The Mystery of Godliness
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Introduction
Introduction
14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,
15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
Paul Encourages Timothy
Paul Encourages Timothy
His desire is to come to him.
He is also aware of the challenges
Paul writes with purpose
Paul writes with purpose
Don’t wait on me
++Know what is right
++Do what is right
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.
13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
14 Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.
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.
Be an example
++ in Word
++In Conversation
++In Charity
++In Faith
++In purity
Be devoted to
++Reading
++Exhortation
++Teaching
Use what you have.
++What you have is enough
++What you have is valuable
++Do not neglect it.
The Church is important
++It is the pillar of truth
++It is the buttress the ground of truth
Paul connects the truth with the life of Christ
Paul connects the truth with the life of Christ
The Life of Christ is The Mystery of Godliness
The Life of Christ is The Mystery of Godliness
In His life was Revelation
In His life was Revelation
47 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
In His life was Revelation
In His life was Revelation
In His life was Restoration
In His life was Restoration
10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
In His life was Restoration
In His life was Restoration
In His Life was Redemption
In His Life was Redemption
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.