The Work We Must Do!!!

Flee

What is Timothy told to flee?

False teaching (1 Timothy 6:3)

Unproductive Controversy (1 Timothy 6:4)

Quarrels (1 Timothy 6:4)

Discontent (1 Timothy 6:9)

Love of money (1 Timothy 6:10)

Pursue

What is Timothy told to pursue?

Righteousness

How do we do this?

Scripture Application

2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV)

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Trusting in Christ’s Work

1 Peter 2:24 (ESV)

24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

Godliness

2 Peter 1:3–9 (ESV)

3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins.

Faith

Galatians 5:19–25 (ESV)

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Love

1 John 2:5–10 (ESV)

5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

Steadfastness

Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

(Luke 8:15, 21:19; Romans 2:7, 5:3-4, 8:25, 15:4-5; 2 Corinthians 1:6, 6:4, 12:12, Colossians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 1:3-4; 2 Thessalonians 1:4, 3:5; 2 Timothy 3:10; Titus 2:2; Hebrews 10:36, 12:1; James 1:3-4; 5:11; 2 Peter 1:6; Revelation 13:10, 14:12

Gentileness

acting in a manner that is gentle, mild, and even-tempered.

Fight

Fight the Good Fight of Faith

How do we do this?

We use our weapons:

The Word (Hebrews 4:12)

Prayer (James 5:16)

We are not fighting a physical battle.

2 Corinthians 10:4 (ESV)

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.

Take hold

Eternal Life (Titus 3:7)

Good Confession

-Salvation story

-Of Christ saving

1 John 5:10–11 (ESV)

10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Keep

Commandment unstained

Mark 7:7–9 (ESV)

7 in vain do they worship me,

teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

8 You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

Free from reproach

Colossians 1:22 (ESV)

22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,