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”

 

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