"THE COMMISSIONING OF THE MAN OF GOD"
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Think about this question - what is your “rock” in life?
Proposition - This morning we are going to see two things 1) the commissioning, and 2) the character of the commissioner.
Interrogative question - How do you view your commissioning and commissioner?
1. The Commissioning - vs. 13-14
1. The Commissioning - vs. 13-14
“charge” - (parangello) - verb, present, active, indicative, first person, singular - finite verb - command; give orders
Sense: to order - to give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.
“instruct”
1 Timothy 1:3 (NASB95)
3 As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines,
1 Timothy 6:17 (NASB95)
17 Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.
“prescribe”
1 Timothy 4:11 (NASB95)
11 Prescribe and teach these things.
1 Timothy 5:7 (NASB95)
7 Prescribe these things as well, so that they may be above reproach.
“charge”
1 Timothy 6:13 (NASB95)
13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,
The sense of the Greek word is “to order” -
Matthew 15:32–35 (NASB95)
32 And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”
33 The disciples said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?” 34 And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” 35 And He directed the people to sit down on the ground;
Mark 6:7–13 (NASB95) - The twelve being sent out
7 And He summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits; 8 and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff—no bread, no bag, no money in their belt—
9 but to wear sandals; and He added, “Do not put on two tunics.” 10 And He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town. 11 “Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them.”
12 They went out and preached that men should repent. 13 And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them.
Luke 8:26–33 (NASB95)
26 Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27 And when He came out onto the land, He was met by a man from the city who was possessed with demons; and who had not put on any clothing for a long time, and was not living in a house, but in the tombs.
28 Seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell before Him, and said in a loud voice, “What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me.” 29 For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.
30 And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him. 31 They were imploring Him not to command them to go away into the abyss. 32 Now there was a herd of many swine feeding there on the mountain; and the demons implored Him to permit them to enter the swine. And He gave them permission.
33 And the demons came out of the man and entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
Listening to these passages in the Septuagint -
1 Samuel 15:1–4 (NASB95)
1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the Lord. 2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt.
3 ‘Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ” 4 Then Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
Jeremiah 50:29 (NASB95)
29 “Summon many against Babylon, All those who bend the bow: Encamp against her on every side, Let there be no escape. Repay her according to her work; According to all that she has done, so do to her; For she has become arrogant against the Lord, Against the Holy One of Israel.
Daniel 3:1–5 (NASB95)
1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent word to assemble the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3 Then the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you the command is given, O peoples, nations and men of every language, 5 that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.
The Witnesses -
God - the life giver
“in the presence of” -(enopion) - preposition - improper preposition
enopion (ἐνώπιον, 1799), from en, “in,” and ops, “the eye,” is the neuter of the adjective enopios, and is used prepositionally,
(a) of place, that which is before or opposite a person, “towards which he turns his eyes,” e.g., Luke 1:19; Acts 4:10; 6:6; Rev. 1:4; 4–10; 7:15;
(b) in metaphorical phrases after verbs of motion, Luke 1:17; 12:9; Acts 9:15, etc.; signifying “in the mind or soul of persons,” Luke 12:6; Acts 10:31; Rev. 16:19;
(c) “in one’s sight or hearing,” Luke 24:43; John 20:30; 1 Tim. 6:12; metaphorically, Rom. 14:22; especially in Gal. 1:20; 1 Tim. 5:21; 6:13; 2 Tim. 2:14; 4:1; before, as “having a person present to the mind,” Acts 2:25; Jas. 4:10; “in the judgment of a person,” Luke 16:15; 24:11, RV, “in their sight,” for KJV, “to”; Acts 4:19; Rom. 3:20; 12:17; 2 Cor. 8:21; 1 Tim. 2:3; “in the approving sight of God,” Luke 1:75; Acts 7:46; 10:33; 2 Cor. 4:2; 7:12. See PRESENCE, SIGHT OF (IN THE). Vine, W. E., Unger, M. F., & White, W., Jr. (1996). In Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Vol. 2, p. 56). T. Nelson.
“God” - (theos) - noun, genitive, singluar, masculine - prepositional object - God
The word God is used 22 times in the book of 1 Timothy -
“Church - God’s family”
1 Timothy 3:15 (NASB95)
15 but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
“man of God”
1 Timothy 6:11 (NASB95)
11 But flee from these things, you man of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness.
“word of God”
1 Timothy 4:5 (NASB95)
5 for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.
“gives life to” - (zoogoneo) - verb, present, active, participle, singular, genitive, masculine - attributive participle - keep alive; preserve alive -
Sense: to make alive - to cause to have life or cause to have life a second time
“to make alive”
13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,
“to be kept alive” - Stephen’s defense
19 “It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive.
“to keep alive”
33 “Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Jesus - the model
“testified” - (matyreo) - verb, aorist, active, participle, singular, genitive, masculine - attributive participle - testify; bear witness
Sense: to bear witness - to solemnly assert something, offering firsthand authentication of the fact; often concerning grave or important matters.
“Pontius” - (pontios) - noun, genitive, singular, masculine - proper name - Pontius
Luke 3:1 (NASB95)
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
Acts 4:27 (NASB95)
27 “For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
1 Timothy 6:13 (NASB95)
13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate,
“confession” - (homologia) - noun, accusative, singular, feminine - direct object of the dependent clause - confession
Sense: profession - an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
2 Corinthians 9:13 (NASB95)
13 Because of the proof given by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all,
Hebrews 3:1 (NASB95)
1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession;
Hebrews 4:14 (NASB95)
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Hebrews 10:23 (NASB95)
23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
The Assignment -
“that you keep” - tereo sy) - verb, aorist, active, infinitive - substantival infinitive - keep; observe
Sense: to keep (maintain) - to keep in a certain state, position, or activity.
Notice how this word is used in 1 John -
1 John 2:3 (NASB95)
3 By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.
1 John 2:4 (NASB95)
4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
1 John 2:5 (NASB95)
5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him:
1 John 3:22 (NASB95)
22 and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
1 John 3:24 (NASB95)
24 The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
1 John 5:3 (NASB95)
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.
1 John 5:18 (NASB95)
18 We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
“Commandment” - (entole) - noun, accusative, singular, feminine - attributive adjective - commandment
Sense: ethical system - commandment - the Christian thical system understood as if a single commandment; perhaps related to the two great commandments summarizing the moral law of the decalogue.
Command - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something; through speech or writing. - used 67 times in the NT
Ethical system - the Christian ethical system understood as if a single commandment; perhaps related to the two great commandments summarizing the moral law of the decalogue. - commandment used 3 times in the NT
1 Corinthians 14:37 (NASB95)
37 If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord’s commandment.
1 Timothy 6:14 (NASB95)
14 that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Peter 2:21 (NASB95)
21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.
System - the Mosaic law system; understood as if a single Mosaic commandment representing the entire system. - commandment used 2 times in the NT
Romans 7:10–13 (NASB95)
10 and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me; 11 for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. 13 Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.
Without Stain -
Without Reproach -
“without stain or reproach” - (aspilos) - adjective, accusative, singular, feminine - predicate adjective - spotless; without fault
Sense: unblemished - free from physical or moral defects.
1 Timothy 6:14 (NASB95)
14 that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,
“Irreproachable”
2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
7 Prescribe these things as well, so that they may be above reproach.
14 that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
The Duration -
Yesterday -
Today -
Forever - “until the appearing...”
“appearing” - (epiphaneia) - noun, genitive, singular, feminine - prepositional object - appearing; apperarance
Sense: divine appearance - the event of a deity becoming visible or coming into sight
2 Thessalonians 2:8 (NASB95)
8 Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;
1 Timothy 6:14 (NASB95)
14 that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Timothy 1:10 (NASB95)
10 but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
2 Timothy 4:1 (NASB95)
1 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom:
2 Timothy 4:8 (NASB95)
8 in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.
Titus 2:13 (NASB95)
13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
“at the proper time” - (kairos) - noun, dative, plural, masculine - temporal dative - time; season
sense: opportune time - a time that is suitable or advantageous for a particular purpose.
6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time.
15 which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
3 but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior,
2. The Commissioner - vs. 15-16
2. The Commissioner - vs. 15-16
Blessedness of God
Sovereignty of God
“Sovereign” - (dynastes) - noun, nominative, singular, masculine - subject of the dependent clause - ruler; sovereign
Sense: powerful ruler - a person who rules or commands; especially understood as having great controlling influence.
“powerful ruler”
Luke 1:52 (NASB95)
52 “He has brought down rulers from their thrones, And has exalted those who were humble.
Acts 8:27 (NASB95)
27 So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship,
1 Timothy 6:15 (NASB95)
15 which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
The Kingship of God
“King” - (basileus) - noun, nominative, singular, masculine - appositive - king
Sense: king - a male sovereign ruler of a kingdom
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
2 for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
15 which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
The Lordship of God
“Lord” - (kyrios) - noun, nominative, singular, masculine - appositive - Lord
Sense: master of world - the sovereign master of the inhabited world; often of Jesus as sovereign master of all creation or of Caesar, the emperor.
2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service,
14 and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.
3 If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness,
14 that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
Eternality (immortality) of God
“immortality” - (athanasia) - noun, accusative, singular, feminine - direct object - immortality
Sense: immortality - the quality or state of never dying
53 For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory.
16 who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
“light” - (phos) - noun, accusative, singular, neuter - direct object - light
Sense: light (source of) - any object that serves as a source of illumination
Light speaking of the source is used 50 times in the NT
14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; 15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 6 There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. 9 There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light
“unapproachable” - (aprositos) - adjective, accusative, singular, neuter - attributive adjective - unapproachable
Sense: unapproachable - (of personal presence) incapable of being penetrated or reached.
This is the only time that this Greek word is used in all of Scripture
Holiness of God
“honor” - (time) - noun, nominative, singular, feminine - subject of the dependent clause - honor; value; price
Sense: honor (state) the state of being highly respected or revered.
“the state of being highly respected or revered”
1 Timothy 1:17 (NASB95)
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 6:1 (NASB95)
1 All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against.
2 Timothy 2:20 (NASB95)
20 Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor.
2 Timothy 2:21 (NASB95)
21 Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
“compensation - something given or received as payment or reparation”
1 Timothy 5:17 (NASB95)
17 The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
SO WHAT?
Believer -
How do you view your commissioning?
What are you doing with your commissioning?
What needs to change about how your responding to your commissioning?
How are you treating your commissioner?