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"Preach The Word"

Text: 1 Tim. 1:11-16

1 Timothy 1:11-- "According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; 13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting."

Introduction:

We often talk about trusting God. We should do so but there is another side to this matter. How must can God trust us with His Gospel?

Can He trust us to put it to work. It is not good for anything just to sit and not be used.

Note:

You can have a Ford built 4.6 litre powerhouse but if you don’t crank the car and put the powerful motor to work, it does no good. You should crank the motor up and let it work. That is what it was designed to do.

Paul said he was set for the defense of the the Gospel.

How do you defend the gospel? You turn in loose and let it go to work, just like you would a strong, mighty lion.

It often troubles us when we have to disappoint others, but what should trouble us most is when we disappoint the Lord. Paul did not want to disappoint the Lord Jesus.

The gospel was committed to Paul’s trust.

"Commit" here is a banking term.

I commit most of the check I receive each week from the church in the bank. I make a "deposit" a certain amount of funds for them to take care of for me.

A husband should be able to trust a wife.

A wife should be able to trust her husband.

Parents should be able to trust their children.

Children should be able to trust their parents.

God is trusting me and you.

We are not all preachers, but we are all to use

the Gospel to point sinners to Christ.

Notice several things in the context of this trust that is mentioned:

I. Partners- v.12 "I thank Jesus my Lord"

A. He enabled me (v.12) "

B. He counted me (v.12) "faithful"

C. He put me (v.12) "into the ministry"

A. What He Did

1.Blasphemed

2.Persecuted

3. Injured

B. What He Discovered

did what he did ignorantly in unbelief

C. What He Declared

1-Need for grace

2- Need for faith

3- Need for love

III. Proclamation v.15

A. Christ "that Jesus Christ"

B. Condescension- coming down

C. Condemnation- save sinners

D. Chief- of whom I am chief


IV . Partaking

v.16 Obtained mercy

God bypassing what we deserve and giving us his goodness and kindness.

"Might show forth all longsuffering for a pattern"

You that sow know what a pattern is because you have used one.

A. Shows proper response–"believe

B. Shows perfect plan- "Pattern"

C. Show Personal Desire- "Believe on him unto everlasting life."

Conclusion:

If God is trusting us to give out His gospel , then let’s not disappoint him.

Have you ever sent a child out to do something and they did not get it done? It will disappoint you. Don’t do that to God, you know what it is like because some of you have been there

You gave your child life, so you expect them to not betray the trust you put in them.

Sermon From Dr. Tom Walker

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