April 6, 2008
Evening Service

Review of the charges that Paul gave Timothy.

CHAPTER ONE:

 

PAST CHARGE TO TIMOTHY:

 

1Ti 1:3-11  As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,  (4)  Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. 

·         Teach no other doctrine.

·         Give heed to nothing except that which is in faith.   Rom. 10:17.

(5)  Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:  (6)  From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;  (7)  Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.  (8)  But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; 

·         What is using it lawfully?  AGAIN;  what is written in the Word of God.  Our faith.

·         It is not being used lawfully when false teachers try to bring guilt on someone who is not keeping the whole law.

NOW NOTICE:

(9)  Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,  (10)  For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;  (11)  According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

·        Did you notice that all the things mentioned were to mankind, and not to God.  These are good sound laws.  Laws that are needed even under the New Testament covenant.

 

FIRST CHARGE TO TIMOTHY:

 

Chapter one, verse 18;  1Ti 1:18  This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy,

And this charge Paul is referring to is back in verse 8,- 11;  Using the law, lawfully, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to Paul’s trust.

 

Paul goes on and teaches Timothy God’s will concerning;

·        Prayer in public worship.

·        Women in public worship.

·        The qualifications of Bishops, Deacons, and their Wives.

 

SECOND CHARGE:

Conducting yourself in the house of God.

1Ti 3:14-15  These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:  (15)  But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

·        He agrees that great is the mystery of Godliness.

In chapter 4, Paul teaches Timothy:

·        The description of false teachers.

1Ti 4:1-5  Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;  (2)  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;  (3)  Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.  (4)  For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:  (5)  For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

·         The eating of certain meats was one way that false teachers corrupted the laws of God for the N.T.

·         It was very important for the O.T. to show obedience, and for health reasons, but Paul is teaching us that it is not for the N.T. covenant.

·        Instructions for the true teacher.

1Ti 4:6-10  If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.  (7)  But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.  (8)  For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.  (9)  This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.  (10)  For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that believe.

 

THE THIRD CHARGE:

NOTICE:

·         1Ti 4:11-16  These things command and teach. 

·         (12)  Let no man despise thy youth;

·         but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

·         (13)  Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 

·         (14)  Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 

·         (15)  Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 

·         (16)  Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

PAUL GOES ON:

·         How to treat all people.

·         How to treat widows, and elders.

 

FOURTH CHARGE:

1Ti 5:21  I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

 

THIS MORNING WE LOOKED AT:

·         How servants are to act, and respond to their masters.  How masters are to treat their slaves. 

·         Exhortation to Godliness with contentment.  Learn to be satisfied in whatever condition you are in

·         Exhortation to the rich.

 

THE FIFTH CHARGE:

1Ti 6:20  O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

 

I SUM THIS LETTER UP BY SAYING “I RECEIVE THE CHARGE FROM GOD, TO TEACH NONE OTHER GOSPEL THAN THAT WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED IN THE BIBLE.”               MAY GOD BE TRUE, AND EVERY MAN A LIAR.   ( ROM. 3:4 )