Relationships in the Church, Part One

Series: Stick to the Truth
Text: 1 Timothy 5:1-16

Five concluding applications for our church

Sharpen your understanding of what true neediness looks like
Treat each other with the God-designed propriety of family relationships
Care for your natural family with generous love
Give special attention to widows
Embrace the God-pleasing ministry in every stage of life

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Strategies for Combating False Teaching

Series: Stick to the Truth
Text: 1 Timothy 4:6-16

Six strategies for combating false teaching

Challenge the church to think
- "put these things before the brothers"
Shun the distraction of the sensational
- "Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths."
Promote personal, spiritual discipline
- "Rather train yourself for godliness"
Prioritize God's Word in the life of the church
- "devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching."
- "Do not neglect the gift you have"
Exemplify a life of gospel transformation
- "Practice these things, immerse yourself in them"
Persevere in the Word, and by the Word
- "Persist in this"

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The Truth About the Lies

Series: Stick to the Truth
Text: 1 Timothy 4:1-5

Definition: Apostasy is when someone who claimed to be a Christian, denies the faith.

Five Questions on False Teaching

What is at stake with false teaching?
- Some will depart from the faith.
- Eternal life is at stake.
What is the source of false teaching?
- Deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.
- These deceitful teachings come through human teachers.
What is the strategy of false teaching?
- Deceit.
What is the content of false teaching?
- Two warning signs
  - Promoting self-righteousness
  - Undermining God's goodness
What is our response to false teaching?
- Rigorously submit your thoughts to God's.
- Genuinely invite others to exhort you.

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The Mystery of Godliness

Series: Stick to the Truth
Text: 1 Timothy 3:14-16

This short paragraph gives us the theme for the series: stick to the truth.

Three Reasons Why We Should Stick to the Truth

Stick to the truth because the truth reveals God's will for our behavior -
Stick to the truth because the truth reveals God's mission for his church
- "The household of God" reminds us that the church is the family of God
- "The church of the living God" reminds us that God dwells among us
- "A pillar and buttress of the truth" reminds us that the church stands for the truth
Stick to the truth because the truth reveals God's purpose in the gospel

Three Conclusions

Know and believe what God has said
Love the family of God and unite around truth
Marvel at the victory of the gospel

He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

"Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness" ~ 1 Timothy 3:16

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Biblical Deacons: Part 2

Text: 1 Timothy 3:8-13

A biblical church must have a biblical view of deacons

To rightly define a biblical deacon, we must...

Know the idea of the word: Servant
Know the development of the role
Know the title of the office
Know the qualifications of the man
Know the rewards of the job

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Biblical Deacons: Part 1

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The Foreshadowoing of Substitute Righteousness

The incarnation is for salvation
Text: Luke 2:21-27

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Christmas Teaches Us to Wait

Text: Luke 2:25

The lessons we learn from the story of Christmas

Lesson 1. The certainty of the promise
Lesson 2. The piercing of the darkness
Lesson 3. The revelation of the king
Lesson 4. The unfolding of the mission
Lesson 5. The joy of the faithful
Lesson 6. The instruction of the shadows

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Qualifications for Leadership

Series: Stick to the Truth
Text: 1 Timothy 3:1-7

Introductory comments about this list

This list is designed to be a starting place
This list is designed to guard the office of pastor/elder/bishop
This list is designed for the present

Brief definitions

Above reproach
- Blameless
The husband of one wife
- A one woman man
Sober-minded
- Vigilant
- Cautious
Self-controlled
- Thinking is governed by truth
Respectable
- Dignity
- Well mannered
Hospitable
- Shows love to outsiders
- Welcoming
Able to teach
- Can they use truth to offer guidance, and can they correct error?
Not a drunkard
- Not controlled by pleasure or felt need
Not violent but gentle
- Not volatile
- Peaceful
Not quarrelsome
- Not belligerent or debating
- Not resentful
Not a lover of money
- Understands stewardship
- Must be faithful
Manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive
- Supervision
- Nurture
Not a recent convert
- Spiritually mature
Well thought of by outsiders