1 TIMOTHY 2
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1 Timothy 2:1-4
ABOUT PRAYER
PRAYER IS A PRIORITY – Vs. 1
1 Timothy 2:1- I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
PRAYER IS POINTED – Vs. 2
1 Timothy 2:2 - For
kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may
lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
PRAYER IS PLEASING – Vss. 3-4
1 Timothy 2:3-4 - For
this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; [4] Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the
knowledge of the truth.
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1 Timothy 2:1-4
THE WIDENESS OF PRAYER
God never intended us to be narrow in the scope or our
prayers.
Philippians 4:6 tells us we can pray for everything
that is of concern
to
us.
In these verses we are reminded of:
THE BROAD VARIETY OF PRAYER - Vs. 1 -
supplications,
prayers, intercessions, giving of thanks.
THE BROAD OBJECTS OF PRAYER - Vss. 1-2
- All men, kings, all
in authority, so that we can lead a quiet
and peaceable life in
godliness and honesty.
THE BROAD DESIRE OF GOD - Vss. 3-4
- That all will be saved
and come to the knowledge of the truth. Of
course, not all will be
saved, because not all will turn to
Christ. But the more we pray, the
better the conditions will be to see folks
come to Christ. God wants
everyone to receive Christ!
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1 Timothy 2:1-8
GOD'S PROGRAM FOR THIS
MILLENNIUM
People differ as to when
the new millennium begins. Some say it began on
THE PRAYERS OF THE
SAINTS - Vss. 1, 2, 8
God's purposes are
accomplished as God's servants pray. They are to be praying for all men,
especially for all leaders so that they can lead a godly life in peace.
THE PURPOSE OF GOD -
Vss. 3-4
Such godly living on the
part of saints will attract the unsaved and challenge them to come to Christ
(Matthew
THE PRICE PAID BY CHRIST
- Vss. 5-6
There is only one person
who can mediate between man and God. That person is God's Son. By dying for sin He made it possible for all
to be reconciled to God.
THE PROCLAMATION OF PAUL
- Vs. 7
Paul was called to
proclaim the Gospel of Christ to an unsaved world, especially to the Gentiles.
We are also called to proclaim the Gospel. Matthew 28:19-20, Mark
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1 Timothy 2:1-8
PRAYING EVANGELISTICALLY
We are to pray for those
who are without Christ.
THE PRIORITY OF
EVANGELISTIC PRAYER - Vss. 1-2a
We are to pray for all
men, especially for leaders.
THE PURPOSE FOR
EVANGELISTIC PRAYER - Vss. 2b-4
God would have us lead a
quiet and peaceable life so we can witness to those who God wants to be saved.
THE PREMISE FOR
EVANGELISTIC PRAYER - Vss. 5-7
There is one way to
Heaven secured by the work of Christ on the cross.
THE PURITY OF
EVANGELISTIC PRAYER
We are to life up
"holy hands" without wrath or doubting. God answers prayer that
come from a pure heart.
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1 Timothy 2:8-15
ORDER IN THE CHURCH
1 Corinthians
The context of 1Timothy 2:8-15 is public worship. In verses 1-7 Paul had given a challenge to
prayer. Now, he gives some behavioral instructions, for the sake of order, to
men and women for behavior during the church services.
ACTION - Vs. 8
The specific challenge is to the men in the congregation, but
this does not excuse women from praying as well. I think that the words, In like manner also in verse 9 show us
there is a place for women to pray in the church.
This word everywhere
means in every place. That is, wherever the church is gathered men should be
praying.
Concerning public prayer, we need to see happen what happened in
the first century church. Acts
This action of prayer is to by men who lift up holy hands.
I want to emphasize that our hands are to be spiritually clean
when we pray.
The word holy here
means unpolluted.
This means that the person who prays should have no unjudged sin in the life.
He should not be professing one thing on Sunday, and living in
ungodliness the rest of the week. Psalm 66:18
The action of public prayer is also to
practiced without wrath.
When we pray there should be no anger. James 1:20
The action of prayer is also to be without doubting.
The word doubting here means "disputations, reasonings, skeptical questions or criticisms."
ACTION
ADORNMENT
Vs. 9 - The word "adorn" means "to order or
arrange". The women were to order or arrange their clothes in a modest
way. The word "modest" means decent or orderly.
"Shamefacedness" means modest, "
the avoiding of extremes".
The Christian woman is not to go to extremes of wearing sensual
or suggestive clothes. Nor is she to go the extreme of trying to look
artificially glamorous. Nor is she to go to the extreme of purposely trying to
look drab or dull.
Sobriety simply means to have
good sense. Thus the Christian woman is to dress sensibly.
This next phrase not with broided hair, or
gold or pearls, or costly array: is not outlawing hair-styles, or jewelry
or expensive clothes. He is simply saying that the effort a woman makes should
not be towards these things.
A Christian woman should strive to look modestly attractive for
the glory of God, but she should not go to extremes in hairstyle, clothes or
jewelry.
Vs. 10 - Here, Paul is telling the ladies what the major emphasis
should be in their lives concerning adornment.
Instead of concentrating on clothes, and jewelry and hairdo, they are to
concentrate on that which is becoming of a woman who is a professing Christian.
Your life is to be adorned with good works! Examples: Martha, Dorcas,
ATTITUDE - Vs. 11
These next verses will not throw you if you understand the
context.
The context is not the superiority of men and the inferiority of
women. Galatians 3:27-28
In Jewish and Greek culture of Paul's day women had few rights. They
were often mistreated. And yet God has
always wanted women to have positions of honor within the family and church.
Proverbs 31:30, 1 Peter 3:7, 1 Timothy 5:3
The context of this passage is order. There are certain things
God prescribes for the sake of order.
The woman is to learn quietly. She is not to cause a
"stir". She is not to be
leaning over, whispering, asking questions of her
husband. She is not be leaning over, talking, taking
issue with what the preacher is saying. When participation is asked for by the
speaker in a public meeting, I feel that the ladies have just as much right to
participate as the men.
The woman is to learn in subjection. It is the same word used
for a woman's subjection to her husband in Ephesians 5:22.
Wives, submit yourselves
unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
This word is a military word that means to "rank
under".
A woman learns submissively in church and follows the leadership
of her husband, not because she is inferior, but because God has decided for
the sake of order, she is outranked.
AUTHORITY - Vss. 12-14
Vs. 12 - God has ordained that in the church the men are to
practice leadership.
Therefore the ladies are not to teach men in the public meetings
of the church. Remember public meetings
are the context.
Should women teach?
Why, of course!
Ladies can teach children fellow ladies certain practical truths
better than any man can. Titus 2:3-5
And, on a one to one basis, a woman can instruct a man in Bible
truths, and yes I believe that a woman can instruct her husband in the private
of their own home. Acts 18:24-26
Vss. 13-14 - We have two reasons for the order that God has
established.
First, there is the reason of order. Man was formed before
woman. Therefore, woman is to naturally follow man's leadership.
Second, Eve was fooled by Satan. Adam was not, but sinned in the
garden anyway.
By taking leadership over the man, she ate first and then gave
to her husband to eat."
ADVANTAGE - Vs. 15
This is a very difficult verse with many possible
interpretations.
I do not believe that Paul is talking about salvation of the
soul here.
But I do believe he is telling us something about the results of
a woman's ministry at home.
If a woman accepts her role in the church and leads a life of
faith, love, holiness, and self-restraint, she will raise godly children. There
is no greater privilege in the whole world than to bring up the next generation
to the glory of God.
If the teachings in these verses are followed there will
certainly be ORDER IN THE CHURCH.
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