1 Timothy 1:18–20 - Cameron Jungels - Wed PM February 4, 2015

“A Hard Lesson” (1 Timothy 1:18–20)

1 Timothy: Honoring Christ in the Church, Message 5

^{Cameron Jungels/Eastside Baptist/Wed PM/February 4, 2015}

¹⁸ Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well,  ¹⁹ holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.  ²⁰ Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.  (1 Tim. 1:18-20, NIV)

³ As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines any longer  ⁴ or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God's work-- which is by faith.  ⁵ The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.  ⁶ Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk.  ⁷ They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm. (1 Tim. 1:3-7, NIV)

 

¹⁴ Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you. (1 Tim. 4:14, NIV)

 

⁵ The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. (1 Tim. 1:5, NIV)

 

¹ It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father's wife.  ² And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?  ³ For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this.  ⁴ So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,  ⁵ hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.  (1 Co. 5:1-5, NIV)

 

Main Idea: Sin, even great sin, in the life of the believer may result in restoration, but there must be full repentance.