Sermon Tone Analysis

Worship

Jesus, lover of my soul

Jesus, I will never let You go

You've taken me from the miry clay

You've set my feet upon the rock

And now I know

Jesus, lover of my soul

Jesus, I will never let You go

You've taken me from the miry clay

You've set my feet upon the rock

And now I know

Jesus, lover of my soul

Jesus, I will never let You go

You've taken me from the miry clay

You've set my feet upon the rock

And now I know

I love you (I love you)

I need you (I need you)

Though my world may fall (though my world may fall)

I'll never let You go

My Savior (my Savior)

My closest Friend

I will worship You (I will worship You until the very end)

Sing it, Jesus (Jesus, You're lover of my soul)

Sweet Jesus (Jesus, I will never let You go)

And You've taken me (You've taken me from the miry clay)

You've set my feet upon the rock

And now I know

More love, more power

More of You in my life

More love, more power

More of You in my life

And I will worship You, with all of my heart

I will worship You, with all of my mind

I will worship You, with all of my strength

For You are my Lord

Intro:

Welcome everyone.

Its our last night of the semester, and I hope you’ve enjoyed our time together.

I’ve been mostly leading the Monday nights, but tonight I want to begin to release you more to minister to each other.

My hope is that God would move on your hearts to take a more active role in this ministry.

Our 3 core values are real devotion to God, real community, and real responsibility to Christ’s commands to love and disciple.

We have focused mostly on devotion to God and a little bit of community.

Now that we have a bit more of a core group that we can move into more of a deeper community that has the shared goal of making disciples of all nations.

Tonight we are going to look at Paul’s first charge to Timothy to fight the good fight of faith.

Paul's Charge to Timothy

Paul's Charge to Timothy

His first charge is about growth

Read passage then read it in The Message.

Sermon Portion

What action words do you see here?

Circle them.

“But you” shows that Paul expected Timothy to be a stark difference from the false teachers he has been warning him about.

(vs.

3-10)

1. Flee these things ()

2. Pursue... () (constantly)

3. Fight the good fight of the faith () (continually) (athletic image implying running, boxing or wrestling (see NAC)

Others have shipwrecked theirs!

4. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called

He told Timothy earlier in chapter 1 to hold faith and a good conscience.

Because others did not, they shipwrecked their faith.

How do you hold on to a good conscience?

Don’t break it!

5. Made the good confession () at his public baptism.

6. keep the commandment unstained () This is probably...

“a commandment to Timothy to persevere in his own faith and ministry.”

7. keep the command free from reproach ()

Character of the Kingdom

What character traits do you see?

How can you reword them?

Righteousness: right character

* righteousness (character) n. — a life or lifestyle in conformity to justice, law, or morality as given by God.

(Bible Sense Lexicon)

Godliness: piety,

Godliness: piety,

εὐσεβέω (eusebeō), show devotion to; worship.

The Lexham Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament (Logos Bible Software, 2011).

The Lexham Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament (Logos Bible Software, 2011).

Faith, pistin: πίστιν, faithfulness

Faith, pistin: πίστιν, faithfulness

faithfulness n. — the quality of being faithful.

(Bible Sense Lexicon)

Love, agapen, ἀγάπην, Christian love

Love, agapen, ἀγάπην, Christian love

love (Christian) n. — a strong, non-sexual affection and regard for a person and their good as understood by God’s moral character; especially characterized by a willing forfeiture of rights or privileges in another person’s behalf.

(Bible Sense Lexicon)

Steadfastness, hypomonen, ὑπομονήν, endurance

Steadfastness, hypomonen, ὑπομονήν, endurance

steadfast endurance n. — the power to withstand hardship or stress; especially the inward fortitude necessary.

Gentleness, πραϋπαθίαν.

carries the root idea of humility.

Gentleness, πραϋπαθίαν.

carries the root idea of humility.

gentleness n. — acting in a manner that is gentle, mild, and even-tempered.

Which ones do you need to grow in?

Rank them in order of where you are strongest.

Righteousness, steadfastness, gentleness, godliness, faith, love.

Questions adapted from the Serendipitidy Bible:

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