I Timothy notes
by Peter Philippi
Last updated 03/09/18
Jul 31, 2016 -- MP3 audio 1Tim01
- A student of scripture from his youth
- Delicate in health
- Spiritually influenced by his grandmother and mother
- Paul concerned that he might withdraw or hold back under pressure
- He ministered with Paul for many years
- Pastored in Ephesus
- Very close and dear to Paul
- Strong exhortations to Timothy
- Paul addressed Titus more like a military man might address his subordinate, also in authority
- Paul took Titus to Jerusalem to defend gentile freedom from circumcision, and the Law
Aug 07, 2016 -- MP3 audio 1Tim02
I Timothy 1
- Author: Paul
- Apostle
- Apostle by the commandment of God
- God our Savior
- Apostle by the commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ
- The Lord Jesus Christ our hope
- The centrality of grace, mercy and peace in Paul’s ministry
GRACE: our uninterrupted access
GRACE: how we gained our stand
GRACE: to overcome sin
GRACE: to endure testing
GRACE: to contribute to people’s spiritual health
MERCY: the difference between grace and mercy
MERCY: the way God is now free to deal with the whole world
MERCY: its magnitude demonstrated first to Paul
MERCY: Timothy’s and Titus’ need to know
PEACE: our present standing
PEACE: our present manifestation
PEACE: our present possession
PEACE: our present claim
PEACE: our present rule
Aug 14, 2016 -- MP3 audio 1Tim03
- Jesus Christ is the means by which God the Father accomplishes His work
- Salvation
- Submission
- Creation
- Redemption
- Reconciliation
- Justification
- Propitiation
- Revelation
- Resurrection
- Communication
- Foundation
Aug 21, 2016 -- MP3 audio 1Tim04
- The importance of sound doctrine in the church
- DOCTRINE: the embodiment of truth received from Paul
- DOCTRINE: the need to preserve and protect it
- DOCTRINE: the only means of edification
- DOCTRINE: gives us the correct view and use of law
- DOCTRINE: the nourishment and focus of a preacher
- DOCTRINE: the great benefit of scripture
Aug 28, 2016 -- MP3 audio 1Tim05
- The distractions and deterrents from sound doctrine
- Fables
- Genealogies
- Law-keeping
- Vain jangling
- Profane and old wives’ fables
- Questions and strifes of words
- Profane and vain babblings and oppositions of so-called science
- Strife about words
- Foolish and unlearned questions
- Jewish fables and commandments of men
- Foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law
- Paul’s instruction to Timothy
- Stay at Ephesus to command those teaching other doctrine to stop
- And not to give attention to fables and endless genealogies
- These can only lead to questions rather than a clear understanding of the administration of what God is doing today, and which leads to faith
- The purpose of Paul’s commandment to Timothy
- Love out of a pure heart
- Love out of a good conscience
- Love out of a genuine faith
- The departure of some from Paul’s commandment
- To fruitless discussions
- Desiring to be teachers of the Law
- Ignorantly!
- The legitimate purpose and use of the Law
- Law is good IF it is used properly
- Law is not enacted upon a law-abiding person
- BUT is for lawless and unruly ones 14+ examples
- For those who reject the sound doctrine of the gospel committed to Paul!
Do this and live the Law commands But gives me neither feet nor hands
A better word the Gospel brings, It bids me fly, and gives me wings
- The unique ministry of the apostle Paul
- God’s enablement and empowerment of Paul for his unique ministry
- God’s acknowledgement of Paul’s faithfulness
- God’s appointment and calling of Paul for his unique ministry
Sep 18, 2016 -- MP3 audio 1Tim08
- God’s wonderful grace bestowed upon God’s great enemy
- A blasphemer, persecutor and injurious
- God’s mercy demonstrated to Paul
- God’s exceeding abundant grace with faith and love
- Paul chief of sinners, first member of the Body of Christ, and a pattern of all believers in this dispensation of grace
- Paul’s overwhelming gratitude
Sep 25, 2016 -- MP3 audio 1Tim09
- Paul’s next charge to Timothy
- The charge of a father to his son
- According to the prophecies that went before him
- War a good warfare
- Holding faith
Oct 2, 2016 -- MP3 audio 1Tim10
- Holding a good conscience
- The awful example of two men that did not: Hymaneaus and Alexander
- They made shipwreck
- They blasphemed
- They were turned over to Satan
I Timothy 2
- Prayer instructions 2:1-2a
- Purpose of the prayers 2:2b-3
- God’s deepest desire 2:4
- One God and one mediator 2:5
- One ransom payment for all 2:6a
- A specific timing for the proclamation of this great news 2:6b
- A selected proclaimer of this great news 2:7
Dec 18, 2016 -- MP3 audio 1Tim14
- God’s order as it pertains to men and women in the church
- Men in public prayer and spiritual leadership in the church 2:8
- The outward expressions must come from an inward reality
- The leading role of men in the church
- Women’s grace attitude 2:9-15
- Their adornment
- Their appearance 9
- Their qualities 9-10
Jan 08, 2017 -- MP3 audio 1Tim15
- Their learning 11
- Their teaching and authority 12
- The biblical rationale 13-14
- A woman’s "salvation" in childbearing 15
Jan 15, 2017 -- MP3 audio 1Tim16
I Timothy 3
- Instructions to be trusted
- The pastor/overseer/presiding officer of the local church
- It’s a man
- No "calling" but "desire"
- It’s a good work
- Qualifications
- Personal life
- Family life
- Public life
Feb 05, 2017 -- MP3 audio 1Tim18
So what we have is:
- The man’s character
- The man’s family
- The man’s reputation
- The man’s message
- It’s the emphasis of Paul’s instructions to pastor Timothy
- It’s the means God uses to offer salvation to the lost
- It is NOT by law-keeping
- It is NOT by our works
- It IS by the work of Jesus Christ
- It IS by grace
- It IS through faith
- It’s the way God equips Christians to do the work of ministry
Feb 12, 2017 -- MP3 audio 1Tim19
- The Deacon or helper: qualifications
- 3:8 Grave (honest, reverend)
- Not double-tongued
- Not given to much wine
- Not greedy of gain
- 3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience
- 3:10 Tested and proven
- 3:11 With an honorable wife
- 3:12 A one-woman man
- Managing their homes well
- 3:13 The two-fold result of using the office well
- 1) Good reputation and influence in the church
- 2) Great boldness in the faith
I Timothy 3
Apt to Teach & Holding the Mystery of the Faith
"Study to show yourself approved unto God a workman that needs not be ashamed rightly dividing
the Word of Truth" -- 2 Tim. 2:15 and 3:16-17
Be careful how you build...every man's "work" shall be made manifest -- I Corinthians 3:10-15
Time Past | But Now |
Hope | Hope |
Blessings | Blessings |
Gospel | Gospel |
Giving | Giving |
Prayer | Prayer |
Resurrection | Resurrection |
Commissions | Commissions |
12 Apostles | 1 Apostle |
Time Past | But Now |
Scriptures to and about: |
Angels | Angels |
Faith & Works | Faith & Works |
Baptisms | Baptism |
Program Revealed | Program Kept Secret |
Feb 19, 2017 -- MP3 audio 1Tim20
Feb 26, 2017 -- MP3 audio 1Tim21
Mar 5, 2017 -- MP3 audio 1Tim22
Mar 12, 2017 -- MP3 audio 1Tim23
Knowing Jesus Christ: According to the flesh 2 Cor 5:14-16 |
Knowing Jesus Christ: According to the revelation of the mystery 2 Cor 5:14-16 |
- Confirm promises to Israel
- Baptized by John: righteousness
- Gospel of the Kingdom: destination: earth
- Healing sickness/deseases
- Sermon on the Mount
- "Lord's Prayer"
- Relying on God for food and clothing
- Casting out demons
- Forming a Nation: birth, death, rebirth
- Believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of the living God: Name
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- A new Gospel
- Revelation of God's Righteousness/Wrath
- Principles of God's judgement
- Salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone
- Out of Adam into Christ
- Vital union with Christ in His death, burial and resurrection
- Seated / Blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places
- Forming of a Body
- Destination: heaven
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I Timothy 3:9
Holding the Mystery of the faith in a pure conscience
- The dramatic change in God’s program
- The only means of being spiritually established
- The new revelation and who it is meant for
- The destiny of this new program
- The clear understanding of His will for us
- The person it was first revealed to
- The love and sacrifice that made it all possible
- The need to focus on and proclaim this message boldly
- The need to receive and fully accept this message
- The way this new message is lived out
| Israel | Body of Christ |
Purpose |
Form a Nation |
Create a Body |
Hope |
Second coming of Christ |
Rapture of the Church |
Blessings on the world |
Through the rise of Israel |
Through the fall of Israel |
Blessings to God's people |
Conditional |
Unconditional |
Gospel |
Of the Kingdom |
Of the Grace of God |
Message to be believed |
Jesus: Christ, the Son of God |
Christ died for our sins |
Teaching on giving |
Obligatory tithe (Law-giving) |
Voluntary (Grace-giving) |
Prayer |
What God is doing with Israel |
What God is doing with us |
Resurrection |
So Christ sits on David's throne |
Justification and victory |
Commissions |
Teach all nations and baptize |
Ambassadors, reconciliation |
Apostles |
12 circumcision |
1 household manager |
Scriptures to and about |
Genesis-Acts 8, Heb-Rev |
Romans-Philemon |
Angels |
Ministering spirits |
Ministered to by us |
Faith and works |
Required as evidence of faith |
Faith without works |
Baptism |
Many |
One only |
Program |
Revealed |
Kept secret: Mystery |
I Corinthians 3:9 God’s Building / Temple
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I Timothy 4:13-16 |
Growth |
I Timothy 4:7-12 |
Godliness |
I Timothy 4:6 |
Good minister |
I Timothy 4:1-3 |
SPOE = Attacks truth |
I Timothy 3:16 |
Mystery of Godliness |
I Timothy 3:14-15 |
Conduct/Church = Pillar & Support of truth |
I Timothy 3:8-13 |
Servants/Supporters: "Deacons" |
I Timothy 3:1-7 |
Leaders/Rulers: "Bishop/Elder/Pastor" |
I Timothy 1:3-10 |
SPOE |
I Corinthians 3:12-17 |
"Work": building materials 2 Tim. 2:15 |
I Timothy 2:3-7 |
Salvation Truth |
I Timothy 1:11-16 |
New Gospel/New HH Mgr/New order/pattern |
I Corinthians 3:10-11 |
Foundation laid by Paul |
I Timothy 4
- Paul’s "latter times"
- Causes for departure from the faith
- Giving heed to seducing spirits
- Giving heed to doctrines of devils
- Speak lies in hypocrisy
- Have their conscience seared with a hot iron
- Forbid to marry
- Command to abstain from meats
- A Good minister of Jesus Christ
- Put brethren in remembrance
- Nourished up in the words of faith and good doctrine
- A godly minister of Jesus Christ
- Refuse profane and old wives fables
Christ’s ministry on Earth to Israel
- He came to confirm God’s promises to Israel
- He came preaching a unique "good news"
- He commissioned the 12 to do the same
- This message of the Kingdom has been promised from the beginning of time
- What Jesus commissioned the 12 after His resurrection in Mark 16:15-18
- Notice what was associated with the good news of the Kingdom in II, III and V
Christ’s ministry from heaven to the Body of Christ
- We are now proclaiming a different gospel
- Healing is not a sign associated with this gospel
- Healing for the Body of Christ takes place when we receive our new bodies
- God’s plan for today is that we might continuously access His grace, in every circumstance
- Notice the contrast between the message of the Kingdom which has been promised from the beginning of time and Paul’s message
Healing: 11 Conclusions/Lessons
- The fact that God doesn't, doesn't mean He can't
- The fact that God doesn't heal doesn't mean He doesn't care
- The fact that some are healed after someone prays is coincidental
- God is not glorified or pleased when He gets credit for something He didn't do
- Constantly invoking God's name results in taking God's name in vain (God did this, God spoke to me, God led me)
- When a believer and an unbeliever experience the exact same thing proves that it is not God doing it - remissions
- Misapplying scripture always results in confusion
- Encouraging or urging someone to pray for healing is to give them false hope
- Starting with experience negates the authority of scripture- other way around!
- Extra-biblical experiences invariably lead to boasting and spiritual pride
- God doesn't need a defense attorney making excuses for Him when healing doesn't come after a Christian's sincere prayer for healing
The Focus and Life of those in Service for Christ
- Keep reminding people of what’s really important
- Engage in the lifetime process of feeding on the words of faith and doctrine
- Reject what is worthless and vigorously pursue godliness
- The mystery of godliness
- The profit of godliness
- The absolute acceptability of it
- The consuming effort and possible consequences
- The universal provision of salvation
- Withstand criticism
- Focus rather on the exemplary Christian life
- Being careful about your words
- Exemplary in your behavior
- Loving in all situations
- Exemplary in spirit
- Solid in faith
- Pure in every way
- Give yourself to reading, exhorting believers and focusing on doctrine
- Pay attention to doctrine I Timothy 4:13
- Command that no other doctrine be taught I Timothy 1:3
- Identify the enemies of sound doctrine I Timothy 1:7-10
- Feed on Good doctrine I Timothy 4:6
- Focus your ministry on doctrine I Timothy 4:13
- Focus your life on doctrine I Timothy 4:16
- Make sure you’re not a bad reflection on doctrine I Timothy 6:1, 3
- Saturate others with doctrine II Timothy 3:10
- Scripture equips you with doctrine II Timothy 3:16
- Make sure your preaching is filled with doctrine II Timothy 4:2-3
- It is sound doctrine that exhorts and convicts the opposition Titus 1:9
- Let your speech be consistent with sound doctrine Titus 2:1
- Hold your doctrine with integrity, honesty and sincerity Titus 2:7
- Make sure your life compliments doctrine Titus 2:9-10
Why is this so important? Because
- The opposition to doctrine is fierce! I Timothy 4:1
- Don’t forget what you’ve received
- Ponder these things and give yourself completely to them
- Give attention to your life, to "the" doctrine, and persevere in them
- And the result: you will save your ministry and the effect on others
I Timothy 5
- Addressing a member of the assembly that is problematic
- When a member of the church family has a problem that affects individuals in the church or the assembly in general, we need to be loving enough to address it
- Don’t ignore the problem, that helps no one, including the individual
- When you do so, it needs to be done respectfully
- The caution and humility necessary Galatians 6:1
- The assembly’s responsibility for caring for widows in the assembly
- The responsibility of the widow’s family
- The responsibility of the church for qualifying widows
- The responsibility of the widow
- Do NOT put younger widows on the list
- The assembly's responsibility towards ruling elders 5:17-25
- The focus on "elders" 5:17 (Not novices)
- The responsibility of "ruling" and "laboring in the word and doctrine" 5:17
- The responsibility of "honoring" and "supporting" 5:17-18
- 1) Make sure it is generously if it is not burdensome to the assembly so that he does not have to struggle financially
- 2) It may be very little IF the assembly only has people who are living just to make ends meet
- 3) It should not be such that the pastor lives in outlandish luxury, seeking to get rich, and filled with the love of money
- 4) Support cannot come with strings attached so that you control the pastor and make him indebted to you
- Caution to be exercised when "accusing" an elder 5:19
- How to deal with the issue of a sinning elder 5:20
- Impartiality is essential 5:21
- Care is to be taken when appointing elders 5:22, 24-25
- Timothy’s physical illnesses 5:23
I Timothy 6
- A Christian servant’s attitude towards his master
- The impact of our attitudes
- Be very careful about your attitude when you have a believing "master"
- The great importance of living life the way GOD intends for us to live it, according to:
- The teaching of wholesome words
- Which are the words of our Lord Jesus Christ
- Which is the doctrine according to godliness
- Warning regarding those that reject Paul’s message
- They are not passive bystanders but proactively teach otherwise
- They reject God’s wholesome message
- They reject the doctrine that is according to godliness
- They are proud
- They know nothing
- They are mentally "sick"
- They only generate (1) envy, (2) strifes, (3) railings, (4) evil surmisings, (5) perverse disputings; they are: (6) destitute of the truth; they (7) assume that prosperity is evidence of God’s blessing
- Get away from these people!!!
- Grace teaches us what is truly valuable in this life: godliness with contentment
- Grace teaches us the temporal and passing nature of possessions
- Grace teaches us contentment with the basics of life
- God tells us that to long for riches results in devastation
- If your desire in life is to be rich you put yourself in a position to be tempted to sin
- If your desire in life is to be rich you will fall into an awful trap
- If your desire in life is to be rich you will fall into many foolish and hurtful lusts
- ALL of which leads to destruction and spiritual ruin
- God’s servant must run from these things
- And pursue hard after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness
- Fight the good fight of (the) faith
- Follow the example of Paul
- Follow the example of Christ
- The glory that awaits us!
- Instructions for the rich
- Be humble
- Do not trust in uncertain riches
- Trust in the Lord
- Do good, rich in good works
- Be ready and willing to give
- Focus on that which is eternal
- Above all, guard that which has been committed to you