Family In God

1 Timothy So Far

Review of 1 Timothy

Purpose of the book: Encourage Timothy, correct heresy

Warning against false teachers

Pray for the needs of the church

Offices of the church and qualifications

Good vs not good servent (some will depart)

Reiterate the purpose: This is how the church is to function

V1-2, so how should we treat each other?

2 weeks ago 1 Corinthians 13

1 Timothy 5:1–2 ESV

1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.

Older Men

Respect elders

Elders vs AN elder

Rebuke vs encourage

This does not mean ignore every issue, but the word means to not strike at

attack in anger

Private vs public unless it continues

Cage stage

Show respect and redirect and ask a question to lead

Even when correction is needed, do so, but encourage and love, not as if striking at them

Hedges, church music

Younger Men

Encourage

Stir on

Grow and strengthen together

Similarly, “younger men” deserve Timothy’s gracious regard as if they were his brothers, which they are, inasmuch as God’s household, the church, is a family (3:4–5, 15). “Younger” here means men younger than those regarded as older; the dividing line would be fluid.

Robert W. Yarbrough, The Letters to Timothy and Titus, ed. D. A. Carson, Pillar New Testament Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI; London: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; Apollos, 2018), 259.

Grow together

Kyle, Tim

Older Women

As mothers

care for them

make sure they are ok

4th commandment

1-2 Timothy, Titus & Hebrews Notes

To treat someone as your mother is to treat that person with respect, dignity, and deference.

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My Mother

Christ on the Cross

John 19:27

John 19:27 ESV

27 Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

John 12–21 (3) The Clothes-Collecting, Lot-Casting Soldiers and the Faithful Friends around the Cross (19:23–27)

The traditional role of the oldest son in a Jewish family was to provide for the care of the mother when the husband or father of the house was no longer around to care for the mother. It seems clear that Jesus here fulfilled his family responsibility as a dutiful son.

Younger Women

as sister

in all purity

picking on vs guard dog

dont creep on

dont be an abuser

dont pressure

Idolatry of the Pastor

The Pastoral Epistles How the Minister Should Exhort Others: 5:1, 2

Although it is possible that ἐν πάσῃ ἁγνείᾳ qualifies Timothy’s relationship with all four groups, it is more likely that it qualifies the last named relationship. ἁγνεία** (4:12) has the general meaning “purity” but more specifically can have the meaning “chastity,” i.e., purity in the sexual realm (BAGD, LSJM), which would seem to be the nuance intended here. Paul, with perceptive realism, gives this special word of caution for the situation where a male minister is called on to deal personally and privately with younger women (cf. 1 Thes. 4:3ff.; Mt. 5:28ff.). To heighten this concern he adds the word “all” (πάσῃ, rendered with ἁγνείᾳ, “absolute purity,” by NIV).

Be above reproach

The Whole Family

who

ages

vauge and probably not specific

may depend on the person, situation

the person

Its speaking to the leadership and how to be the pastor but not exclusivly

like for the qualification of overseer and deacon these may look to one, but extend to others

We are a family in God, we are the family of God

diversity of our church, but we have more in common here than with someone in

Bonded by something greater than blood, the grace and power of God.

Because he has declared it

We are permanently a family and when we function with that type of familiial love we will serve that much better, we will be united in the love of God and not separate in disrtracting prefrences

‘She is still your sister

Family reading your mind