Timothys Fight I Timothy 6 2 Feb 2020

Timothy’s Fight (I Timothy 6) 2 Feb 2020 – Embry Hills 1

Timothy’s Fight (I Timothy 6) • Timothy, Paul, the Ephesian Church • The Fight Against… • The Good Fight 2

Timeline of the Church at Ephesus Paul stays 3 years Paul visits Briefly (Acts 18: 19) Apollos taught (Acts 19) Paul meets Elders (Acts 18: 24) (Acts 20: 17) Paul writes letter to Ephesians John writes to Ephesus (Rev 2: 1) Paul writes to Timothy @ Ephesus (I & II Tim. ) Journeys 1 st 2 nd Approx Date (AD) Age of the Eph. church 3 rd prison 60 50 0 3 -5 prison 70 10 12 15 80 90 40

Outline of I Tim 6: 3 -21 3 -5 – “Other” Teachers 6 -10 – Desire to be Rich vs Contentment 11 -16 – The Charge 17 -19 – Commands for Rich 20 -10 – Guard Truth; Avoid Straying from the Faith 4

I Tim 6: 11 -16 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen. 5

“Fight” (I Tim 6: 12) α γωνι ζομαι - ago nizomai - to struggle – Literally, to compete for a prize – Figuratively, to contend with an adversary – Generally, to endeavor to accomplish something: fight, labor fervently, strive. 6

Timothy’s [Our] Struggles • Against Other Teaching (6: 3 -5, 20 -21) • Against the Desire to be Rich (6 -10) • Against the Self-trust of Wealth (17 -19) 7

I Tim 6: 11 -16 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen. 8

I Tim 6: 11 -16 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen. 9

I Tim 4: 13 -16 13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 15 Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you. 10

11 BACKUP, DO NOT USE

The False Teaching(s) 1: 4 1: 9 4: 1 4: 3 4: 7 6: 4 6: 20 Fables and Genealogies Misuse of Law (Doctrines of Demons) Forbidding Marriage & Eating Meats Profane [unholy] & Old Wives Tales [Myths] Disputes of [strife of] Words Profane [unholy] Babblings [empty sounds] Oppositions of [False] Knowledge 12