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Intro: My testimony How could the Spirit of God be living in me while I so blatantly live contrary to His unlimited power and influence? If the Holy Spirit indwells all believers, then his influence over them must be visible and apparent? In my life it was lacking. It was absent because my confession…

Intro A Letter from Paul the Apostle to Timothy - the young pastor deployed to Ephesus This letter gives instruction to Timothy about how he is to lead the church and organise the church. This ancient wisdom is for us today, it tells us how God wants his church to function. Last week we saw Defending…

He must increase, but I must decrease.” And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling,…

Morning 9July 2023

Jesus calls Sinners The call of God is for every sinner. As we discussed last week, a sinner is one who has fallen from the original righteousness given when God created man. Because man choose to listen to the voice of one other than God Almighty, he became a transgressor and pulled all of humanity…

Introduction: We live in the information age. There is an overwhelming amount of information available to us in the 21st Century. Obviously much of this information available is tainted by humanism and sin, but there is also some great information out there for us to discover. There have never been such…

I Timothy 1:12-20 Good morning church! We are resuming our study of 1 Timothy this morning with a message entitled Exceedingly Abundant. No fancy Hebrew or Greek this morning, but in our own language exceedingly means extremely…more than just a lot....and Abundant means rich supply, great quantity, or…

2 Thessalonians 1 1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly,…

We are reminded that Christ has graciously removed the burden of the Law. We are encouraged to seek out pure, sound doctrine.

I. Introduction All true believers receive their authority and power from God is a common one in the Bible. This closely with the fact that believers should not fear what man can do to them, but rather fear God, who holds eternity in his hands. II. Believers do not operate on their own authority! Paul…

The grace of God was the cornerstone of the ministry of the Apostle Paul. I. Be Thankful for God’s Mercy 1 Timothy 1:12 (NASB95) 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service, After Paul believed in his Jesus, the early saints were…

Introduction I hope we’re all scandalized by the words in v. 2 in our gospel lesson. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” We tend to think of the Pharisees and scribes as the bad guys until we take a deep look and realize that we, or at least…

We Are All Sinners In homiletic textbooks (these are books on how to preach), they often say that a good sermon has three main points: an introduction, a body, and conclusion. Then they break this down even further and say that the body of the sermon likewise should have three and only three points,…

In Acts 9 we hear of Paul's radical transformation from persecutor to proselytizer. What effected this transformation? Is this power available in our lives?

And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith…

Show Map City of Ephesus Founded by the Amazons about 2000 B.C Ephesus was once the capital of Asia Minor state of the Roman Empire. Ephesus means desirable 3rd largest Library (Library of Celus) in Ancient World (SHOW PIC) Ephesus derived its greatness from two sources, commercial trade (sea-port city)…

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 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…

Timothy is called Paul’s son Introduction To be in Spiritual Leadership Timothy had to know that It is a life under examination It is a life of Sacrifice It is a Life to be desired There is something empowering about Knowing who you in Christ and the purpose of your life. An Acquired Understanding Saul…

3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, 4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. 5 The aim of our…

3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do . 5 Now the end of the commandment…

The worst sin? Pray Read 12 I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, 13 though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14 and the…

A godly example We have talked about the value of good godly examples in our lives. Paul offers himself up to Timothy as a good godly example in our passage using his history then gives good godly instructions. (Insert Bible Study picture here) Did you respond to the gospel the first time you heard it?…

Introduction And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly…

This morning I would like to take a few moments of your time and reflect from God’s precious Word, on the message of the play and the songs that you just heard. The highlight of the play was Jesus Christ. He is the center of everything, and certainly Jesus is the center of Christmas. And in I Timothy…

Reopening We will begin meeting again on July 5th, three Sundays from today. We will have an early morning service at 8:30am and we will continue to post our service online at 11:00. Prayer — Three weeks ago we looked at Exodus 19 at how God wanted to create a nation on earth that He would live among…