First Epistle to Timothy

But the judge never heard that before.

He picks up his own Bible, because he's got the score in the Bible, and gives him an email to tell him exactly where to find it, in the fifth chapter of 1 Timothy.

And here he looks at the fifth chapter of 1 Timothy, and the judge reads it, pays dismiss, transfer on a book, and then not go by it, so he dismisses the vino.

But that's not what it means.

It means to take this wonderful psychological truth which is symbolized as water and then stop just simply absorbing it and pouring it in and apply the truth that you know.

He added that he has no plans to choose pleasing man over what God has revealed.

Most pastors and Bible scholars point to 1 Timothy, 1 Timothy 3, chapter 3, verse 2. which says a church leader must be the husband of one wife.

That is like one of the most popular passages from the Bible when it comes to this.

The Fords clearly read it differently.

But I take to take a look at it and show you what I didn't understand until the Lord taught me what this was saying and why it drove me crazy.

And that's 1 Timothy 2, 1 to 7.

First of all, then, I urge you, urge, strong word, I urge you.

So it's like Paul's getting your attention here.

Okay, now this is where it gets good.

You got the background.

So 1 Timothy 2, 1 to 6.

First of all, I urge you that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people.

In the territory of Jezreel the dog shall eat the flesh of Jezebel, and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.

A reading from 1 Timothy Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honour, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers.

Rather, they must serve all the better, since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.

We see it in the Old as well.

But the question is, what is the result? Or not the result, but what is Paul's reaction? What is his reaction to this glorious gospel that has pulled him out of the mire to such a great degree? And so in 1 Timothy 1...

And I'm going to read verses 12 through 13, but just to give you a tiny snapshot of what just took place.

Basically, between verses 8 through 10, after Paul starts to kind of get into the epistle a good bit.

And the word of God, there's a verse that came to mind.

It says first Timothy five, eight, where it says, if anyone does not provide for his own, especially those in his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an infidel or nonbeliever.

And even in that, If you have other priorities in your life, like your family, and this could jeopardize you actually being able to take care of your family.

Because say the kid, 21, so he's a grown man.

Like, who are the leaders of the church, right? It's the elders and pastors.

And we see this super clearly here.

When you go to Titus chapter 2 and you go to 1 Timothy, who are the leaders of the church? It's supposed to be elders and pastors in whom we have very clear instruction on the guidelines of who the kind of people that they should be and the qualities of these kinds of men.

And so we hope that was helpful for you, Pam.

It was just this natural gesture and kindness flowing out of his heart that left this legacy behind, that changed our nation.

Amen? I guess the question for us tonight is, you know, what does legacy look like for us as believers today? And I want to read from 1 Timothy verse 6 as we kind of open up this idea for us as a church.

And I'm going to start from verse 6.

And it says this, But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

The fruit will bear itself if you follow Jesus.

He will make your heart open enough so that you can sow a legacy.

The other thing, and I want to read from verse 17 in 1 Timothy.

Where's my text? Here we go.

She cannot teach and exercise authority over a man.

That's in violation of 1 Timothy 2.

And you might go to my series in 1 Timothy, if this might be helpful to this individual, where I go through every single passage in the Old and the New Testaments.

whether it's Miriam or the sister of Moses or the four virgin daughters of Philip who are called prophetesses.

And I go through every single passage that people use, Deborah, you name it, to justify a woman being a pastor of a local church.