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Some Divine Keepsakes. 1 Timothy 6:20-21. King James Version (KJV) 20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
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1 Timothy 6:20-21 King James Version (KJV) 20O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: 21Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
God would have us keep: • Our hearts
Keep our hearts • Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. • Matthew 15:18-19, 13:10-17 • Hebrews 3:7-15
God would have us keep: • Our hearts • Ourselves
Keep ourselves • Jude 20-21 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. • Cf. John 14:15, 1 John 5:3
Keep ourselves • 1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. • Colossians 3:5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. • James 4:4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Keep ourselves • James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. • Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
God would have us keep: • Our hearts • Ourselves • The unity of the Spirit
Keep the unity of the Spirit • Ephesians 4:1-16 • The unity of the Spirit is kept by keeping the Spirit’s law. • Romans 8:1-2 Thereis therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
God would have us keep: • Our hearts • Ourselves • The unity of the Spirit • The faith
Keep the faith. • 1 Timothy 1:3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, • Cf. 1:18-20, Jude 3 • 2 Timothy 4:1-4, 1 Timothy 4:1-2 • 2 Timothy 4:6-8
Obey the gospel today! • Believe – John 3:16 • Repent – Acts 17:30 • Confess – Romans 10:10 • Be Baptized – Acts 2:38 • Be Faithful – John 8:51