Outlines of 1 Timothy for Bible study

Lesson-8

Four Duties of a Man of God (6.11-16)

1.  FLEE

“Now you, man of God, run from these things”  vs. 11

 

 

Run from what?

The Love of Money  vs. 9-10

False Doctrine, vs. 3-5

More Things to Flee:

1^st Corinthians 6:18  “Flee sexual immorality….”

1^st Corinthians 10:14  “Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.”

2. FOCUS

“Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance,                               and gentleness.”  Vs. 12

 

Pursue – To follow in hot pursuit

To live an undistracted life… to be focused

Phillips: “Set your heart not on riches, but on… ”

Righteousness – To have integrity in my dealings with other people, treating them right

Godliness – To consciously live my life for God and before God

Faith – To live and serve with continual dependence upon Christ

Love – To act in the best interest of the other person, ready to meet his need at my expense

Endurance – To remain faithful to God in spite of  trials (lit. To bear up under)

Gentleness – Careful not to overpower others with my greater strength

3. FIGHT

“Fight the good fight for the faith”  vs. 12

 

Word where we get, Agonize.  Applied to both soldiers in combat and athletes in competition

Weymouth, “Exert all your strength in the honorable struggle for the faith”

 

4. FINISH

“Keep the commandment without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ”  Vs. 14

Key Word: Until

His Timing is Beyond Our Control

Vs. 15  “Which God will bring about in His own time.” 

His Power is Beyond All Rivals

Vs. 15  “He is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords”

His Glory is Beyond Our Imagination

Vs. 16  “The only One who has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom none of mankind has seen or can see, to whom be honor and eternal might.”

Since…

We don’t get to decide how long to be faithful

We don’t have to question whether He is worthy of our faithfulness

There is a Logical Degree to Which We Should Be Faithful

Vs. 14  “Keep the commandment without spot or blame”

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Outlines of 1 Timothy for Bible study

Lesson  7 

Attitude of Christians towards wealth (6:3-11.17-19)

1. A Portrait of Right Doctrine

1.1 Doctrine That is Christ-Centered
Vs. 3 “The sound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ”

1.2 Teachings That Lead to Godliness
Vs 3 “The teaching that promotes godliness”

1.3 Insights that Make Our Whole Lives Healthier
Vs. 3 “The sound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ”
Vs. 3-4 “If anyone teaches other doctrine … he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a sick interest in disputes…”

2. A Profile of a False Teacher

2.1 He is Arrogant – seeking to be a somebody
Vs. 4 “He is conceited”

2.2 He Out-punts his Coverage
Vs. 4 “Understanding nothing”

2.3 He is Divisive
Vs. 4-5 “Having a sick interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slanders, evil suspicions, and constant disagreement among men”

2.4 His Thinking is Driven by His Sinful Nature
Vs. 5 “Whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth”

2.5 He is Motivated by Greed
Vs. 5 “Who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.”

3. The Philosophy of a Contented Person

3.1 True Wealth is Godliness Plus Contentment
Vs. 6 “Godliness with contentment is a great gain”

3.2 Earthly Wealth isn’t Lasting
Vs. 7 “For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out.”

3.3 We Need Less Than We Think of Ourselves as Needing
Vs. 8 “But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these”

3.4 Discontent Leads to Self-Destructive Behavior
Vs. 9-10 “But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.”

Outlines of 1 Timothy for Bible study

Lesson 6

The truth & Church Leaders

1 Tim.4:11-16

1. The Authority of Truth

Vs. 11  “Command and teach these things.”

2. The Pattern of Christian Leaders

Vs. 12  “No one should despise your youth; instead, you should be an example to the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.”

Outward:  Speech and Conduct

 

Inward

Love: Meeting your needs at my expense

Faith: Trusting Christ to do for you what you cannot do for yourself; staying plugged in

Purity: Refusing to mix sinful compromises with a righteous life

3. The Priorities of Christian Leaders

Vs. 13  “Until I come, give your attention to public reading, exhortation, and teaching.”

Reading: Provides Information… Appeals to the mind & memory

Exhortation: Provides Motivation… Appeals to the emotions & to the will

         

Teaching: Provides Explanation… Appeals to the understanding & spiritual insight

4. The Empowerment of Christians for Leading

Vs. 14  “Do not neglect the gift that is in you; it was given to you through prophecy, with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.”

 

Do not neglect the gift - That is, by letting it lie unused

 

The Gift:  A gracious gift from God

A specialty in Christian service, supernaturally empowered by the Holy Spirit

6. The Influence of the Leader’s Growth

Vs. 15  “So that your progress may be evident to all.”

 

Let Them See You Grow                The Ongoing Influence of Ongoing Growth

7. The Results of the Leader’s Perseverance

Vs. 16 “Persevere in these things”

Persevere: To stay with it

“By doing this, you will save both yourself and your hearers”

Persevering leaders produce persevering followers

Perseverance:

Perseverance is a condition to go to heaven

Perseverance is the inevitable result of the new birth

We persevere because God preserves

Perseverance is a human responsibility… a command to obey

Outlines of 1 Timothy for Bible study

Lesson 4

Confession of the Church

Ch.3:14,16

The Character of the Church

Vs.15 “I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household...”

“Household”

 

v      Family

v      Assembly

Vs. 15  “…Which is the church of the living God…”

 

v      Energized

Vs. 15  “…Which is the church of the living God…”

 

v      Advocates

Vs. 15  “…the pillar and foundation of the truth.”

 

The Confession of the Church

Vs. 16  “And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great: He was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.”

 

v      Confession

v      Incarnate

v      Vindicated

v      Attended To

v      Proclaimed

v      Accepted

v      Ascended

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Lesson 5

False teaching and the Church (4:1-10) 

1. The Fact of a Falling Away

Vs. 1  “Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the latter times some will depart from the faith”

2. The Forming of a False Teacher

Vs 1-2    “…Some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.”

 

Three Steps:

1.      They Tune In To the Wrong Spirits

2.      They Lose Their Conscience

3.      They Pretend to Be What They Aren’t

 

3. The Error of False Teachers

Vs 3-5  “They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods…”

 

They replace inner transformation with outward score keeping

They reject the basic principles of Genesis

Vs. 4  “For everything created by God is good, and nothing should be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving”

 

4. The Duty of the Lord’s Servant

You Gotta Point Some Things Out

Vs. 6  “If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus”

You Gotta Take Some Things In

Vs. 6  “…Nourished by the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.”

You Gotta Shut Some Things Off

Vs. 7  “But have nothing to do with irreverent and silly myths.”

5. The Training of a Godly Person

Vs. 7b-9   “…Rather, train yourself in godliness”

 

It is a Command to Obey

 

It is Practical, Benefiting Us in All of Life

Vs. 8   “For, the training of the body has a limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.”

 

6. The Focus of True Believers

 

The Demonstration of Christian Focus

Vs. 10  “In fact, we labor and strive for this…”

 

The Object of Christian Focus

Vs. 10 “…Because we have put our hope in the living God...”

 

The Reason for Christian Focus

Vs. 10 “…who is the Savior of everyone, especially of those who believe”

 

Available for all

 

Effectual for believers

Outlines of 1 Timothy for Bible study

Lesson-3

Men and Prayer in the Church

Ch.2:1-8

1. The Priority of Prayer

•      Vs. 1  “First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone”

•      “First of all” - first in rank

•      “I urge” – Literally, To call to one’s side & encourage to

•      Vs. 3  “This is good, and it pleases God our Savior”

•      “Good” – Good in and of itself, not just because of its results

•      “It pleases God”

–    KJV “acceptable in the sight of God”

–    Literally, “to receive from”

 

2. The Kinds of Prayer

•      Vs 1   “I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone”

•      Petitions

–    Requests based on a deep sense of spiritual need & helplessness

•      Prayers

–    Emphasizes the sacred nature of prayer; we are praying to God

•      Intercessions

–    Coming to a superior, often on behalf of another

•      Thanksgivings

–    Colossians 4:2  “Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.”

 

3. The Objects of Prayer

•      Vs 1-2  “…for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority”

•      “For everyone”

–    Vs. 4  “Wants everyone to be saved”

–    Vs. 6  “Who gave Himself—a ransom for all”

–    Vs.  7   “A teacher of the Gentiles “ – i.e. to every nation, to all people groups

•      “For kings and all those in authority”

 

4. The Strategy of Prayer

•      Vs. 2  “For kings and all those who are in authority So that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.”

•      “That we may lead a tranquil life”

–    Undisturbed by outward circumstances

•      “That we may lead a quiet life”

–    Calm attitude within

•      Strategic Objective: An atmosphere in which the gospel can spread.

 

5. The Evangelistic Aim of Prayer

•      Vs. 3-4   “This is good, and it pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

•      God wants everyone to be saved

•      God offers the Gospel to all universally

•      If one is lost, he is so rebelliously

•      God wants everyone to come to know the truth

•      Come to know – to experience conversion

 

6. The Urgency of Prayer

•      Vs. 5-6  “For there is one God and one mediator between God and man, a man, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself—a ransom for all, a testimony at the proper time.”

•      Urgent because there is only one way

–    “One God and one mediator between God and man”

–    Mediator: An arbitrator in legal disputes

•      Urgent because Christ died for people

–    Christ’s suffering on the cross is sufficient for all

–    The merits of Christ’s cross are applied specifically

•      Urgent because the time to share the message is now (since God has now sent the message)

–    Vs. 6, NLT  “This is the message that God gave to the world at the proper time.”

 

7. Our Personal Ministries & Prayer

•      Vs. 7  “For this I was appointed a herald, an apostle  (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.”

•      A herald – one who announced important or good news at athletic events or political settings

•      An apostle – a personal emissary of Jesus Christ

•      A teacher – the Gospel has to be explained

•      Of the Gentiles – trans-cultural ministry to those who do not have a religious background in the one true God.

 

8. The Church Pacesetters in Prayer

•      Vs. 8  “Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.”

•      “The men” – Not mankind in general, the men

•      “In every place” – The standard for all churches

 

9. The Hindrances to Prayer

•      Vs. 8  “Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.”

•      Unholy Living – “lifting up holy hands”

–    Psalm 24:3-4  “Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?  Who may stand in His holy place?  The one who has clean hands and a pure heart…”

•      Broken Relationships - “Without anger or argument”

–    1^st Peter 3:7  “Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives with understanding of their weaker nature, yet showing them honor as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered”

 

Outlines of 1 Timothy for Bible study

Lesson-2

1. The Pattern of Grace    Verses 12-17

 

It Provides a Proto-type

•      Vs. 16   Phillips: “It was a kind of demonstration of the extent of Christ's patience towards the worst of men, to serve as an example to all who in the future should trust him for eternal life.”

•      Demonstrate: A representative symbol

•      Paul’s conversion is a proto-type of God’s grace at work in our lives

 

It Begins with a Plan

•      Vs. 12  “I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to the ministry”

•      Appointing me to the ministry

•      Strengthened me

–    ESV: “I thank him who has given me strength”

–    Word for dynamo and dynamite

•      Because he considered me faithful

–    i.e. He foreordered that I would be faithful, not because I had been faithful

 

It Changes a Past

•       Vs. 13  “One who was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an arrogant man. Since it was out of ignorance that I had acted in unbelief, I received mercy”

•       Blasphemer

–    Acts 26:9 & 11, NLT  "I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the followers of Jesus of Nazareth…    Many times I had them whipped in the synagogues to try to get them to curse Christ.”

•       Persecutor

–    Acts 8:3,NIV  “But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.”

 

•      Arrogant man

–    A bully who throws his weight around, enjoying humiliating others

•      Vs. 13  “…Since it was out of ignorance that I had acted in unbelief, I received mercy”

–    He didn’t knowingly reject Christ. Paul didn’t know that Christ was who He claimed to be.

–    Yet Paul was still responsible and needed mercy

–    But Paul wasn’t hardened beyond mercy

–    Because of the greatness of his sin, Paul marveled at the mercy he received

 

It Involves a Power

•      Vs. 14  “And the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.”

•      Overflowed: super-abounded

 

It is Based on a Principle

•      Vs. 15  “This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance:     

•      ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’—and I am the worst of them.”

•      Philips: "Christ Jesus entered the world to rescue sinners"

 

 

It Results in Praise

•      Vs. 17   “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”

•      King Eternal: King of all ages

•      Immortal: Beyond the ravages of death & decay

•      Invisible: Beyond human discovery or control

•      Only God: Unique in his being

 

2. The Perpetual Nature of Spiritual Warfare   Verses 18-19

 

It’s an Ongoing War

•      Vs. 18  “Timothy, my child, I am giving you this instruction… that by them you may strongly engage in battle...”

•      KJV “War a good warfare”

•      An entire military campaign, not a single battle

•      Weymouth:  “Continually fighting the good fight”

•      “This instruction” – a command, a charge, an order

 

It is Part of God’s Plan

•      Vs. 18-19  “Timothy, my child, I am giving you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies previously made about you, so that by them you may strongly engage in battle...”

•      The supernatural and specific direction from God for your life

–    “In keeping with the prophecies previously made about you”

 

It Requires God

•      Vs. 18-19  “… you may strongly engage in battle, having faith and a good conscience.”

•      Inspired by the prophetic word

•      They come back to strengthen us

–    “By them you may strongly engage in battle”

•      Literally, “In them, you may…”

•      Connected to God’s Resources by Faith

–    AMP: “Holding fast to faith (that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence) ”

 

•      Unleashed by a Good Conscience

–    Unburdened by guilt, free to focus

–    Not desensitized by hardness

•    1^st Timothy 4:2  “Having their own conscience seared with a hot iron”

 

 

 

3. The Peril of Becoming A Spiritual Shipwreck    Verses 19-20

 

It is the Result of Self-Will

•      Vs. 19-20  “Having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith.

•      Rejected these

–    i.e. “Faith and a good conscience”

•      Rejected

–    Push away, repudiate, deliberate rejection

–    Philips: “Some, alas, have laid these simple weapons contemptuously aside”

 

Its Consequences are Drastic

•      Vs. 19  “…suffered the shipwreck of their faith.”

•      Shipwreck

–    Literally, “To break a ship to pieces”

–    Today, They crashed and burned

 

 

It Results in Severe Discipline

•      Vs. 20  “…I have delivered them to Satan, so that they may be taught not to blaspheme.”

•      Delivered to Satan

–    1^st Corinthians 5:5  “Turn that one over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the Day of the Lord.”

 

•      Taught not to blaspheme

–    Taught: to correct through discipline and punishment

–    Hebrews 12:9, 11, NAS95  “Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father…?                                                   … All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”