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*The Way We Were** ** * February 24, 2008
1 Timothy 1:12-17
*Introduction: Reading Someone Else’s Mail*
*The Way We Were*
When Gloria, our church administrative assistant, saw the title of my sermon today, she asked the quite logical question:
“Are you going to be singing the song?”
While the title of my sermon is probably better know too many of us
As the title of both a movie and its theme song
I will spare you hearing me try to out do Barbara Streisand
With my rendition
Truthfully, I haven’t seen the movie in many, many years
And not having it in my NetFlix queue
It is highly unlikely that will change
So the good or bad news for you today is that I really won’t be referencing the movie at all.
I just borrowed the title…it is as simple as that.
Now, having stated that plainly,
And not currently running for President
I feel comfortable that I won’t be accused of plagiarism today.
Open you Bibles with me today to
*/1 Timothy 1:12-17 (Page 1274)/*
*Reading Someone Else’s Mail*
Today we are going to be looking at a fairly short passage of scripture
Which gives us a fairly intimate look at the Apostle Paul
While we call this the */book /*of First Timothy it is of course */a letter/*
Or in Greek an */“Epistle”/*
Paul, perhaps the most notable and influential of the Apostles is writing to his good friend and fellow worker Timothy…hence the name of the letter.
It is likely that this letter was written sometime between Paul’s first and second imprisonments in Rome, around 62-64 AD.
*/Verse 3/* indicates Paul was likely writing from */Macedonia/*
And area located to the north of Greece
Which included cities like */Thessalonica and Philippi/*
Other places Paul visited and sent letters to
Sometime previous to this Paul asked Timothy,
one of his young protégées or mentorees
To stay behind in Ephesus to lend leadership to that church
In this letter Paul will give Timothy instruction to
refute the false teachers that were popping up
And to establish of elders and deacons
As the spiritual leadership structure for the church
But in this early section of the letter
There is something more personal and intimate that Paul reveals
*/In essence…We are reading someone else’s mail today/*
This is not a passage of deep theological complexity
Nor is it meant to provide Timothy with a main teaching point
To pass along to others concerning some aspect of doctrine
Rather it is a passage that reveals a bit of the heart of Paul
It is a portion of his personal testimony of faith
He is passing along to Timothy a reminder of something
Timothy already knew
*Read the Text:*
Prayer: Lord, as we read these words of Paul, his expression of gratitude towards you, may we find our own spirits moved in the same way.
Lord, you asked Paul to write these words to Timothy, and you preserved them for us as well so that we might grow in our knowledge and love of you.
Would you guide us now as we study this passage that we might get all you desire for us out of it.
Lord, please guide our hearts and minds to be open to what you reveal, and guide my mouth that I might say what is appropriate for this day.
In your precious name Lord Jesus, we pray.
*Being Thankful V 12 *
*/1 Timothy 1:12/*
*/I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service./*
*/ /*
One of the things I am consistently aware of
Is the tremendous privilege it is that my full-time vocation is as a pastor
That I am able each day to rise in the morning and look forward
To using the vast majority of my waking hours spend on something
As meaningful as the building up Christians
And a local church
It is a privilege and I do have joy in being your pastor
But I can’t help but consider all that Paul went through in his life
The hardships, imprisonments, traveling, etc.
Were not easy to endure
*/Paul is thanking God for the physical, spiritual and emotional/*
*/ Strength to do all he has done and will do/*
He is expressing a sense of humbleness that God would even consider him
Faithful, capable or worthy enough to be used by Him.
The expression */“Appointing me to His Service”/*
Has the literal meaning in the Greek of
*/Being put or placed into service or ministry/*
He is expressing thankfulness for being selected
Chosen…picked and placed
*/And this is a huge change for him…/*
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*Thankful, For Good Reason V 13-14 *
*/1 Timothy 1:13 \\ /**/Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief./*
\\ \\
Paul’s thankfulness for his selection or calling to ministry
Comes from his understanding that he has come a long way
From where his was.
*/Paul’s life before coming to faith in Christ was marked by three things/*
*/He was a…/*
*Blasphemer-* Someone who speaks against or ridicules God
He had resisted the new movement of God
by cursing the name of Jesus,
by rejecting the message of Christ and His followers
*Persecutor-* in that he was very actively involved in the hunting down and prosecuting the Jesus Followers.
He was committed to the defense of Judaism and the squashing of this new movement.
*Violent-* Acts 6 & 7 describes the testimony of Stephen, who was stoned to death for his faith, and that Paul was there as well.
In Chapter 8 of Acts we find this:
*/Acts 8:1-3 \\ /**/And Saul was there, giving approval to his death./*
\\ */Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him./*
\\ */But Saul began to destroy the church.
Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison./*
\\ \\
No where do we find it recorded that Paul (or Saul)
physically killed anyone himself…but clearly he was aggressive
and in his own words */Violent/*
*/And yet…This Blaspheming, persecuting, violent man/*
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