1 Timothy 2:1-8

  • (1Ti 2:1 ESV) First of all, then, I urge that ______________, prayers, ______________, and thanksgivings be made for all people,
  • (1Ti 2:2 ESV) for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
    • We are called to be a people of ______________ that our lives and those of people around us are conformed to the will of ______________
      • Even those who we don’t get along with.
      • Matthew 5:44-45
    • This urges us to see the world through a different set of eyes: the way ______________ sees it.
  • (1Ti 2:3 ESV) This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our ______________,
  • (1Ti 2:4 ESV) who desires all people to be ______________ and to come to the knowledge of the ______________.
    • Jonah: Entire book
      • Jonah is a Israelite called to bring the message of ______________ to a large city of pagans called Nineveh.
        • The ______________ have no concern for ______________
        • Or any cause to seek ______________ on their own.
        • Additionally, ______________ is not at all interested in preaching to them.
      • We can easily see this is all a work of ______________.
    • Jonah succumbs to a second chance following and we see in his pray the truth that:
      • ______________ belongs to the ______________! (Jonah 2:9b)
    • Miraculously the entire city top to bottom ______________ at the ______________ of Jonah according to the sovereign plan of ______________.
      • Romans 10:13-15
  • (1Ti 2:5 ESV) For there is one ______________, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  • (1Ti 2:6 ESV) who gave himself as a ______________ for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
    • Like the people of ______________ who had no concern for God
    • Like Zacchaeus who never lived a day to please ______________
      • Luke 19:1-10
      • Romans 5:7-11
      • 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
  • (1Ti 2:7 ESV) For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
  • (1Ti 2:8 ESV) I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;
    • We too are appointed for the work of preaching the gospel to a lost world both near and far.
      • 1 Timothy 1:3-7
      • Romans 8:22-27
      • John 16:20-22
      • Matthew 5:23-24
      • Luke 23:33-35
    • If we are to reach the lost in our community
      • We are to do so in humble submission
      • Lifting pure hearts in prayer for those who do not love God that they too may be brought into His marvelous light
    • Let us be a people who submit
      • To the example, authority, and will of God
    • As we pray for those who are lost  and condemned to hell that they come to salvation in the Lord and savior Jesus Christ.