Text: 1 Timothy 5:22-25 Theme: “Beware that people can hide their sins and good works well. Key verses: “Don’t be too quick to lay hands upon another or share in the sins of others–stay clean” (v. 22). “Some people’s sins are clearly on display…But it’s not so easy with other people because their sins trail ...
Text: 1 Timothy 5:19-21 Theme: Confront sin in elders when the sin is proven. Key verses: “…when a charge comes against an elder, don’t even acknowledge the accusation unless there are two or more witnesses. Bring any believers who persist in sinning before the community and publicly scold them so that all the rest will ...
Text: 1 Timothy 5:17-18 Theme: Certain church leaders should be honored and honored well. Key verses: “Elders who leading well should be admired and valued. Double up on the honor shown them; care for them well–especially those constantly and consistently teaching the Word and preaching. For the Scripture agrees, ‘Don’t muzzle the oz while it ...
Text: 1 Timothy 5:9-16 Theme: Younger widows should remarry if pleasure is their goal. Key verses: “Don’t add younger women to the widow roll because when their desires for pleasure overtake them, they get careless in their devotion to the LIberating King. Their constant thoughts become, ‘I want to get married,’ and such thoughts disqualify ...
Text: 1 Timothy 5:1-8 Theme: We must show honor to everyone who deserves it. Key verses: “Respect an elderly man. Don’t speak to him sharply; appeal to him as you would a father. Treat younger men as brothers, elderly women as mothers, and younger women as sisters in all purity. Honor widows, but be discerning ...
Text: 1 Timothy 4:11-16 Theme: Paul never stopped encouraging Timothy to set the example for others. Key verses: “So go out and insist on these things. Teach them. Don’t let anyone belittle you because you are young. Instead, show the faithful, young and old, an example of how to live: set the standard for how ...
Text: 1 Timothy 4:8-10 Theme: Hope in the future should motivate us to work hard in the present. Key verses: “…godliness benefits all things, holding promise for life here and now and promise for the life that is coming” (v. 8b). “This is what we work so hard for! This is why we are constantly ...
Text: 1 Timothy 4:6-8 Theme: we are responsible for our training in the Truth. Key verses: “…brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of ...
Text: 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Theme: Requiring people to abstain from certain foods and from marrying is a satanic scheme. Key verses: “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons” (v. 1). “They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain ...
Text: 1 Timothy 3:14-16 Theme: Paul gives two powerful reasons to act right. Key verses: “…you will know how one ought to behave as a member of God’s family–the assembly of the living God, the pillar and foundation that support the truth–and I think you will agree that the mystery of godliness is great: He ...