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 ______________.
- (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.
