SERMONS ON 1 TIMOTHY
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A Word for God's Pastor and God's People (17 of 32)
by Stan Coffey
AUTHORSHIP: The Apostle Paul RECIPIENT: Timothy - Timothy was the son of a Gentile father and a Jewish mother (Acts 16:1,3). He was reared in a knowledge of the Scriptures (2 Tim. 1:5, 3:14-15), and led to the Lord possibly by Paul himself (1 Tim. 1:2). On his second missionary journey Paul found Timothy at Lystra. Paul determined to take Timothy along as a member of the missionary party and Timothy subsequently became one of Paul’s closest companions. From the various references in the New Testament, Timothy appears as a tactful young man of a nervous temperament and a degree of physical weakness...
A Saying to Make Bruised Bones Leap for Joy (1 of 4)
by Ken Trivette
1. I must confess that I have taken my title from the comments made by Thomas Bilney about the text I am considering. Bilney, an early martyr of the Reformation who was burned at the stake, tells of his conversion after reading 1 Timothy 1:15. He describes the moment: "This one sentence, through God's instruction and inward working...did so exhilarate my heart, being before wounded with the guilt of my sins, and being almost in despair, that even immediately I seemed unto myself inwardly to feel a marvelous comfort and quietness, insomuch that my bruised bones leaped for joy." 2. Indeed, the glorious truth "that Christ Jesus...
I Timothy Introduction (1 of 7)
by Harley Howard
We may as well face it: the whole level of spirituality among us is low. We have measured ourselves by ourselves until the incentive to seek higher plateaus in the things of the Spirit is all but gone. Large and influential sections of the world of fundamental Christianity have gone overboard for practices wholly unscriptural, altogether unjustifiable in the light of historic Christian truth and deeply damaging to the inner life of the individual Christian. They have imitated the world, sought popular favor, manufactured delights to substitute for the joy of the Lord and produced a cheap and synthetic power to substitute for the power of the....
Series: Practical Goals for Spiritual People (4 of 5)
by Stuart Briscoe
It has been said facetiously that patience is a virtue seldom found in men and never in women. The truth of the matter is that most of us "have need of patience" ("hupomone", Hebrews 10:36). To learn patience is a Christian goal..The Meaning of Patience. A. Patience and prospects. 1. Waiting on God. Lamentations 3:25; Micah 7:7; Isaiah 40:31 2. Not stoic indifference of bovine dullness. B. Patience and persistence. 1. God's call is to continuance. Luke 8:15 C. Patience and pressure. 1. Pressure is inevitable in the world. John 16:33 2. Patience is indispensable in Christ. Romans 12:12 D. Patience and...
Godliness in Action (7 of 10)
by Chris Brown
Food for Thought (Questions and Scriptures for further study) 1. This week we learned some important lessons on how we are to communicate and interact with others. Pastor Chris encouraged us to "speak the truth in love." Paul encouraged the believers in Ephesus to do the same thing in Ephesians 4:11-16. Check out that passage in its context, then read about Paul's confrontation with Peter in Galatians 2:11-21. How could Paul's rebuke of Peter still be considered loving? How do Paul's words in 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 help us understand the balance of speaking truth in love? 2. There can be times when others "speak truth....
Creating Atmosphere (3 of 4)
by Jeff Strite
OPEN: In the backwoods of Kentucky there was a family of wayward "church members." One day while brothers Jim, John, and Sam were out in the woods, a large rattlesnake bit Sam and he became violently ill. The doctor was summoned and did what he could, but he told the family that he believed they would need divine help too, if Sam were to recover. So the preacher and the elders of the church were sent for and they came rushing to Sam's bedside. The preacher was asked to pray and did so as follows: "Oh, wise and righteous Father, we thank Thee that in Thy wisdom Thou has sent this rattlesnake to bite Sam, in order...
Look Who's Coming to Church (2 of 10)
by Chris Brown
What's the big deal about grace? 1 Timothy 1:12-17 1. YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE IT: Real grace frees us from our guilt and shame. 1 Timothy 1:12-13, 1 John 1:9, Romans 8:1-2, Ephesians 1:7 It is not about who we are or what we did, but what we want to become. 1 Timothy 1:13-16, Acts 2:21, 2 Peter 3:9, Luke 19:10, Matthew 11:28, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Paul's past: Acts 8:3, 9:1-2, 26:9-11, 1 Corinthians 15:9, Galatians 1:13-14, Philippians 3:6 2. YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT: That means I am no longer in charge.1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Romans 14:8, Galatians 2:20 We saw this weekend that....
Timothy: The Boy Preacher
by Jerry Vines
We are pursuing a basic theme in our studies of Philippians and we are talking about how to be a happy person -- how to have joy in your daily life. Chapter by chapter we are sharing what the Scripture says about that subject. In Chapter one we've seen that the way to be a happy person to have a single mind. In other words you are to live your life for Jesus and the Gospel. Put Jesus first in your life and you are on your way to having a happy life. In Chapter two we are talking about our relationships with other people and how to relate properly to other people. We find there a servant's spirit or a submissive...
The People of the Church - Part 4 (4 of 10)
by Ernest Easley
We're thinking these days about our CHURCHLIFE and what it means to be a church member. So, what is the condition of the church today? Would you say that it's striving and thriving or would you say that it's limping and lagging? You say, "Pastor, it looks to me that the church is more limping and lagging than striving and thriving." All right. So why is that? You say, "Well, it's just the times we're living in. Our nation is morally bankrupt and more secular. We Christians are facing more and more persecution. It's just harder to be a Christian today than it was when I was growing up."So you're saying that the church is...
Hope for All (1 of 4)
by Michael White
15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. 17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. After ten years of unbearable isolation, Edmund Dantes was ready to die. The fictional hero of Alexandre Dumas' 19th Century novel, the count of monte cristo, Dantes had been falsely accused of treason by his....
Be Faithful (54 of 66)
by Tony Thomas
Ernest Shackleton was a British explorer who led three expeditions to Antarctica. On his third expedition disaster struck when his ship, the Endurance, became trapped in pack ice. The ice crushed the Endurance and Shackleton's crew had to drag their lifeboats for two months to open water. After five harrowing days at sea, Shackleton landed his lifeboats at Elephant Island. That tiny island provided fresh water but not enough food to sustain the entire crew. Shackleton decided to send one lifeboat to a whaling station on Georgia Island which was 720 nautical miles away. Shackleton and five crew members boarded a 20' lifeboat called...
Can Man Communicate With The Dead?
by Jesse Hendley
We are studying my friends tonight, "Can man communicate with the dead." How much is true and false in necromancy. Necromancy is the science of communication with the dead. The idea of divining through the spirits of the departed, what is coming in the future. We are involved in that thing, it is everywhere today as we are going to call your attention to. At the very outset I would like to remind you that in I Tim. 4:1 the Apostle Paul says that in the last days many will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and teachings of demons. Now seducing spirits, he said, in the last days. Now next Sunday night I'm going to...
