Beware: The Bible Can Mess You Up! Series

1 Timothy: Doing Church God’s Way

North Coast Church

Message #1 July 8-9, 2006 Dr. Larry Osborne

Beware: The Bible Can Mess You Up!

1 Timothy 1:1-11

Sermon Outline

Note: PowerPoints and Small Group Worksheets

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1 TIMOTHY:

Who, What & Why?

1 Timothy 1:1-3 & 1 Timothy 3:14-15/ Acts 20:17-38/ Revelation 2:1-7

● READ vs. 1:1-3

● Paul ~ The Apostle

● Timothy ~ The Young Pastor

17 times in 10 NT books!

● Ephesus ~ The Church

- Lots of festering problems

- Rev 2:1-7 ~ Eventually Succumbed!

THE USE & MISUSE

OF GOD’S WORD:

1 Timothy 1:3-11

BEWARE: THE BIBLE CAN MESS YOU UP!

● READ vs. 1:3-7

How Theologians Make A Name For Themselves

~ The New & Novel ~ No one wants to be a clone!

~ The Complex & Deep ~ He must be brilliant!

It’s true in every academic field!

Barfgabble

1) Respected source

2) A field you think you know

3) Unintelligible

HOW TO RECOGNIZE DANGEROUS BIBLE TEACHING:

1 Timothy 1:3-7/ Deuteronomy 29:29 & 2 Corinthians 1:13/ 2 Timothy 2:23 & Titus 3:9-11

 Speculation.

Prophecy/ OT Allegories Gnostic Gospels…

Deut. 29:29 ~ Secret things belong to God. Things revealed belong to us.

2 Cor 1:13 ~ nothing between the lines!

 Controversy.

Calvin/Arminian – Creation Politics – Doc Nit Picking – etc

2 Tim 2:23 ~ Avoid foolish & stupid arguments, they produce quarrels!

Tit 3:9-11~ Just three warnings!

 Confident Ignorance.

~ 1 Tim 1:6-7

Gave it my best shot prophecy teacher? Sept 9, 1989 Edger Whisenant Retired NASA engineer

HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE REAL DEAL:

1 Timothy 1:5-6/ 1 Corinthians 13:1-4/ 1 Corinthians 8:1

 It produces agape love.

1 Cor 13:1-4

Rev 2:1-7

 It focuses primarily on character, obedience and trusting God.

Ÿ CHARACTER~ Pure Heart

Ÿ OBEDIENCE~ Good Conscience

Ÿ TRUSTING GOD~ Sincere Faith

HOW TO READ & RESPOND TO THE OLD TESTAMENT:

1 Timothy 1:8-11/ Romans 3:20 & Galatians 3:10-13 / Romans 7:5 & 7/ Galatians 3:24-25

 It is not a stairway to heaven.

● READ vs. 1:8-11

Law = OT Laws

Rom 3:20~ No one declared R. by the law

Gal 3:9-10~ Under a curse!

 It exposes our sin.

Rom 7:5 & 7

ü Wet Paint sign!

ü Wouldn’t know revenge is wrong if not told!

 It points us to Jesus.

Gal 3:24-25

HOW TO READ & STUDY

YOUR BIBLE:

2 Timothy 3:16-17/ James 1:22-25

READ IT TO FIND OUT. . .

What God is like

2 Tim 3:16-17 ~ All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

How to live

Jms 1:22-25 ~ Be doers not just hearers of the word!

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1 Timothy: Doing Church God’s Way North Coast Church

Message #1 July 8-9, 2006 Dr. Larry Osborne

Beware: The Bible Can

Mess You Up!

1 Timothy 1:1-11

1 TIMOTHY:

Who, What & Why?

1 Timothy 1:1-3 & 1 Timothy 3:14-15/ Acts 20:17-38/ Revelation 2:1-7

THE USE & MISUSE

OF GOD’S WORD:

1 Timothy 1:3-11

HOW TO RECOGNIZE DANGEROUS BIBLE TEACHING:

1 Timothy 1:3-7/ Deuteronomy 29:29 & 2 Corinthians 1:13/ 2 Timothy 2:23 & Titus 3:9-11

 ____________________.

 ____________________.

 ____________________.

HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE REAL DEAL:

1 Timothy 1:5-6/ 1 Corinthians 13:1-4/ 1 Corinthians 8:1

 It produces____________________ love.

 It focuses primarily on ____________________, ____________________ and

____________________.

HOW TO READ & RESPOND TO THE OLD TESTAMENT:

1 Timothy 1:8-11/ Romans 3:20 & Galatians 3:10-13 / Romans 7:5 & 7/ Galatians 3:24-25

 It is not a ____________________.

 It____________________ our ____________________.

 It ____________________ us to ____________________.

HOW TO READ & STUDY

YOUR BIBLE:

2 Timothy 3:16-17/ James 1:22-25

READ IT TO FIND OUT. . .

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Food for Thought

For the week of July 9, 2006

(Questions and Scriptures for further study)

1. This weekend we explored the difference between the proper use and the misuse of the Bible. We saw that the ultimate goal of studying and knowing the Bible is not to simply fill our minds with biblical information; it’s to change the way we think about God and the way we live. How do the following verses speak to this insight?

Philippians 1:9-11

Colossians 1:9-14

2. Those who misuse the Bible often distort the meaning of a verse or passage by taking it out of context – forgetting who it was written to and the historical situation it was written in. How might that impact the interpretation and application of Joshua 1:8?

One of the best ways to guarantee that we are properly interpreting any one biblical verse or passage is to compare it with the rest of the Bible. In other words, keeping in mind what the Bible says in its entirety rather than one verse by itself. How does reading Hebrews 11:32-40 help with a more accurate application of Joshua 1:8?