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People often ask, and if we are honest, we all want to be able to know the Will of God. One of the problems is that, we, our culture, think we are smart. If you think about it. I have seen Nuclear Bombs detonated when they were tested. I remember when we first sent a person into space and then landed…

Introduction: We have mentioned already that this book is one of the Pastoral Epistles - consisting of 1 and 2 Timothy as well as Titus. And we discussed how these books are all about order in the church. Well today we come to a difficult passage for our culture. This is a sermon that was really not…

Introduction Today we continue Paul’s instruction on prayer to Timothy. The instruction was aimed at correcting some concerns that Paul had from hearing about some behaviors and attitudes in the church in Ephesus. Hearing these concerns and not having the ability to come to Timothy at the moment he wrote…

Intro As you learn to ride a motorcycle, one of the things you have to learn to do is fight your feelings. Sometime your natural instincts will get you killed. God made our reactions to work best at a running pace, but when you start going 60kph, or 100kph with a hunk of metal with over 100hp between…

Question: If a church embraces a congregational form of governance in which the congregation, not the elders, is the highest authority under Christ and Scripture, should women be allowed to vote? Yes. 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among…

Introduction Today we will be in the second half of chapter 2 of 1 Timothy if you all would like to turn there. Last week we finished Paul’s first instruction for church conduct. Paul has become aware that there are elders in the church that are teaching false doctrine and leading people astray. As the…

Introduction Last week we concluded the 1st chapter of the letter to Timothy from Paul. As he gave the charge to fight the fight as he is to turn to the church as Ephesus and to correct issues that have grown from the false teachers that had arisen in the church. 18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this…

1 Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” 2 So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done…

Introduction Let me begin with a question: did you seek the will of God as you decided what to wear this morning? Ladies, did you seek the will of God as you did your makeup and picked out your jewelry? Turn to 1 Tim 2 We’re only going to cover 2 verses this morning, 9 & 10, so let me just read them…

Creation Order in the Church I Timothy 2:8-15 Scripture Reader: Bethany Callison Introduction Good morning. It’s a joy to be here with you today as we gather in the name of the Lord Jesus to worship Him and enjoy Him together. I’m thankful to have the opportunity to proclaim the truth today that our…

Prayer is coming into communication with the living and active God... Prayers moves us from the: Physical to the Spiritual Temporal to the Eternal From self-focus to God-focus This week we are going to look at the NT How Not to Pray 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to…

Announcements SNAT - Sunday Night All Together This Sunday evening we will host Missionary Jennifer Andrews. You are encouraged to bring gift cards to be a blessing to her while she is in the States on furlough. Memorial Day Barbecue @ The Campbell’s Be sure to RSVP by at least Sunday to allow us enough…

1 Timothy 2:9-3:16 Good morning church! Growth groups are beginning again very soon and will run from the first week in May through the last week in June. We will be taking a break then for the summer and resuming our midweek bible study here at the church on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm. So we have…

1 Timothy 2:8-3:9 Good morning Church! I want to welcome you all here this morning. If you are brand new here, especially if you were with us last weekend, you might be looking around wondering in fear if you missed the rapture with all of our godly women, well not all, but the majority of our women…

I Timothy 2:1-8 Good morning church! Open your Bibles with me please to 1 Timothy chapter 2 for a message entitled One God and one Mediator. Let’s pray: Father, we ask this morning that you would be our teacher, that by the same Spirit that these Scriptures were inspired, you would illuminate our understanding,…

13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. towards the latter days deceivers and liers shall become worse and worse. deception shall run rampant. we are who we identify as??? the deception that life is greener on the other side.. the story of the girl that…

I. How Men Are to Pray in Church 8 Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension. The Letters to Timothy and Titus (A. Instructions on Worship (2:1–15)) Robert Yarbrough “Lifting up holy hands” evokes a repeated OT image of godly men imploring God…

The last few days have captured my attention as the world responded to the death of Queen Elizabeth. One particular video caught me off guard as the new King Charles III processed through some random city in the UK and a sole heckler yelled derisions. Almost immediately, the crowd drowned out this man’s…

What is modesty? Websters definition of modesty 1: the quality of not being too proud or confident about yourself or your abilities. 2: propriety in dress, speech, or conduct 1 Timothy 2:9–10 (ESV) 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control,…

1 Tim 2:8-14 No Girls Allowed! I’d like to answer the simple question, “What can women do in a worship service?” On one hand, this question sounds awkward or unusual because God created men and women as co-equal persons. Both genders equally express God’s image and both share equally important roles…

V. MAN: his direct creation in the image of God ( Gen 1:26-28 ), his subsequent fall into sin resulting in spiritual death ( Gen 3:1-24 ; Rom 5:12 ), and the necessity of the new birth for his salvation ( John 3:3-5 ). [We believe in the recent, direct creation of the heavens, the earth, and all their…

I remember one summer Sunday 2 decades ago. We decided as a family, at the last minute, to spend Sunday afternoon with the grandparents who lived at the lake. We were blessed that my parents lived close enough that we could see them for an afternoon, yet it was still far enough that it took two hours…

This morning we will light the peace candle for the first time. For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble. Therefore we will not be afraid, though the earth trembles and the mountains topple…

Homework for next week: read Ephesians and circle or write down everything that God says about you! New series titled: This is Me? We will look at what God sees when He looks at us today, then who God says we are, what He has called us to do, how He has equipped us to do it, and if we are doing it! This…

Know your Context If I treated a zoo like a park. If I treated a mall like a skate park. If I treated a classroom like a boxing ring. If I treated a church like a fashion runway. Knowing our context is vital and it is no different in scripture. As we read and study we must be aware of the context in…