The Lord’s Grace to Paul
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 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. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life. 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
The Charge to Timothy Renewed
18 Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you,so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, 19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith. 20 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
-1 Timothy 1:12-20
These verses are want the preacher went over at my parents' church this morning and I thought they had a lot of good points in them to remember. The verses tells us how to be serving the Lord and what will happen if we do and if we don't. The preacher really pushed serving and encouraging with these verses this morning. Here is what I put in my notes from the sermon and what I got from it. It is verse by verse type of thing.
-Verse 12-God enabled us so we need to be thankful. God puts us in a ministry by the passions that He gives us. We should be faithful in serving God with that passion.
-Verse 13-God saved Paul from his sins and Paul gives God all the glory for the ministry/work he does because he knew it was given to him by God. Paul share his testimony/story in this verse and chapter.
-Verse 14-This verse gives the meaning of Grace with three words, "poured out abundantly".
-Verse 15-This verse should be the focus of everything. It should be the way we live on lives. We are sinners and Jesus died for us to be saved by Him.
- Verse 16-It tells us that we need to have patience with "sinners" like God had patience with us and Paul. That means even the worst sinners and I will admit that is hard for me because I think about what the parents are doing with the children and why we have them at my job and I ask "why?" The answer is: "we are all sinners of the flesh." Christians need to be helping instead of asking why.
- Verse 17-We need to and can Honor God by spending Time with Him.
-Verse 18-This verse reminders us that we have the confidence from the Lord to fight with Him and in His Battles. The Lord will always be beside us in everything if He has given it to us to do.
-Verse 19-This verse tells us to have a clear conscience and to do that and keep doing that is by having Faith in Christ.
These verses say it clear and simple what we should be doing and how we should be doing it. You could even call them the main steps of ministry. They also show how God gave Grace to Paul and how and why He gives Grace to us.
Lesson from Today: Life is a ministry to the people around us no matter what our job is whether it is a stay at home mom or a business person. LIFE IS A MINISTRY! We just need to find out a way to use it has a ministry whether encouraging friends, having patience with co-workers, having confidence enough to speak up when we should, or spending time with God.
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