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3 Commands and a Promise
1 Timothy 4:11-5:3

11 Command and teach these things.
12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.
14 Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.
15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress.
16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
1 Timothy 4:11-16

1 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers,
2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.
3 Honor widows who are truly widows.
1 Timothy 5:1-3

“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Live what you preach.

Commit to God’s Word.

Use the gifts God has given you.

Give yourself wholeheartedly to the conduct of your life and having right doctrine and everyone will see your growth.

Hope in the Truth
Dustin, John, and Jon
1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,
3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
4 For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
5 for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.
6 If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.
7 Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness;
8 for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
9 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.
10 For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
1 Timothy 4:1-10

6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
1 John 2:19

19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
Ephesians 4:19

19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,
21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:19-21

31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31

My Wife is the Best
1 Timothy 3:11

In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything. 1 Timothy 3:11

The Family of God
1 Timothy 3:14-16

The blessing of belonging.
The centrality of Christ

19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.” Ephesians 2:19-22

Breaking Up Is (NOT) Hard to Do

Psalm 139 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Jeremiah 15 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Job 31:15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?

1 Timothy 3:2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

12 A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.

Titus 1:5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you. 6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife,

1 Peter 5:3 “not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.”

HOUSE RULES
“Shepherding Your Home”
1 Timothy 3:4-5


*1 Timothy 3:4a – “He must manage his own household competently…” (CSB)

*1 Timothy 3:4b “…and have his children under control with all dignity.” (CSB) – “And see that his children obey him, and He must do so is a manner worthy of full respect.” (NIV)

*1 Timothy 3:5 – “If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?” (CSB)

What I would do again but improve upon…

Love my family more

Lead my family better

Laugh with my family more (They always laugh at him)

Let them go earlier


What is the next step you need to take today in shepherding your family?

Avoiding a Recession

1 Timothy 6:6-10
But godliness with contentment is great gain, 7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. 8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. 9 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. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

Proverbs 22:7. The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.

Philippians 4:12-13
12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Money and material possessions do not lead to contentment.

Misconceptions about money:
It will solve all my problems.
If I had just a little bit more I would be content.
I must have what others have to be happy
I would have more time to do the things I really want to do

2. Circumstances are not in control of my level of contentment.

Proverbs 11:25, “A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”

Proverbs 21:5, The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

3. A strong relationship with God will bring contentment

Luke 12:22-34
22 And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 26 If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, lO you of little faith! 29 And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, or be worried. 30 For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

4. Cultivating a thankful heart will produce contentment

Who’s Your Stranger?
1 Timothy 3:1-7

A Qualification of an Overseer/Pastor/Elder:
Titus 1:7-8: “For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.”

“The entire Bible is a true historical account of God’s hospitality.” - Dustin Willis & Brandon Clements from “The Simplest Way to Change the World”

Hospitality has been both an attribute and expectation for all believers.
Attribute:
Acts 2:46 - “And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,”
Acts 16:15 - “And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, ‘If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.’ And she prevailed upon us.”
Acts 16:33-34 - “And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.”
Expectation:
Romans 12:13 - “Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.”
1 Peter 4:9 - “Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.”

Biblical hospitality is “making strangers into neighbors and neighbors into the family of God.” - Rosaria Butterfield from “The Gospel Comes With a House Key”

Hebrews 13:2 - “Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

Hospitality is more about blessing others, while entertaining is more about impressing others.

Hospitality is more about being interested rather than interesting.

Adopt the Always Rule: If you see a neighbor and you don’t know them, always drop everything you’re doing and meet them.

Take one next step:
Have one short conversation/greeting a day with a stranger.
Once a week, invite a neighbor or Church member to tag along with you.
Once a month, invite people from your Church and the community into your home (e.g. cookout, game night, watching movies/sports, play date)
Learn how to fix one easy meal for people. (Brownies will do.)
Once a month, plan to stay for 30 minutes after the Sunday morning worship service.
Once a year, invite a stranger or a neighbor to a holiday event (Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas).

Qualifications for Church Leaders

“The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil. Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭3:1-13‬ ‭ESV

God’s Plan is Good
1 Timothy 2:8-15 ESV

1 Timothy 3:15 15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling;


9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30

11 Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness.

12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.

15 Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.