The Reason He Came

1 Timothy 1:15-17

READ 1 Tim. 1:12-17

To lay some groundwork, Paul’s first letter to Timothy is written with three overarching concerns. Paul is concerned about the purity of the gospel, the purity of the church and the purity of its pastor, Timothy. Our focus today is on the purity of the gospel.

I. The Reason Jesus Came (v. 15)

As one commentator puts it, this verse is the gospel in miniature.

Lets take this text and work it backwards. Paul says that

Trustworthy - faithful, reliable

Deserving - worthy

Paul is establishing a contrast here. Unlike the false gospel, the true gospel is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.

Charles Spurgeon stated...

300 Quotations and Prayers for Christmas Jesus Came to Deliver from Sin

Jesus Christ did not come into the world to help you to forget your sin. He has not come to furnish you with a cloak with which to cover it. He has not appeared that He may so strengthen your minds (as some men would have you believe) that you may learn to laugh at your iniquities, and defy the consequences thereof. For no such reason has the Son of God descended from Heaven to earth. He has come, not to lull you into a false peace, not to whisper consolation which would turn out to be delusive in the end, but to give you a real deliverance from sin by putting it away, and so to bring you a true peace in which you may safely rejoice.

I. The Reason Jesus Came (v.15)

II. Hope for All (v. 16)

III. For the Glory of God (v. 17)