Life-Study of 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon

Message: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Life-study of first Timothy
God’s dispensation versus differing teachings _msg.1

I. The purpose of the four Epistles
A. First Timothy — to unveil God’s dispensation concerning the church
B. Second Timothy — to inoculate the church against the decline
C. Titus — to maintain the order of the church
D. Philemon — an illustration of the believers’ equal status in the new man
II. Introduction
A. Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus
B. To Timothy, genuine child in faith
III. God’s dispensation versus differing teachings
A. Differing teachings
1. Myths
2. Unending genealogies
3. Giving occasion for questions
4. Vain talking
5. The law
B. God’s dispensation
1. God’s household economy
2. God’s household administration
3. The focus of the Apostle Paul’s ministry
4. In faith
5. According to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God
6. A pattern under God’s dispensation
a. The foremost sinner
b. Having obtained mercy
c. Favored with the Lord’s grace
d. Saved by Christ Jesus
e. Believing on Christ unto eternal life
f. To display all the longsuffering of Christ and to be a pattern to all the believers
7. Honor and glory to the King of the ages

Faith and a good conscience needed for the keeping of the faith _msg.2

I. A charge committed by the apostle to his child Timothy
A. According to the prophecies previously made concerning Timothy
B. To war the good warfare
C. In the prophecies
II. Holding faith and a good conscience
A. Faith, our believing act
B. A good conscience
C. Shipwrecked

Prayer to carry out God’s desire for man’s salvation _msg.3

A proper prayer life for a proper church life
Godliness and gravity
Our Savior God
God’s desire
One Mediator
The testimony borne in its own times
Paul’s triple status
Faith and truth
The principle of incarnation

The normal life of the brothers and sisters in the church _msg.4

I. The brothers
A. Praying in every place
B. Lifting up holy hands
C. Without wrath and reasoning
II. The sisters
A. Adorning themselves
B. Learning
C. Their salvation

Overseers and deacons for the church’s administration _msg.5
The function of the church _msg.6

I. The house of the living God
II. The pillar and base of the truth
III. The mystery of godliness

The prediction of the decline of the church _msg.7

I. The spirit’s prediction
II. Departing from the faith
III. The truth concerning food

A good minister of Christ _msg.8

I. Laying these things before the brothers
II. Being nourished
III. Refusing profane and old-womanish tales
IV. Exercising unto godliness
V. A pattern to the believers
VI. Not neglecting the gift

Dealing with the saints of different ages _msg.9

The divine standard and the human level
Living a normal human life
Exercising wisdom
In all purity
Doing our duty

Dealing with the elders _msg.10

I. Elders counted worthy of double honor
II. An accusation against an elder
III. Laying hands on elders

Dealing with slaves and money lovers _msg.11

I. With slaves under the yoke
II. With money lovers
A. Teaching differently
B. Blinded with pride
C. Godliness with contentment
D. The desire to be rich

A man of God _msg.12

Fleeing and pursuing
Fighting the good fight of the faith
Laying hold on eternal life
The charge to a man of God
A charge to the rich
Guarding the deposit

Life-study of second Timothy
The divine provisions for the inoculation against the decline of the church _msg.1

I. The subject of the book: inoculation against the decline of the church
II. Introduction
III. The divine provisions for the inoculation
A. A pure conscience
B. Unfeigned faith
C. The divine gift
D. A strong spirit
E. Eternal grace
F. The incorruptible life
G. The healthy words
H. The indwelling Spirit

The basic factor of the decline — forsaking the apostle and his ministry _msg.2

I. The apostasy
II. The faithfulness

The inoculator _msg.3

I. A teacher
II. A soldier
III. A contender
IV. A husbandman
V. A workman

The spread of the decline _msg.4

I. Avoiding profane, vain babblings
A. Advancing to more ungodliness
B. Spreading as gangrene
C. Hymenaeus and Philetus
1. Having misaimed concerning the truth
2. Overthrowing the faith of some
II. The firm foundation of God and its seal
III. A great house
A. Vessels unto honor and unto dishonor
B. Cleansed from the dishonorable vessels
IV. Paul’s charge to Timothy
A. Fleeing and pursuing
B. Calling on the Lord
C. Refusing foolish and ignorant questionings
D. Not contending
E. Correcting those who oppose

The worsening of the decline _msg.5

I. The difficult times
A. Coming in the last days
B. What men shall be
II. The inoculator standing against the tide of the decline
III. The worsening of the decline

The antidote of the inoculation _msg.6

I. The divine Word
A. Of the New Testament
B. Of the Old Testament
II. The Scripture
A. All God-breathed
B. Profitable
C. To complete the man of God

The incentive to the inoculator _msg.7

I. The apostle’s charge
II. The time of apostasy
III. Timothy, the inoculator
IV. Paul, the pattern
V. The reward — the incentive

The issue of the decline _msg.8

I. Loving the present age
II. Doing many evils
III. The conclusion

Life-study of Titus
Establishing the authority in the church _msg.1

I. The subject of the book: the maintenance of the order of the church
II. Introduction
A. Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ
B. To Titus, a genuine child according to the common faith
III. To establish the authority in the church
A. The apostle’s charge
B. The qualifications of the elders

Dealing with the influence of Judaism and Gnosticism _msg.2

The influence of Judaism
A. Unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers
B. The true testimony of a cretan prophet
C. The apostle’s charge
II. The influence of Gnosticism
A. Jewish myths — the seed of Gnostic mythologies
B. Commandments of men who turn away from the truth
C. The apostle’s charge

Bringing the saints of different ages into an orderly life _msg.3

I. To speak the things which are fitting to healthy teaching
II. Concerning the aged men
A. Temperate
B. Grave
C. Of a sober mind
D. Healthy
1. In faith
2. In love
3. In endurance
III. Concerning the aged women
IV. Concerning the young women
V. Concerning the younger men
VI. The apostle’s charge

Charging slaves to behave well in the social system of slavery _msg.4

I. The charge to the slaves
II. The grace of God
III. The apostle’s charge to Titus

Charging the saints to keep a good relationship with the government _msg.5

A charge to the saints
God’s supply
Kindness, love, and mercy
Washing and renewing
Heirs according to the hope of eternal life
A charge to Titus

Dealing with a factious one _msg.6

I. The apostle’s charge
II. Dealing with a factious man
III. The conclusion of the book
A. The apostle’s fellowship
B. Greetings

Life-study of Philemon
A slave reborn to be a brother _msg.1

I. The subject of the book
II. Introduction
III. A slave reborn to be a brother

A brother recommended for the acceptance of the new man _msg.2

I. The apostle’s recommendation
II. The apostle’s promise
III. The apostle’s request and confidence
IV. The conclusion

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Life-Study of 1 &amp; 2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon

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