Men's Retreat 2022 Saturday night. 1 Timothy 4:10-11

Be a Trainer

1 Timothy 4:11–16 (ESV)

Command and teach these things. Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Command - order and give instructions

Teach - instruct

Set and example - practice what you preach

Don’t neglect your gifts.

Practice -

immerse your self in them

keep close what on your self. - Lake and cutting weight

I. Command and Teach

If you are the commander you give the orders as to what is expected of those under you.

If they don’t know how to perform that task it is your job to teach them how.

As men and fathers - what do you command of your family’s

Hunting with Lane -

safety

integrity

its about the trophy its how you get it.

enjoy the hunt.

Proverbs 1:8–9 (ESV)

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Proverbs 3:1-2 “My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you.”

Proverbs 4:1-4 “Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he taught me and said to me, “Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments, and live.”

Proverbs 6:20-23 “My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,”

Matthew 5:19 “Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Bad Commanders are those that can tell and can’t teach you how.

Good Commanders Give orders and can teach you how to follow them

Great commanders - give orders, teach you what they expect. and they lead by example.

II. Be the example

1 Timothy 4:12 “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.”

Titus 2:6-7 “Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,”

1 Peter 2:12 “Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.”

III. Use your gifts

1 Timothy 4:14 “Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.”

Romans 12:3-8 “For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, (preaching) in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes (share, give) , in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy,(taking care of those that can’t give anything back) with cheerfulness.”

your gift might not be your strength

I shared last night in high school I would have never thought I could teach a and preach

2 Corinthians 12:9 “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

Why Christens neglect their gifts!

Its not an I can’t problem

it is I don’t want to problem.

Not willing to put in the work.

IV. Practice and dive in

1 Timothy 4:15 “Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.”

Practice and Immerse

others see your progress

Lake - Lifting weights - post pics

wears sleeveless shirts

Sugar D - shooting sports

Are you immersed in Christ as much as you are in others stuff.

Just coming to church on Sunday mornings - is the bare min.

If you are not reading, studding, sharing, learning, living it out, mentoring or being mentored.

you are not all in. not immersed

Have you practiced your Spiritual life as much as you have your hobbies?

Hebrew 5:14 “But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.”

Matthew 5:6 ““Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”

Matthew 4:4 “But he answered, “It is written, “ ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ 

if you do not feel like you can’t live with reading your bible.

you are not immersed in the word

V. Keep close eye on your self

1 Timothy 4:16 “Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.”

Matthew 6:22 ““The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,”

Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.”

Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

Hebrew 12:1-2 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”

how do you become a great commander and teacher?

can’t do it without Jesus Christ.

you have to be a great example first

learn your gifts. use your gifts, practice your gifts

Immerse yourself in all things Christ

Keep a close watch on what your are doing

vs. 16. will save both yourself and your hears.