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Introduction You don’t have to look very far or dig very deep to find that one of the main themes of the Christmas season is Peace. How many cards will show up in people’s homes that will proclaim peace or have sayings like “Peace on Earth” or Peace, Joy, and Love. When a card is sent that presents the…

Introduction The night of Jesus’ birth was a night like any other that would be a night like no other. Just days before, the decree went out through out the land that the entire empire was to be registered. A young man hears of the decree and looks to his betrothed who is at the last moments before the…

This weekend most people in our country and our churches will transition from the Thanksgiving holiday to the rush towards the Christmas season. We move from turkey and ham, family and friends to the rush of the crowds, the desire to find the perfect gift and to plan for holiday gatherings of fun and…

Introduction We are going to continue in verse 12 of the fourth chapter of 1st Timothy today. Feel free to turn there while we take a short look at the whole of chapter 4. Paul is encouraging Timothy to lead the church against the false teachers and the effects of those teachers. He instructed Timothy…

Introduction Over the last couple of weeks we have been looking at the 5 different areas of Timothy’s life that Paul instructed him to be an example for the believers. These were areas that he was to exhibit in his own personal life in his service to the Lord and in his leading of the church in Ephesus.…

Introduction The last couple of weeks we have been looking at one of my favorite verses 1 Timothy 4:12 . Paul tells Timothy to not let anyone look down on him because of his youth but to set an example for the believers. This is not the typical way that a person would deal with those that look down on…

Introduction Today we are going to continue looking at the encouragement that Paul gives Timothy about how he is to live his life as and example to the believers. He has been charged with addressing the false teaching that has found its way into the church community and is now causing the conduct of…

Introduction Today we continue in the book of 1st Timothy. A letter written from the Apostle Paul to his trusted student and Pastor Timothy. Last week we examined Paul’s encouragement to Timothy to be a good servant of Jesus. He told him to be nourished and built up by the word of faith that he had been…

Introduction This letter is a letter written from one man to another. From a mentor to a student. In many ways like a father to a son. 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope: 2 To Timothy, my true son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from…

Introduction 1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, 2 through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. 3 They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created…