unprepared or fight that battle in your own strength.
And so what are the things that Paul called us to do make ourselves ready, to make ourselves strong in the Lord? Well he said be zealous in the study of God's Word; know ...
Series: The Church at Ephusus: God's Calling, Empowering, and Instruction for the Church
Patrick Edwards
1 Timothy 1:1-11
Introduction
Charley has been all over the place as of late: crawling, walking, and especially climbing! I mean you just can't keep up with her! And you certainly cannot turn away, even for a moment. We've got this little indoor slide that we had bought for Aiden which she just loves. It's about 2.5-3 ft. tall with stairs on one side and a slide on the other, and she'll spend an hour over and over again climbing up and sliding down. 95% of the time it's a blast...we've had a few tumbles off the slide, however, as well. The frustrating thing about it, though, is that you really can't warn a 16-month old to be careful. Like with Aiden, you can at least warn the kid when he's about to kill himself, but with Charley you're wasting your breath. You can't hold a 16-month old responsible for her own safety and welfare.
You can, however, hold an adult responsible for their safety and welfare.
And so when Paul warned the church at Ephesus in Ephesians 6 to be alert, to be ready, to be strong; when Paul warned us in Ephesians 6 to be alert, to be ready, to strong that was our calling and now our responsibility to do so! He warned us like a spiritual father, ''Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.'' Satan and his demons will war against your faith, against your worship, and you will fall if you are unprepared or fight that battle in your own strength.
And so what are the things that Paul called us to do make ourselves ready, to make ourselves strong in the Lord? Well he said be zealous in the study of God's Word; know ...
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