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</p><p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="CENTER"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>NOV
13 - 1 TIMOTHY 1 - COUNSELS AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES</b></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0.01in;margin-bottom:0in" align="LEFT"><font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>1.
1:1-2, NNT. PAUL TO TIMOTHY: GRACE, MERCY AND PEACE. <font size="3">“Paul,
apostle of Christ Jesus according to God our Savior’s commandment,
and of Christ Jesus our :hope; </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">2
</font><font size="3">to Timothy, genuine child in faith: Grace, mercy,
peace, from God </font><font size="3"><i>the</i></font><font size="3"><span style="font-style:normal">
Father and Christ Jesus our :Lord.” </span></font></b><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">Because
of Your effective call upon Paul Father, he was able to grant Timothy
Your three-fold blessing: Grace, mercy and peace. And these three are
all intimately related with Your Kingdom! </span></span><b><i>Hallowed
be your :name.</i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>2.
1:3-4. PAUL: DOCTRINES TO BE GUARDED. <font size="3">“As I, going
into Macedonia, exhorted you to tarry at Ephesus, that you charge
certain </font><font size="3"><i>men</i></font><font size="3"> not to
teach otherwise, </font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">4 </font><font size="3">neither
to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister to
questionings, rather than God’s stewardship which </font><font size="3"><i>is</i></font><font size="3">
in faith; </font><font size="3"><i>so now. </i></font></b><i><span style="font-weight:normal">Father,
</span></i><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your will</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
is </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
administration</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">government</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your :kingdom
come!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">3.
1:5-6 (1:5-11) PAUL: END OF THE CHARGE AND USE OF THE LAW. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and good conscience
and faith unfeigned: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">6
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">from
which </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">things</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talking.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">O
write these words and truth upon our hearts, Father! Love flowing out
of this three-fold service will </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">ground</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
us, </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">establish</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
us and </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">keep</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
us from unfruitful ministry. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">4.
1:12-13 (1:12-14) PAUL: PATTERN OF DIVINE GRACE. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“I
thank him that enabled me, Christ Jesus our :Lord, that he counted me
faithful, appointing </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">me</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
to service; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">13
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">though
I was :before a blasphemer, and persecutor, and injurious: but I
obtained mercy, because I did </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">it</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
ignorantly in unbelief.” Father, we bless You for Jesus!</span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
We thank You for His gracious dealings with Paul, and His wise
understanding of the apostle's background. How just are His
judgments! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day!</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">5.
1:15-16. PAUL: CHIEF SINNER AND PATTERN OF LONGSUFFERING.
</span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">Faithful
the saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief: </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">16
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">howbeit
for this </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">cause</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth
all the longsuffering, for an example of them that would thereafter
believe on him unto eternal life.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
dealings in Christ are all-wise, and full of grace, Father! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">6.
1:17. PAUL: TO THE GLORY OF GOD. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Now
unto the King of the ages, incorruptible, invisible, only God, honor
and glory unto the ages of the ages. Amen.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">This
paeon of praise Paul ascribed to You Father, in the light of Your
dealings of grace on His behalf. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration:none">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">7.
1:18-19a (1:18-20) PAUL: CHARGE TO TIMOTHY. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“This
:charge I commit to you, Timothy child, according to the prophecies
which led the way to you, that by them you war the good warfare; </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">19a
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">having
faith and a good conscience.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">We
see here the basis of effective warfare (4:14; 2 T</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">IM</span></span><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
1:6; ROM 1:11; 12:6-8). You impart through hands of man unusual
blessings which enable us to ovecome (HAB 3:4; DEUT 34:9). </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span><i><span style="text-decoration:none">But deliver us from the
evil </span></i><span style="text-decoration:none">one!</span></b></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><u><span style="font-weight:normal">NOTE</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">:
1:9-10 (1:5-11) </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration:none">THE
TRUE PURPOSE OF THE LAW. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“But
we know that the law is good, if one use it lawfully, as knowing
that, that law is not made for a righteouss </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">man</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">,
but for lawless and unruly, for ungodly and sinners, for unholy and
profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for
manslayers, </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">10
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">for
fornicators, abusers of themselves with men,menstealerss, liars,
false swearers, and if any other </span></font><font size="3"><i><span style="text-decoration:none">thing</span></i></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
be contrary to sound teaching.” </span></font></b><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Your
saints Father, keep themselves </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">above</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">
all these, not requiring the </span></span><u><span style="font-weight:normal">law</span></u><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">!</span></span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b>Quote
from George Whitefield - “A true faith in Jesus Christ will not
suffer us to be idle. No, it is an active, lively, restless
principle; it fills the heart, so that it cannot be easy till it is
doing something for Jesus Christ.” </b></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><b><span style="text-decoration:none">Our
Chapter of Proverbs for the Day: 3:5-6 (3) TRUST IN THE LORD WITH
ALL YOUR HEART. </span><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">“Trust
in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own
understanding. </span></font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1"><span style="text-decoration:none">6
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">In all
your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
</span></font></b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-weight:normal">Two
favorite verses for many, memorized, and walked in. </span></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">
</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></font></b></font></font>
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<font face="Palatino Linotype, serif"><font style="font-size:11pt"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">This
chapter is one of the most excellent in all this book, both for
argument to persuade us to be religious and for the directions
therein. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">1.
We must be constant to our duty because that is the way to be happy,
3:1-4. 2. We must live a life of dependence upon God because that
is the way to be sa</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">f</span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none">e,
3:5. 3. We must keep up the fear of God because that is the way to
be healthful, 3:7-8. 4. We must serve God with our estates because
that is the way to be rich, 3:9-10. 5. We must bear afflictions
well because that is the way to get good by them, 3:11-12. 6. We
must take pains to obtain wisdom because that is the way to gain her,
3:13-20. 7. We must govern ourselves by the rules of wisdom, of
right reason and religion, because that is the way to be easy,
3:21-26. 8. We must do all the good we can, and no hurt, to our
neighbors, 3:27-35. </span></font><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b>(From
“Matthew Henry’s Commentary in One Volume - Zondervan)</b></span></font></font></font></p>
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