Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC) Aug 17, 2025 ========== August 17 - Field Guide Welcome! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at [email protected]. We glorify God by making disciples of all nations. ========== Connection Card https://istrouma.org/myinfo Hope for All 1 Timothy 1:8-17 ‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭8‬-‭17‬‬ Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 1. Resources 2. Responsibilities 3. Results False Teaching and Teachers 1:3 - teaching a different doctrine 1:6 - swerving from a pure heart, good conscience, and sincere faith 1:6 - wandering away into vain discussions 1:7 - lacking understanding 1:10 - practicing something contrary to sound doctrine 1:19 - making shipwreck of their faith 1:20 - blaspheming 4:1 - departing from the faith 4:1 - devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons 4:2 - insincere, lying, having a seared conscience 4:7 - perpetuating irreverent, silly myths 5:15 - straying after Satan 5:20 - persisting in sin 6:10 - wandering away from the faith 6:20 - irreverent babble and contradictions 6:21 - swerving from the faith Crossway Bibles, The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2008), 2325.