Christ Jesus Came to Save Sinners

Order of Service

Welcome

Prayer

Hymn - I will enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart (182)

Notices

Main Prayer

Hymn - I Know Whom I Have Believed

Reading

1 Timothy 1:12–20 ESV

I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith, among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Sermon

Priesthood of all believers

Guardians of the gospel of God’s Grace

instruct one another to not teach any different doctrine

Paul presents two concepts:

I though entirely unworthy have been commissioned to proclaim the gospel of God’s Grace

That grace and mercy was most gloriously display in my own conversion

1 Timothy 1:12 ESV

I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,

example of God’s Law lawfully used

Thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord - a gift of grace

he judged me trustworthy - not of my own doing but what His Grace si doing within me

“to bring about” obedience to His Service

1 Timothy 1:13 ESV

though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

He once was as those false teachers he describes

ridiculed the name of jesus

he sought to kill all Jesus’ followers

he wanted to destroy the gospel and faith in it

God bestowed his Grace and Mercy on Paul a sinner

Acting ignorantly in unbelief

Stir one another to Good Works

Hebrews 10:23–25 ESV

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Gard against sinning deliberately after receiving the knoweldge of truth

Hebrews 10:26–31 ESV

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Return..

1 Timothy 1:13 ESV

though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 Timothy 1:14 ESV

and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Abounding sin to super-abounding (overflowing) grace

overflowing / beyond measure / in excess

faith and love that are in Christ Jesus

Hebrews 11:1 ESV

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Love - Fruit of the Holy Spirit

1 Timothy 1:15 ESV

The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.

The true Gospel Message

Compare to the opposite

Paul uses the phrase Jesus used of himself

Pharisees - righteous or sinners (riffraff, scum, those who don’t live by God’s Law)

Paul addresses this attitude of the false teachers (self righteous)

“Pharisee” to “Chief of Sinners”

A fully pardoned sinner, is still a sinner

1 Timothy 1:16 ESV

But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life.

Paul did not receive mercy to gain authority of Apostleship

He received mercy and his service as Apostle, to demonstarte Jesus patience and love

Likewise a Pastor is one who serves

1 Timothy 1:17 ESV

To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

King of the ages

Immortal - lives forever, never tires

Invisible

the only (unique & tangible) God

Honour & Glory (praise & adoration)

Forever & ever - without end

1 Timothy 1:18–20 ESV

This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith, among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Instruction to Timothy

As one who has received their orders (from God, commander in chief)

War against sin and the work of Satan

Literally - Satan inspired perversion of doctrine

holding on to faith & good conscience

in the midst of opposition

picture of sailor holding the course in the face of a storm

obeys the dictates of the Word as applied to the heart by the Holy Spirit

Ringleaders: Hy-men-aeus & Alexander

Named & expelled from the church

that they may not suffer the delusion of being a believer

thus given opportunity to repent

and also not to be in a position of blaspheme of the Holy Spirit (Hebrews 11)

Hymn -

Q&A

Hymn -

Closing Prayer

Doxology(read) –

NOT TO US BE GLORY GIVEN but to him who reigns above: Glory to the God of heaven for his faithfulness and love! What though unbelieving voices hear no word and see no sign, still in God my heart rejoices, working out his will divine.