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I Timothy 2: 8-15
August 16, 2009
Exordium: This passage is about how we worship-an important subject since we do that every Lord’s Day- as well as in our homes. We want to get it right.
This part of the Word of God takes us back all the way to the beginning of things, when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and judgments came upon them. These are judgments we live with every day.
But in worship we reverse these curses and actually turn them into blessings. Let me show you what I mean. Since the curses were separate and different for the man and the woman, we must turn them into blessings separately. In this section of First Timothy, the men come first.
I Timothy 2:1-8
August 9, 2009
Exordium: Last week we closed on the matter of the conscience, how valuable a gift it is! Along with faith it is a weapon of the Christian in the warfare of the Christian life.
We made commitments:
1. Daily to be exposed to at least one chapter of the Word of God as a means of increasing our faith.
2. Daily to examine our conscience to see if there are adjustments in attitude or action that need to be made.
The conscience needs to be cherished as one or our most precious possessions. We do that in worship and prayer. That is why it is so important to learn to pray. Have you learned to pray in the Biblical way of prayer?
I TIMOTHY 1: 12-20
August, 2, 2009
Exordium: You are like a flower bed to me. At first, you all looked alike, but as I get to know you, each of you has his or her own beauty. I see God’s grace at work in each of you in a different way. In some, He is nurturing, others guiding, some He is comforting, some He is employing in His purposes and program and in some all of the above are visible. In every case, He is growing you up in Christ.
