Ron Lutz ~ 1 Timothy 1:1-7   Sermon Quotes: 1 Timothy 1:1-7 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, 2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, 4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. 5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions. 2 Timothy 1:13-14 13 Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14 By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you. Philippians 2:19-22 19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. 20 For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. 21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. 22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel. Acts 20:29-30 29 I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. J. C. Ryle “Beware of manufacturing a God of your own—A God who is all mercy but not just — a God who is all love, but not holy– a God who has a heaven for everybody, but a hell for none– a God who can allow good and bad to be side by side in time, but will make no distinction between good and bad in eternity. Such a God is an idol of your own… He is not the God of the Bible, and beside the God of the Bible there is no God at all.” 1 Timothy 1:5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Richard Lovelace “The faith… that is able to warm itself at the fire of God’s love, instead of having to steal love and acceptance from other sources, is actually the root of holiness… We are not saved by the love we exercise, but by the love we trust.” George Whitefield “God give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst!”