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<b>1 TIMOTHY 4:15 - ANOTHER “MEDITATION” THRUST - 2009-04-29</b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">1 TIM 4:15 (4:11-16) </span><u>“THE
HEART OF PAUL'S INSTRUCTIONS TO TIMOTHY”</u></b></p>
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<b>1. 4:11 THE PRECEDING IN 1 TIMOTHY: <u>COMMAND AND TEACH</u>.
“These <i>things</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> command and
teach.”</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-style: normal;">2. 4:12 THE </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>IMPORTANCE</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;">
OF CORRECT EXAMPLE AND BEHAVIOR. “Let no one despise your :youth;
but be an example to the faithful, in word, in behavior, in love, in
faith, in purity.”</span></b></p>
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<b>3. 4:13. READING, EXHORTAION, TEACHING: A 3-FOLD WORD! “Till
I come, give heed to the reading, the exhortation, the teaching.”</b></p>
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<b><span style="font-style: normal;">4. 4:14. FOLLOW UP ON
</span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>PRESBYTERY IMPARTATION!</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;">
</span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>“Neglect not the gift
in you,</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"> which was given
you </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>through prophecy, with
laying on of the hands</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"> of
the </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>presbytery</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;">.”
</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">12
Embryonic Revival Principles came together in 1948. Disapprovers
nick-named it “The New Order of Latter Rain.” The first receivers
of this Visitation called it “This Move,” or “This Revival.”
It started in February 11, 1948 with a prophetic word indicating what
God was about to do. He was according to His promise of the preceding
13 years, about to restore His church with and on the Foundation of
Apostles and Prophets, and through the instrumentality of the laying
on of hands and prophecy. He would indicate what giftings lay dormant
in the hearts of prepared individuals. He would then empower them to
start functioning in His body the church to edify - to build up.</span></span></p>
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Paul indicates here how Timothy some 1900 years before - when
through this same process, he was to keep such gifts in working order
and under the Holy Spirit anointing. Did Paul too? Of course.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;">5.
4:15. NEED OF </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>DILIGENCE</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;">,
</span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>VOCAL MEDITATION</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;">,
AND COMPLETE COMMITMENT TO THESE. “Be </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>diligent</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;">
(with </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>vocal meditation</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">)
in these; give yourself </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>wholly</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
to these; that your :progress be manifest to all.” </span></span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
Greek and Hebrew words are quite parallel to each other, especially
in Joshua 1:8 and Psalm 1.</span></span></span></p>
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<b>6. 4:16a. OUR LIVE EXAMPLE AND TEACHING: TO BE PROTECTED! “Take
heed to yourself, and to the teaching.”</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
4:16b. PERSONAL AND HEARERS' SALVATION: THE FRUIT. “Continue in
these </span></span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">things</span></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">;
for in doing this you shall save </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>both
yourself</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u>your :hearers</u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.”</span></span></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><b><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE</span></b></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">:
1 & 2 Timothy and Titus - a </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">post
graduate</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
course leading to a spiritual doctorate degree..</span></span></span></p>
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It involves specifically wisdom and rules for leading both churches
in the home plus the City Church composed of such Churches in the
Home.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">George
Muller specifically included this type of teaching in each address to
leaders in the 17 years of World Tours that he conducted from the age
of 70 to 87. In his case, God had him in a school of faith in the
church at Bristol, </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">plus</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
the leader in “The Scriptural Knowledge Institution for Home and
Abroad.” Here by God's leading, Muller installed “Meals for the
poor,” Sunday Schools, Adult Schools, Full time Day Schools -
especially abroad, Bibles, tracts, Missionary Support and finally
Orphanages, starting with 36, and ending up with over 2000. 10,000
orphans went through this latter before the death of its founder. And
</span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">never
once</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
was a need made known, nor gifts solicited! </span></span></span>
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For him, the acme of his days, was the opportunity to implant in the
minds of leaders around the world what Paul gave Timothy and Titus.</p>
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There is little doubt that Paul first implanted into the lives of
Timothy and Titus the overview of the entire NT.</p>
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In the 4 Gospels, the “Good News” for the Evangelist to proclaim
- clearly shines forth. George Whitefield marvelously made use of
this. It is like Elementary School, and brings hearers and receivers
up to their spiritual teens.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
Book of Acts takes up where Jesus left off. But really, He is </span></span></span><u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">still</span></span></u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
as active as ever - except no longer hindered by a human body. Now
in His glorified state - by the Holy Spirit, He empowers apostles to
continue what He started. Peter and Paul are the special heroes of
the Book of Acts. Smith Wigglesworth majored on what the Book of Acts
demonstrates. 5 times in this history by Luke, we witness the
reception of the Holy Spirit by believers. The gifts of the Spirit,
especially prophecy and tongues - find immediate manifestation. After
many years of successful evangelism, Wigglesworth sensed the Lord's
permission to share his spiritual secret why God used him. It was
“praying in the Spirit, praying with his devotional prayer language
up to 4 hours a day. Paul said that he that prays this way, edifies
or builds up his spirit, and testified that no one in Corinth used
this gift as much as he. This is like Junior High.</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">
James through Jude is like High School. There 7 epistles are an
important stepping stone to Paul's 14 letters. In some translations,
these 7 epistles are placed right after the book of Acts. Ivan Panin
discovered through Bible Numerics that this is the correct order.
John Wesley made excellent use of these, especially for his class
meetings of 70,000 members.</p>
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But Paul's 7 letter to the 7 city churches addressed here, are of
particular importance for the purpose for which they were written.</p>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Romans
sets forth Justification by Faith, which was realized because Jesus
became our Passover at Calvary. </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Redemption</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
is the key-note of this experience. Oswald Chamber's writings among
other emphases - zeros in on “Redemption” as seen in Romans - as
an essential key at the beginning of this stage of Christian
experience. Apart from this foundation well-laid - what follows will
not be truly realized.</span></span></p>
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Ephesians is by many considered the most spiritual and mature of all
of Paul's epistles. It shows forth the full manifestation of the Holy
Spirit in the Church. The Day of Pentecost initiated this. Rees
Howells, known as “The Man with the Holy Ghost”, is a living
example of the efficacy of this empowerment. He met the condition of
being “possessed” by the Holy Spirit. By all means read his
biography by Norman P. Grubb.</p>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">1
& 2 Thessalonians brought forth Paul's keen understanding to
clarify all aspects of the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus. Much
confusion on this subject existed in Thessalonica at this time. To
carefully pray over these letters and </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">meditate</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
upon them, allows God to enlighten our understanding as well as our
spirits. One successful going through the 9 epistles to those seven
churches is equivalent to a spiritual university or college course.
All who have the desire, will find the help of God in gaining this
understanding.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Letters
to Corinth and Galatia are corrections for those who strayed from the
moorings of “Romans”; and Philippians and Colossians are the same
for those departing from Ephesian Truth. I gained these insights from
“Explore the Book” by Dr. J. Sidlow Baxter.</span></span></p>
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George Muller sensed the importance of a correct understanding on the
Second Coming, - that the chief purpose of the church age is not to
save the world, but to take out a bride for Christ out of the world.
Those who today let down the bars and standards to let the world come
into the church through “Seeker-Friendly churches” - water down
the church to such an extent that it little resembles the dynamic of
the churches illustrated in the book of Acts.</p>
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Hebrews and Revelation are correctives to those who slip the moorings
of the Thessalonian epistles, which give an insight how soon the
Feast of Tabernacles will be fulfilled. This church age is the age of
the initial stage of the Kingdom of God within. The Second Coming
will show forth the manifestation of that Kingdom under the benign
rule of our Lord Jesus as King of kings and Lord of lords.</p>
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The letters to Timothy and Titus are like a post graduate course.
They are the cream of Paul's epistles.</p>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Revelation
is like a post-post graduate course. By some it is considered a book
by a mystic. No - Jesus </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">Himself</span></u></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
gave this revelation by an angel to His servant John. Dr. Daniel
Juster received a word from God, that to understand Passover and the
Exodus from Egypt, is the key to understand the book of Revelation.
His teaching on this subject is remarkably clear.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">H.
A. Baker in his book “Visions Beyond the Veil”, also makes this
book remarkably clear from what he learned by carefully checking out
the visions of the little Chines beggars and orphans, and then
further checking them out with Scripture. By all means add “this”
book to your library also. His grandson and his wife in Mozambique
(Gordon and Heidi Baker) have reprinted this book, and through
</span></span><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><<a href="http://www.IrisMin.com">www.IrisMin.com</a>>>
</span></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">it
can be obtained.</span></span></p>
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And the Book of Hebrews? Such controversy over authorship surrounds
this epistle! As Romans was a clear presentation of the Gospel of the
Kingdom to Gentiles, Hebrews does a parallel presentation to
believing Jews. Who better than Paul, a rabbi and former persecutor
of the church, to do so. Internal evidence corroborates this. Bible
Numerics again settles the controversy, making Paul the author of 14
of the 27 books of the NT, including Hebrews.</p>
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So - Timothy and Titus received from Paul a clear understanding of
“his” revelation and understanding of the “mysteries” of the
Kingdom of God, which he received by direct revelation from the Lord
Jesus in the 3 years following his dramatic conversion, when he went
into the desert. Jesus in 40 days of fasting in the wilderness
returned in the power of the Holy Spirit, following also his 3-fold
temptation by the devil. Paul had 3 years of direct instruction to
prepare him as apostle to the Gentiles. The Lord still kept him
another 10 years in training school, before with Barnabas, He
released him into his great missionary service in NW Asia and Europe.</p>
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I reread and meditate upon 1 Timothy 4:15 and its context daily - and
I think of the entire NT as the fuller context that Paul had no doubt
in mind when he had his secretary pen these words from the Lord Jesus
to Timothy. - Jim Watt</p>
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