"This section has to do with focus. We could call it, ‘Keeping the main thing the main thing.’ Remember, in our study last time, Paul told Timothy that there would be deceiving spirits— demons whose purpose it is to cause Christians (leaders and others) to fall away from the plan God has for them… The problem when a leader loses focus is that those following him also lose focus. It works both ways. The same demons work in/through people in the body and they try to influence the pastor. It happens all the time…"
1 Timothy 4:7-12
Sunday Morning Third Service
June 7, 2020
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1 Timothy 1:1-4
March 15, 2020
"1 & 2 Timothy, along with the letter to Titus, are known as ‘the pastoral epistles.’ The reason is that these young men were especially chosen by God and developed under Paul’s ministry to lay a foundation for the early church. Because it was so new, the church, as you might imagine, was a little disorganized. It’s easy for us because so many faithful men have gone before us. But not so for the early Christians…"
1 Timothy 1:3-11
March 22, 2020
"There were false teachers telling convincing stories to authenticate their authority to teach. The genealogies were made up to give Jews authority by virtue of their family-line to teach. Paul says it’s not who you are but what you teach that matters. Things haven’t changed a lot, have they?"