* Every year the NFL holds a combine where they test players’ skills and abilities.
* They want players in whom they can build a winning team.
* Paul is giving advice to Timothy on who to bring on the leadership team in the church.
* 1 Timothy 3 gives all sorts of qualifications (we did a study on it - Leadership 101).
* Vs 10 - “They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.”
* Put them in the combine before you put them on the team.
* Do you know the best way to test someone?
* Give them a menial task and tell them to do it consistently - see how they respond.
* Faithful in the little = Faithful in the big.
* Two applications:
* Building your team / friendships.
* Living your life - are you being faithful in the little?
1 Timothy 3:10 (10/19/22)
A Fool-Proof Test
October 19, 2022 • Benham Brothers • 1 Timothy 3:10
1 Timothy 1:4-5 (10/16/15)
October 16, 2015 • Benham Brothers
1 Timothy is written by Paul to Timothy about the church and his involvement in leading. vs 1:4 - The church was to rebuke any teacher who led to speculations. Speculation vs Stewardship: A relationship with Christ is something we “steward.” vs 1:5 - The end goal for teaching is love, which springs from a: 1) Pure heart - no bad motives. 2) Good conscience - no secret sin. 3) Sincere faith - you want Jesus for Him and not just His stuff.
I Timothy 1:5 (10/26/13)
October 26, 2013 • Benham Brothers
Jesus left the earth and gave us the Holy Spirit. He commissioned Paul to explain the mysteries of the gospel, which people did not understand without his teaching. Paul wrote first to cities, then to individuals. He wrote his longest letters to Timothy. Here is some of his encouragement: God "is" love. The ACT of love springs from something, like a river has a source - love does too Pure Heart - you're not in love with two gods (ex: Tori is the only one for me!) Clean Conscience - blameless, not sinless - cleansed from sin Sincere Faith - "Chutzpah" - they "hold on" relentlessly like Jacob did when he wrestled God
1 Timothy 1:15 (10/11/18)
October 11, 2018 • Benham Brothers
A humanist begins with two basic presuppositions: 1) Man is ultimately good. 2) Man is the center of all things. A Biblical Christian begins with two basic presuppositions: 1) Man is ultimately bad. 2) God is the center of all things. In this verse Paul reveals that's he's not a humanist. Many Christians in the church today are humanist and they don't even know it. They believe God exists to bless them - it's all about them. But we exist to bless God.