Speaker: Pastor Neil Lindwall

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NIV 1 Timothy 1:1-2  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2 To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Show Me Your Friends, I’ll Show You Your Future. 

NIV 1 Timothy 4:12 Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

Live It Up, Don’t Let Them Look Down. 

• Speech, “Logos” = Moral Message.

• Conduct, “Anastrophe” = Moral Behavior. 

Conduct = 391 anastrophē (from 303/aná, "down to up" and 4762/stréphō, "turn") – properly, up-turning; (figuratively) the change of outward behavior because of an "up-turn" with inner beliefs (presuppositions, etc.). 391/anastrophē ("change of lifestyle") refers to the new lifestyle believers have from experiencing God's inbirthing (gift) of faith ("God's persuasion, 4102/pístis). This turns old behavior up by the power of the Lord.  Accordingly faith and 391 (anastrophē) are directly connected in the NT. – Excerpt from HELPS Lexicon.

• Love, “Agape” = Moral Preference.

26/agapē ("God's love, what He prefers") has moral (spiritual) content which always "makes distinctions, choosing its objects freely" by God's revelation (TDNT). God's love (26/agápē) operates in the believer as they prefer what God prefers. Accordingly, biblical love (26/agápē) is always God-defined – never neighbor-defined nor self-defined. God alone determines (reveals) love because "God is love" (1 Jn 4:8,16). – Excerpt from HELPS Lexicon.

• Faith, “Pistis” = Moral Conviction.

πίστις pístis, pis'-tis; from G3982; persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:—assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity. – Strong’s Definitions:

• Purity, “Hagneia” = Morally Pure Motives.  

ἁγνεία hagneía, hag-ni'-ah; from G53; cleanliness (the quality), i.e. (specially) chastity:—purity. From Hagnos = In the LXX it signifies a rather different purity, that of metals refined in the fire [Ps 11:6], lasting and durable [Ps 18:9], a quality which has a moral fibre (Prov 15:16)" (Nigel Turner, Christian Words, 83). . – Excerpt from HELPS Lexicon.

NIV 1 Timothy 4:13-14 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. 14 Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through prophecy when the body of elders laid their hands on you.

Live It Out, Don’t Let It Go.  

NIV 1 Timothy 4:15-16 Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. 16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

Live All In, Don’t Drop Out. 

BE EXEMPLARY