Special Note on 1st Timothy Study

All posts on 1st Timothy are lessons adapted from John MacArthur’s commentary and study available at www.gty.org.

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1 Timothy 6: 20-21 – Handling Truth

 All these lessons are adapted from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1st Timothy by John MacArthur. What is your most important factor in evaluating a church that you are considering uniting with? John MacArthur tells the story of how he first came to be the pastor of Grace Community Church in 1968. When I came [...]

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1 Timothy 6: 13-16 – The Motivation of a Spiritual Leader

All these lessons are adapted from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1st Timothy by John MacArthur. Last week, we looked at some of the characteristics of the man of God as Paul laid out for Timothy in the last chapter of 1st Timothy. This week, we continue to make our way to the end of [...]

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1 Timothy 6:6-10/17-19: The Danger of Loving Money and Treasure

All these lessons are adapted from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1st Timothy by John MacArthur. The Bible is full of many warnings about loving money. One of the best known is the very direct statement given by Jesus and is found in…. Matthew 6:19- 21 – 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on [...]

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1 Timothy 6:3-5 – The Pathology of False Teachers

All these lessons are adapted from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1st Timothy by John MacArthur. What is the worst outbreak of disease in history? In the year 1330 an outbreak of Bubonic Plague occurred in China. By the following year, it had reached England being carried by fleas infesting rats. The plague known as [...]

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1 Timothy 6:1-2 – Requirements for a Christian Employee

 All these lessons are adapted from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1st Timothy by John MacArthur. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? “Our culture in America places a high value on work.” Why or why not? There have been a number of surveys that illustrate the American attitude toward work. In one [...]

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1 Timothy 5:17-25: Restoring Biblical Eldership

All these lessons are adapted from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1st Timothy by John MacArthur. 1 Timothy 5:17-25 17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” [...]

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1 Timothy 5:3-16: Caring for Widows and Others in the Church

 All these lessons are adapted from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1st Timothy by John MacArthur. Also, this lesson is adapted from “Caring for the Church” by Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III. The Bible has a great deal to say about widows and how they are to be treated. Deuteronomy 27:19 – “‘Cursed be anyone who [...]

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1 Timothy 5:1-2 – Confronting Sin in the Church

All these lessons are adapted from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1st Timothy by John MacArthur. What some of the images of the church given to us in Scripture? Holy nation, kingdom, priesthood, vine, temple, body, flock Family – Ephesians 2:19 – So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens [...]

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1 Timothy 4:6-16: Qualities of an Excellent Minister (Part III)

This is the 3rd part of a 3 part series on the 12 Qualities of an Excellent Minister. All these lessons are adapted from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1st Timothy by John MacArthur. READ 1 Timothy 4:6-16 6 If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being [...]

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