* Paul is talking about food, that receiving it with gratitude to God makes it good.
* Many scholars interpret this to show the importance of giving thanks before we eat.
* The principle, however, is that “everything” God made is good - it’s all sacred.
* Everything is sanctified by God by means of the Word of God and prayer.
* Two key components to growing your relationship with God.
* Example - music - all music is good.
* God created melody and rhythm and words.
* These things can draw us closer to God and others.
* But it can also be used to pull us away from Him and others.
* The same is true with sex, food, emotion, television, etc.
* The question is - are you using those things to draw you close to God and others, or further away?
* The same way we use the Word of God and prayer to draw us closer to Him and others.
1 Timothy 4:4-5 (10/19/17)
Everything Is Good
October 19, 2017 • Benham Brothers
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.