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If you have your Bible, please turn with me to 1 Timothy and Stand with me in honor of God’s words as we read the first 2 verses of 1 Timothy Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope: To Timothy, my true son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from…

Introduction Good morning all. We have been working through Paul’s letter to Timothy as he charges him to set right some issues that had developed in the church. He sent Timothy a letter of encouragement and correction for the church to conduct themselves in a righteous and God honoring way. One of the…

The "essential qualities" of a Christian leader are revealed: dependance on strength through Christ; first-hand experience of God's grace adn mercy, adn commitment to spreading the Gospel.

What Drives You? Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better…

Acts 19:1-41 Introduction— A saying in leadership: “When you’re tired of saying people are just starting to hear it” Statement about the value of repetition especially of things that are important Often I come back to a sermon, passage or topic - not because it was a good sermon but because it’s important…

Introduction Last week we started the 1 Timothy the letter written from Paul to his younger friend and brother in Christ. We looked the background of the relationship of the Apostle Paul and his Son in the faith as he calls him. These two men were very familiar with each other as they traveled on foot…

Intro In the last few weeks I have spoken to three different churches who are looking for pastors. As we well know, finding men with the right character, abilities and experience for Eldership is a hard job. If I only had the men, I would deploy three of them to these forward bases tomorrow. Or to one…

Introduction: I am excited to start this new book of 1 Timothy. 1 Timothy starts off the first of three books that are called the Pastoral Epistles - which includes 1 and 2 Timothy as well as Titus. These three books are all about how the church should be run and managed. These are books about church…

I write these things to you, hoping to come to you soon. But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. And most certainly, the mystery of godliness…

On June 26, 2015 the United States Supreme Court struck down all state bans on same sex marriage, legalized it in all fifty states, and required that all states recognize out-of-state marriage licenses. Churches then proceeded to protect themselves from lawsuits when denying to host or officiate same-sex…

A City on a hill looks different than the surrounding valley

Welcome... Introduce Self... Pray... Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they…

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she…

Introduction We come today to gather before the truth of God’s word, to hear his voice an his will in our lives. Let us Pray If you would open you bible to 1 Timothy chapter 1. While you are turning there after a little introduction. Today we start to explore what is commonly know as one of the Pastoral…

Intro A Letter from Paul the Apostle to Timothy - the young pastor deployed to Ephesus This letter gives instruction to Timothy about how he is to lead the church and organise the church. This ancient wisdom is for us today, it tells us how God wants his church to function. Last week we saw Defending…

He must increase, but I must decrease.” And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling,…

Life of an apostle We have journeyed through the life of Paul. From persecutor ( Act8:1 , 9:1-2 ) To proclaimer after conversion ( Act9:3-20 ) To missionary ( Act13-20:26 ) To prisoner ( Act20:27-28:20 ) (note) We now get to the final year of Paul’s life. The second Roman imprisonment, and implied death.…

Introduction Today we continue in Paul’s letter to Timothy. Two weeks ago we looked at the close relationship between these two men. Between a mentor and a disciple. These two men were very close and Paul had urged Timothy to lead the church in the city Ephesus. Last week we looked at the context of…

Introduction: We live in the information age. There is an overwhelming amount of information available to us in the 21st Century. Obviously much of this information available is tainted by humanism and sin, but there is also some great information out there for us to discover. There have never been such…

Luke 1:26-38 We have spent the previous two weeks emphasizing our hope based upon the second coming of Christ. As we come closer to Christmas Day, I want to shift gears and see how the hope of those before Christ’s first coming applies to our hope today. The first arrival of Jesus was the ultimate fulfillment…

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord…

1 Timothy 4:1-9 We have been going through a series on Change, entitled the Truth about Change. We started off by realizing the truth that Change is going to Happen, we just need to choose to trust that God is going to work it to good in our lives. To that end, we talked about Romans 12:1-2 , where Paul…

I Timothy 1:1-11 Scripture reader: Bethany Callison Introduction: Good morning once again. It's good to be back with you. Today we are diving head first into our series through the book of I Timothy. This should take us about 10 or 11 weeks and lead right up till the Advent season. Today's sermon is…

When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus,…

To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, holding on to faith and a good conscience,…