Sunday, May 23th, 2021

Steadfastness part 7: 1 Timothy 6:1-5

• (1Ti 6:1 ESV) Let all who are under a yoke as ______________ regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.
• (1Ti 6:2 ESV) Those who have believing ______________ must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things.
  • Bondservants literally translates to ______________.
  • The focus of the Christian is contentment in where ______________ has them
    • Not fighting the ______________.
    • Instead, show yourselves worthy of the calling of God
    • Colossians 3:22-25, Ephesians 6:5-9
• (1Ti 6:3 ESV) If anyone teaches a different ______________ and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with ______________,
  • Any teaching that is not completely in line with ______________ should be rejected
    • Matthew 7:15-22, Jude 1:4
  • Verse 3 begins a contrast with verses 4 and 5
  • The measure of the church is no more and no less than the Word of God.
    • 2 Corinthians 11:13-15
    • Sola ______________!
    • ______________ Alone!
• (1Ti 6:4 ESV) he is puffed up with ______________ and understands ______________. He has an unhealthy craving for ______________ and for ______________ about words, which produce envy, dissension, ______________, evil suspicions,
  • 1 Timothy 3:6
  • For someone to place themselves in a position of ______________ on the Word of God is very ______________.
    • To think you know what should and should not be in the Bible shows your lack of humbleness to the true, sovereign Lord over all.
  • Job 40:1-14, Romans 9:17-21
  • God is ______________
    • We are not
  • The man who thinks he knows better than ______________
    • He is doomed
    • Damned
    • Condemned!
  • Proverbs 3:5-7, 2 Timothy 2:23-26, Titus 3:8-11
  • You don’t have to look real far to find someone ______________ Scripture to meet their desire
    • Whether it is sinful desires they need to justify
    • Or it is pandering to a world against God
    • There is no need in ______________ over words
• (1Ti 6:5 ESV) and constant friction among people who are ______________ in mind and ______________ of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of ______________.
  • That the church becomes a business, The profiteer the pastor, And the message becomes a sale pitch, With the words describing whatever itching ears will buy, And the people become customers coming to have their ear tickled,  Being sold a good feeling to keep them coming back, A spiritual drug dealer more or less, Giving you what makes you feel the best, So you keep coming back for more, Sign the check, get the buzz. Repeat.
    • May that never be us
  • 2 Timothy 4:1-5, Hebrews 10:26-31

Exercise this week:

• Peter 2:1-3
  • 1 So put away all ______________ and all ______________ and ______________ and ______________ and all ______________. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the ______________ ______________ ______________, that by it you may grow up into salvation– 3 if indeed you have tasted that the ______________ is ______________.
• Pray through this scripture daily asking God to help you live this out:
  • Help me to put away all malice
  • Help me to put away all deceit
  • Help me to put away all hypocrisy
  • Help me to put away all envy
  • Help me to put away all slander
  • Like a newborn infant, give me a longing for the pure spiritual milk
  • That by it I may grow up into salvation
  • Help me this week to taste that the Lord is good.