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I Quit! 1 Timothy 1:1-11

I Quit! 1 Timothy 1:1-11. Raymond Edman , long time President of Wheaton College used to say, “It is always too soon to quit”. You Can’t Quit Because God Has Put You There and Still Is With You . 1 Tim 1;1,2: 1 and 2Timothy 1Tim. 1:1,2, Triple Blessing . Grace:

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I Quit! 1 Timothy 1:1-11

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  1. I Quit!1 Timothy 1:1-11 • Raymond Edman, long time President of Wheaton College used to say, “It is always too soon to quit”. • You Can’t Quit Because God Has Put You There and Still Is With You. 1 Tim 1;1,2: 1 and 2Timothy • 1Tim. 1:1,2, Triple Blessing

  2. Grace: • God is lovingly disposed to His children, who he wants to shower with His grace... • Mercy: • In Hebrew it is that special word “Hesed”=”loving kindness”. • PEACE. • “Shalom” Peace with God, God’s peace. Inner peace for living. • Grace upon grace to equip him for ministry • Mercy upon mercy to attend to his distress • Peace upon peace to bring him tranquillity and well-being throughout his life.

  3. 2. You Can’t Quit Because Your Mentor is there For You. 1Tim 1:1,2,5; 1 and 2 Timothy • a. Motivated by Love • Matt 22:37-40 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

  4. John 13:34, 35 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” • Love is the overflow of joy in God which gladly meets the needs of others”John Piper

  5. b. Built on a Pure Heart • Matt 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart,   for they will see God. • Psalm 86:11 Teach me your way, Lord,  that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart (pure heart),  that I may fear your name.

  6. Jer. 32:38, 39 38 They will be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them singleness of heart (a pure heart) and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. • “This radical purity and focus is in the depths of one’s being and elicits love from one’s heart” Kent Hughes

  7. c. Rooted in a Good Conscience • Rom. 2:15; 9:1 An inner awareness of right and wrong. • A “good conscience” is an inner moral approval from God and God’s people. • “A “good conscience” is innately joyous. Love for others is its boon.”Kent Hughes • d. Supported by a Sincere (Authentic) Faith. It is a faith without hypocrisy. • It is authentic. It is real. • Faith and love are linked 8 times in 1 and 2 Timothy

  8. 3. You Can’t Quit Because Your Family is Behind You. 2Tim 1:3-7 • 2Timothy 1:3-7 3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

  9. 2Tim 3:14,15 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

  10. 4. You Can’t quit Because Truth is on Your Side 1Tim 1:3-11 • Don’t cut corners with truth • Tim, “you endure like a good soldier of Jesus Christ” • “You work night and day with tears” • “Preach the Word; in season, out of season; rebuke, reprove, exhort with long suffering and doctrine” • When you get discouraged, don’t forget what you learned at your mother’s and grandmother’s knee.

  11. 21st Century Application • 1Timothy 1:5 “But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith”

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