The Need for Men to Lead


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The Pastoral Epistles #2 – Letters to Leaders

May 16, 2010

The Need for Men to Lead 1 Timothy 1:1-20

The Situation at Hand vv. 6 - 7 Some, _Mis_aiming, turned, _Turned_ to vanity, _Vanity_ wanting to be _Rabbis_, even though they do not _Grasp_ (“get it”)

Greeting vv. 1-2 Paul does what he does b/c he _Does_ what he’s _Told_ True mentoring begets _Familial_ _R’ship_ Instruction v. 3 Important Question for any minister: _Go_ or _Stay_? Important _Answers_ (see Phil 1:21-26): Reach _Lost_ Grow _Found_ Protect Christ’s _Church_ & _Gospel_ (umm, Matt 16:8?) The Problem v. 4 In Christ’s Church, some _Teachers_ must be _Shut up _ and/or _Ignored_ Strange, _Strange_, _Strange_ _Teachings_ “Myths” can mean _True_ or _False_ stories (cf. 1 Tim 4:7; Titus 1:14; 2 Tim 4:4) Endless genealogies (of _Teachers_ or of “_Saved_”) Why it’s a problem Results in _Questionings_ of, _Charges_ against, the gospel Works against God’s right _Management_: saved by faith + zip God’s Goal for our Work v. 5 _Ultimate_ goal of our _“Order”_: Love for _God_, _Others_ from a “kathartic kardia” - _Sanitized_ _Heart_ a good, _Right_, _Clean_ conscience or co-perception a sincere, _Unhypocritical_ faith

what they really lay out for others to believe what they confidently assert, _Confidently_ _Assert_ God’s Goal for the Law vv. 8 – 10 Law is good, if used lawfully (comp. Jesus’ arrest, trial) *sound 1 Tim 1:10 6:3 6 _General_, _Extreme_ words for “sinner” 2 Tim 1:13 4:3 Seven specific _Examples_ of sins Titus 1:9 & all _Repugnant_, _Adverse_ to sound* doctrine 1:13 2:1-2 3 John 1:2 Parenthetical vv 11 – 17

not for the righteous, but for the evil, i.e. . . .

(we’ll look at this section next Sun. It’s too much for one sermon. I’m watching time. ) Instruction Restated vv. 18 - 19 This _Command_ I entrust to you (cf. vv 3, 5) In keeping with prophecies (cf. 1 Tim 4:14) made about you, that by them you “_Strategize_ the virtuous _Strategy_” _Hold_ on to faith - one can be _Distracted_, _Tempted_, _Fooled_) good conscience - can _Sear_ if don’t quit sin, cf. 4:2) The Danger of Rejecting these Instructions v. 20 Some “shoved off and broke their float” in regard to their faith (they didn’t _Hold_ onto faith) Examples: H & A, whom I have handed over to Satan (cf. 1 Co 5:5-11; 1 Thes 2:18; 2 Cor 2:11) so that they will be taught not to blaspheme. (cf. 1 Cor 11:31-32)

The Pastoral Epistles #2 – Letters to Leaders

May 16, 2010

The Need for Men to Lead 1 Timothy 1:1-20 Greeting vv. 1-2 Paul does what he does because he D____ what he’s T____ True mentoring begets F__________ R_______________ Instruction v. 3 Important Question for any minister: G__ or S_______? Important A____________ (see Phil 1:21-26): Reach the L_______ Grow F__________ Protect Christ’s C_____ & G________ (umm, Matt 16:8?) The Problem v. 4 In Christ’s Church, some T___________ must be S__________ and/or I_______________

The Situation at Hand vv. 6 - 7 Some, Mis_________, turned, T________ to vanity, V_______ wanting to be R________, even though they do not G________ (“get it”) what they really lay out for others to believe what they confidently assert, C________ A_______ God’s Goal for the Law vv. 8 – 10 Law is good, if used lawfully (comp. Jesus’ arrest, trial) *sound 1 Tim 1:10 6:3 6 G________, E________ words for “sinner” 2 Tim 1:13 4:3 Seven specific Examples_ of sins Titus 1:9 1:13 & all R__________, A______ to sound* doctrine 2:1-2 3 John 1:2 Parenthetical vv 11 – 17

not for the righteous, but for the evil, i.e. . . .

(we’ll look at this section next Sun. It’s too much for one sermon. I’m watching time. ) Instruction Restated vv. 18 - 19

Strange, S_________, S_________ T__________

This C____________ I entrust to you (cf. vv 3, 5)

“Myths” can mean T______ or F_______ stories (cf. 1 Tim 4:7; Titus 1:14; 2 Tim 4:4)

In keeping with prophecies (cf. 1 Tim 4:14) made about you,

Endless genealogies (of T______ or of “S______”) Why it’s a problem Results in Q___________ of, C_______ against, the gospel Works against God’s right M__________: saved by faith + zip God’s Goal for our Work v. 5 U________ goal of our “O______”: Love for G____, O______ from a “kathartic kardia” – S________ H_______ a good, R_____, C_______ conscience or co-perception a sincere, U_________________ faith

that by them you “S__________ the virtuous S__________” H_______ on to faith - one can be D_______ed, T______ed_, F____ed) good conscience - can Sear_ if don’t quit sin, cf. 4:2) The Danger of Rejecting these Instructions v. 20 Some “S_____________ off and broke their F________” in regard to their faith (they didn’t H_____ onto faith) Examples: H & A, whom I have handed over to S________ (cf. 1 Co 5:5-11; 1 Thes 2:18; 2 Cor 2:11) so that they will be T_________ not to blaspheme. (cf. 1 Cor 11:31-32)