- (1Ti 3:14 ESV) I hope to come to you ______________, but I am writing these things to you so that,
- Paul had gone from ______________ to Macedonia with plans to return soon. He left ______________ in charge of the church at Ephesus to straighten things out.
- Matthew 28:18-20, Hebrews 12:1-3
- The same is true of the church in the absence of Christ physically. He will return and until He does we are to be about His work.
- (1Ti 3:15 ESV) if I delay, you may know how one ought to ______________ in the house______________ of God, which is the ______________ of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the ______________.
- The purpose of the book of 1 Timothy is to instruct the people of God on how to live correctly as His church.
- Know – Ioda – practical, ______________ knowledge of something.
- Ginosko – intimate, ______________ knowledge of something or someone.
- We cannot unhitch our ______________ from our practice.
- Our teaching and our doing but support one another.
- One cannot go about calling themselves a Christian while living as if we know nothing about __________.
- The gathered body of Christ is referred to as a household.
- Oikos – Household – Family.
- 1 Timothy 3:4-5, 1 Timothy 3:12
- We are collectively the family, the ______________ of God, the bride of Christ, the dwelling place of the ______________ Spirit
- We, the church, are called a pillar and buttress of truth
- The truth is not defined by the church
- Rather the church is defined, upheld by the truth.
- Our use of the Word of God is our power
- Misusing that is our downfall.
- Thus we must be a people who ______________ the Word of God
- (1Ti 3:16 ESV) Great indeed, we ______________, is the mystery of ______________: He was manifested in the ______________, vindicated by the ______________, seen by ______________, proclaimed among the ______________, believed on in the ______________, taken up in ______________.
- As the church we should have a common confession
- A synchronized ______________ and doctrine.
- This will be established in formal membership orientation soon.
- A mystery is something not yet ______________.
- He who was manifested in the flesh is Jesus Christ.
- Manifest is not coming into existence at that time
- Jesus has existed ______________ with the Father and Holy Spirit
- It is His taking on our form in the ______________
- Becoming like us to redeem us to Himself.
- Philippians 2:4-8
- Vindicated by the Spirit
- Vindicated, justified – not by men, but by God
- Matthew 3:16-17, 1 Peter 2:21-25
- Seen by angels
- In heaven before His manifestation as flesh
- And after his ______________ and resurrection
- 1 Peter 3:18-20, Jude 6
- Replay: Jude 6 in session 3 of our series on Jude.
- Matthew 28:1-7, Luke 24:4-9, Acts 1:9-11
- Proclaimed among the nations
- With the spread of the gospel then as well as now.
- Believed on in the world
- Taken up in glory
- Jesus came to save ______________. Let us be a people ______________ for that.
