Sunday, June 6, 2021 Steadfastness part 9: 1 Timothy 6:11-14

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Sunday, June 6, 2021

Steadfastness part 9: 1 Timothy 6:11-14

  • (1Ti 6:11 ESV) But as for you, O man of God, ______________ these things. ______________ righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.
    • Contrasting last week to this week we are given the picture of what a Christian is to be about.
      • Flee the things of the ______________
      • Pursue the things of ______________
    • Matthew 5:10-12, Acts 9:4-8, 1 Corinthians 14:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:14-18, Philippians 3:9-14
    • Can you say this with Paul that you press on to the goal?
      • The goal of faith in Christ
      • Do you could this life and all it’s things a loss
        • In comparison to the surpassing goodness of God?
    • Righteousness is the condition ______________ to God
      • Romans 6:9-13, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, 2 Corinthians 9:10-11
    • Godliness is reverence, respect, piety toward God
    • Faith is belief, conviction of the truth of something.
      • What is it that you believe in?
        • Is it God or is it something in this world that passes away?
    • Love, good-will, benevolence of ______________.
    • Steadfastness – consistency, endurance, ______________.
      • “Perseverance (Steadfastness) enables the man of God to stick with the task, no matter what the cost.” John MacArthur
    • Gentleness, mildness, meekness is a mark of the people of ______________ that sets us apart.
      • Galatians 6:1, James 1:21-22, James 3:13-18
    • What is it you find yourself seeking?
      • The traits of the world or these things of God?
  • (1Ti 6:12 ESV) Fight the good ______________ of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
    • To fight is to struggle and the word here sources to the battle being ______________
    • But the outcome is decided
      • Our ______________ is secure
      • The ______________ is won
      • So we continue without concern or worry
    • 2 Timothy 4:7-8, John 10:27-30
      • We are called by ______________
        • And irresistible call from the Father
        • To bring His ______________ together
        • We cannot help but come when He call us
    • Romans 10:10-15
      • You have heard the good news of the gospel
        • Have you believed?
  • (1Ti 6:13 ESV) I charge you in the presence of ______________, who gives life to all things, and of _______ _______, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession,
  • (1Ti 6:14 ESV) to keep the ______________ unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
    • A charge before God
      • The creator of the heavens and earth
    • And of Christ Jesus
      • Before Jeus Christ the savior
      • Our redeemer
    • 1 Peter 2:21-25, Matthew 27:11, Matthew 27:29, Matthew 27:37, Matthew 27:42
      • Jesus knows all of this will happen
        • He walks into eyes wide open
        • Trusting in ______________ will
        • Staying the course in steadfastness
        • Holding to the ______________!
    • Romans 10:8-11, Hebrews 12:1-2
    • Until the day we see ______________
      • We are to hold to this ______________
      • Steadfastness
      • Unwavering in our calling before God

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