2021 0328 Teaching Virtues

Foundational Person

Jesus is by far the most influential person in history

Foundational Principles

Influence

* the capacity to have an effect on the character or behaviour of someone

Integrity

* what you are on the inside is what you show on the outside the level of our integrity will directly determine what influence we have

1 Thessalonians 4:7 NIV

For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

Personal Life of Holiness

above reproach

gentle and loving

self control

reflect the fruit of the Spirit

Spiritual Qualities

1 Timothy 3:2 NIV

Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

two very significant attributes

able to teach

hospitable

Able To Teach

a capacity to take the truth and allow others to know it

the truth of jesus Christ is the only truth required

2 Timothy 2:15 NIV

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

Correctly Handles

be a student of the Word

this means read the bible - cannot read listen to it

get the word inside of you - into your brain

let it resonate within every part of you

2 Timothy 3:16 NIV

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

Avenues of Study

useful for teaching and for training in righteousness

there are many ways to get the word into you

ONE read the Bible for yourself - read the whole book, be systematic and devoted

TWO do Bible Discovery where we learn to be obedient to the Word

THREE do other bible studies W4TD

FOUR go to a bible college and get a certificate IV or diploma or uni degree

FIVE listen to a sermon every week

SIX listen to other teachers on podcasts or radio or TV

2 Timothy 3:17 NIV

so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

every good work is our obligation to the lord, if we call upon the name of Jesus

it has to come out of our foundation of scripture in our life

a word of warning - it has to be the truth of Jesus Christ

Ephesians 4:20–21 NIV

That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.

there are many voices out there trying to sound like Jesus

always judge their words including mine with the voice of the Spirit and the truth of the Scriptures

Hospitable

a heart for caring for people

more than being merciful

this hospitality is literally a love for strangers

it is stopping and fixing a flat tyre

it is sharing a meal or sharing a room in your home

it is extending the hand of kindness to those in need

Persons for our Hospitality

practice on your family and church people

look for strangers - your neighbours

be comfortable in what you do, but stretch yourself

be safe but be bold in following the Spirit’s leading