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1 Timothy 6:1-10

1 Timothy 6:1-10. Conduct of Servants ( 6:1, 2) Warnings Against False Doctrine & False Teachers ( 6:3-5) Contentment (6:6-10 ). Conduct of Servants (6:1, 2 ). Paul expected Timothy to encounter slaves, thus the instruction on what to teach them.

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1 Timothy 6:1-10

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:1-10 Conduct of Servants (6:1, 2) Warnings Against False Doctrine & False Teachers (6:3-5) Contentment (6:6-10)

  2. Conduct of Servants (6:1, 2) • Paul expected Timothy to encounter slaves, thus the instruction on what to teach them. • So that God and the gospel will not be spoken against… Servants are to regard their masters as “worthy of all honor” • What if slave is a Christian and… • Master is evil: Does slave have right to be disrespectful, disobedient, disloyal, unreliable, unfaithful? (1 Pet. 2:18)

  3. Conduct of Servants (6:1, 2) • What if slave and master are both Christians • Do not be disrespectful because they are brothers • Slave must serve “all the more” • A Christian slave or master should be the very best slave or master in the world. This applied to all slaves whether their master was heathen or Christian. • Christian masters also had a special obligation to their slaves, whether Christians or not (Eph. 6:5-9).

  4. Conduct of Servants (6:1, 2) • The gospel changes lives…even in a life of slavery. • What freedom/slavery does the gospel teach? • Slave of sin (Jn 8:34) • Truth will make you free (Jn 8:32) • The gospel teaches how to conduct ourselves in whatever state we are (1 Cor 7:20-24)

  5. Warnings Against False Doctrine & False Teachers (6:3-5) • Paul revisits one of the main topics of the letter to Timothy • Those who advocate a different doctrine concerning the conduct of, not only slaves, but more broadly to anyone teaching anything contrary to the doctrine of our Lord. • Some teach out of ignorance and a lack of knowledge. Others, however, fall into this description.

  6. Warnings Against False Doctrine & False Teachers (6:3-5) • Conceited • Morbid interest in controversy/disputes • Causing • Envy • Strife • Abusive Language • Evil Suspicions • Friction • Supposing godliness is a means of gain

  7. Warnings Against False Doctrine & False Teachers (6:3-5) • There’s a false maxim which states that whatever prospers must be according to true religion and is evidence of God’s approval. • “Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; 3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words…” (2 Pet 2:2-3)

  8. Contentment (6:6-10) • But, godliness IS a means of great gain…when accompanied by contentment. • We brought nothing into the world and we cannot take anything out (Eccl 5:15) • Content with food and covering

  9. Contentment (6:6-10) On the other hand, • Those who want to get rich fall into • Temptation • Snares • Harmful desires • Ruin and destruction • The love of money… • Some have wandered from the faith as a result...

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