A Good Servant

Order of Service

Welcome

Hymn - Loved with everlasting love (715)

Psalm Reading

Psalm 45:6–9 ESV

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness; you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions; your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad; daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

Prayer

Teen Talk

Hymn - My Jesus, I Love you, I know you are mine (735)

Notices

Main Prayer

Hymn - Just as I am, without one plea (704)

Reading

1 Timothy 4:6–16 ESV

If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed. Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe. Command and teach these things. Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. 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.

Sermon

1 Timothy 4:6 ESV

If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.

Brothers - spiritual family - God Loves them

Put these things before the brothers

You will be a Good Servant of Christ Jesus

Being trained in the words of the faith and of good doctrine that you have followed

1 Timothy 4:7–8 ESV

Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

Have nothing to do with irrevent, silly myths

irrevent - unsanctioned or accessible by anyone - fit to be trodden underfoot

literally “old women’s tales” - silly superstitions

silly stories told to children and not meant to be taken seriously

idiom: a traditional belief that is not based on fact : superstition

Train yourself for godliness

bodily training is of some value

consider the athlete and their training

godliness is of value in every way

holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come

1 Timothy 4:9 ESV

The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.

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.

1 Timothy 4:10 ESV

For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

For this end we toil and strive

because we have our hope set on the Living God

Who is the Saviour of all people, especially of those who believe

Preserver & deliverer (well being of all)

reference “some will depart from the faith” - God as preserver

1 Timothy 4:11 ESV

Command and teach these things.

command - military orders

teach

1 Timothy 4:12 ESV

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

let no one despise you for your youth (probably 34-39 years)

set the believers an example in:

speech - in personal conversation

conduct - customs, habits, ways of dealing with people, etc

love - deep personal attachment to his borthers & in genuine concern for his neigbours

faith - exercise of the gift of God (love for God)

purity - God’s Moral Law

1 Timothy 4:13 ESV

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

devote yourself to:

the public reading of Scripture

to exhortation - doctrine & morals as well as advice & encouragement

to teaching - listener must accept & embrace, upon which their lives be founded

1 Timothy 4:14–15 ESV

Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.

don’t neglect the gift you have

practice these things

immerse yourself in them

that all may see your progress

1 Timothy 4:16 ESV

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.

Hymn - What a friend we have in Jesus (614)

Closing Prayer

Doxology