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Biblical Manhood & Womanhood - 1 Timothy 1 - Foundations of Male Leadership Pt.1 · Mount Eaton Church

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  Good morning, family.
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  Here we start.
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  Reckon the men.
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  That's what we're doing.
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  We're just warning you up front, gentlemen.
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  It's on you.
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  Today is talking about biblical manhood.
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  We are, as you know, we're going through this year about what it means to be a biblical
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  man and a biblical woman, and really excited about this opportunity.
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  So we are not going to get through the whole chapter I was planning to, but it's just not
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  going to happen.
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  As you know, if I don't finish over there, I'm not going to finish over here.
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  So either way, you're in for a good reckoning.
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  Women that doesn't mean that you're going to be out of the limelight.
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  Yours is in chapter two.
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  But either way, there's things in the sermon that every believer should take.
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  That being said, I hope you're ready for a ride.
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  So God's been wrecking me too.
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  So Father, I want to thank you so much for your word.
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  Thank you that it is living inactive.
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  Lord, that you have called us as men to rightly divide it.
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  Lord, as men, as ministers who stand behind the pulpits, I pray that we would rightly
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  divide it, that we would teach and preach the full counsel of your word, that you would
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  be honored and glorified, and that, Lord, that you would be high and lifted up.
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  Help us as men to understand the importance of what it means to be men of God, and that
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  we would take this responsibility, this call of the most serious, and that this responsibility
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  and call has been placed upon us to lead.
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  So to you, be honor and glory the example of how to love your bride, how to care for
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  your children, and how to lead and walk as not only as a servant, but as an example and
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  a model for others to follow.
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  To you be honor and glory in Jesus' name.
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  Amen.
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  So let's read.
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  First Timothy chapter one, Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior
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  and of Christ Jesus our hope.
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  To Timothy, my true child in the faith, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and
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  Christ Jesus our Lord.
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  As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain
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  persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths and endless
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  genealogies which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.
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  The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and
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  a sincere faith.
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  Certain persons by swerving from these have wandered away into vain discussion, desiring
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  to be teachers of the law without understanding either what they are saying or the things
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  about which they make confident assertions.
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  Now we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully.
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  Understanding this, the law is not laid down for the just, but for the lawless and disobedient,
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  for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for the disobedient, for those
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  who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, for sexually immoral, men who practice
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  homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine
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  in accordance with the gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
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  I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful,
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  appointing me to his service.
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  Though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent, but I received mercy
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  because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me
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  with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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  The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance that Christ Jesus came into
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  the world to save sinners, to whom I am the foremost.
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  But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might
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  display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal
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  life.
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  To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and
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  ever.
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  Amen.
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  This charge I entrusted to you, Timothy my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously
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  made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, upholding the faith and
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  a good conscience.
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  By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith, among whom are Hymenus and
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  Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.
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  There's a lot of stuff in here, so we will get through the first half.
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  Okay?
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  Here's principle number one.
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  Men of God are fully committed to sound doctrine and the stewardship of the gospel and are
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  careful to teach and proclaim the truth of God's word.
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  Men of God are fully committed to sound doctrine, to the stewardship of the gospel and to carefully
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  teach and proclaim the truth of God's word.
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  This is especially for pastors.
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  Timothy was roughly between 18, 19, some would say maybe 17 or 16, but probably no older
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  than 20.
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  If you want to know when this letter was written, easy, you just go to Acts chapter 17 to 20
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  and it was during Paul's missionary journeys to Greece and to Macedonia and to Ephesus.
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  It's there that he meets with Timothy, a young man who has been called to the ministry who
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  they have taught, who he has taught personally, sound doctrine.
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  Can you imagine a young man younger than Owen preaching and teaching and shepherding an
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  entire church in the city of Ephesus?
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  It is quite remarkable.
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  That being said, because he was taught sound doctrine and he was laid on his hands and
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  he was given the responsibility to preach and teach the word of God, the gospel, he
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  had all that he needed, the Holy Spirit, the God in him, and all the work that was given
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  to him to do.
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  Now, what's interesting is as we go and you continue to read these letters, Paul does
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  not lay off Timothy too much.
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  He reminds him over and over again what a man of God looks like.
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  He would need that.
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  So that being said, this is what it says, do your best to present yourself to God as
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  one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
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  Second Timothy 2.15, do we as men of God, each and every man in this room, handle the
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  word of God properly?
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  Or do we just speak whatever we want in order to tickle the ears of our wives or our children
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  because we want them to know it's okay, you're amazing?
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  No, we want to teach them good sound truth, which interesting, Paul then clarifies even
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  later in this chapter of which he is the worst.
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  Do we really deal with the issue of the sinfulness of our being that our wonderful little ones
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  are innocent though not innocent, declared guilty because of our nature?
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  No, God reminds us of his holiness and that's what you're going to see here.
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  In 1 Timothy 1, 3 through 7 he says this to Timothy, I urge you, I beseech you, I am commanding
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  you.
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  When I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge, command certain persons
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  not to teach any different doctrine.
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  So I know when I preach or I teach or when men of God preach and teach it's difficult
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  sometimes because we have a tendency to come off very not nice, but we don't have an option
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  sometimes, many times actually, that when certain men or women who claim to be pastors
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  of God teach something that's contrary to the word.
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  This is Paul's command to Timothy.
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  You do not allow these men to teach.
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  You charge them not to teach any different doctrine.
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  That's the standard.
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  Theology matters, doctrine matters, truth matters.
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  What's interesting about this, certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, it means
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  to deviate from the truth.
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  Just a little turn away from the truth of the word of God is a complete deviation.
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  It doesn't matter how small you think it is.
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  This is not an option here.
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  Those men should not teach.
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  Instead, they devote themselves to myths and genealogies.
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  That's their teaching.
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  They come up with these myths and genealogies about who is really important in the kingdom
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  of God and all these other things that they teach.
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  You can imagine how many other gospels were coming out, the gospel of Mary and all these
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  other things that people were talking about at the time.
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  These particular men were talking about the myths and then this genealogies concerning
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  the law as if they knew something.
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  It's terrible.
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  Are we as men willing to say, no, you can't teach that?
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  At least here in this church, we do.
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  There's an expectation to teach sound doctrine.
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  It's one of the reasons why we go through the qualifications and the work of proving
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  out these men.
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  There's a reason why, for example, that Owen has been under our leadership for the past
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  going on a year soon.
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  We need to know that he handles the word of God well and that he is purposed in his life
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  to continue to grow in true faith and not to deviate from the gospel.
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  But these men that he's talking about here do.
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  So as men of God, are you willing to say, no?
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  What happens when you devote yourself to myths and endless genealogies to false doctrine?
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  It promotes speculations.
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  Zaitasis is the word here.
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  It means to dispute or question.
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  I can't help but to think how much dispute and questioning has been brought up into the
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  church as a result of the false gospels of the church.
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  Instead of teaching the full gospel of Christ, there's this drive to make Jesus more palatable.
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  Jesus doesn't want to be palatable to you.
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  He wants you to understand the truth that can save your lives.
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  So do we teach things that aren't sound and as a result create dispute and question?
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  Those myths and endless genealogies rather than the stewardship, rather than the knowledge
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  of the things by which God has provided for and prepared salvation, which is by faith
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  alone.
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  Do we steward the gospel and all that is contained in it?
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  All the doctrines that you can imagine that God has concerning salvation is solidly foundational
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  in the gospel.
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  And this particular stewardship of the gospel is from God that is by faith.
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  Only salvation is by faith alone, in Christ alone.
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  There is no other gospel.
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  Verse five, the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience
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  and a sincere faith.
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  That's our aim.
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  That's our goal.
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  Our goal to command is out of love for you, is what Paul is saying to Timothy.
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  My heart is pure for you, Timothy.
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  Timothy is young.
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  He's a young man.
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  He must place his feet on the rock and not deviate.
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  Sincere faith.
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  Certain persons by swerving from these doctrines have wandered away into vain discussion.
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  The word here is mataiya lagia, mataiya lagia.
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  This word is empty talk.
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  They just blabber.
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  They talk about nonsense.
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  It just doesn't matter.
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  Why?
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  They're desiring to be teachers of the law without understanding either what they are
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  saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.
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  It reminds me so many of these false teachers who just talk just to talk.
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  And we throw our money and our time at them.
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  What kind of men are they?
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  They're not men.
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  They're not even boys.
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  Men of God live obediently and purpose to walk with Christ continually.
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  So if we are committed to Christ, if we are living in such a way that we are holding to
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  sound doctrine, we are stewarding the gospel, we are careful to teach and proclaim God's
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  word, are you living obediently for others to see that you would be a model of that?
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  And do you purpose personally to continue to walk with Christ every single day or is
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  he just a Sunday God for you?
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  Are you truly a Jesus freak?
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  I know a modern group brought that term up, but do you love him supremely that nothing
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  else matters but him and him alone?
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  Men of God live obediently and purpose to walk with Christ continually.
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  Here it is, men, you ready?
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  Be watchful, men.
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  Your responsibility is to guard.
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  Watchful.
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  Pay attention.
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  Watch.
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  Listen.
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  Stand firm in the faith.
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  Do not waver from the gospel.
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  Do not waver from the sound doctrine of the word of God.
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  Notice what he says here in 1 Corinthians, chapter 16, verse 13 and 14.
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  You're welcome to turn there if you want, but this is what he says, be watchful, stand
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  firm in the faith, act like men.
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  You're not a woman.
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  You're a man.
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  Act like it.
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  Thank you.
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  Told you this was going to be a little hard on you guys.
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  That does not mean that men cannot be gentle.
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  Jesus was gentle and tender, but there was not a greater man.
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  No one took my life from me.
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  I lay it down of my own accord.
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  That's what a man does.
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  Act like men.
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  Be strong.
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  Let all that you do be done in love.
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  Act like men.
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  Partner in your households.
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  Be men in your homes.
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  Be men here.
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  Why do I say that?
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  I'm thankful.
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  Jerry, I'm going to use you as an example.
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  You're a man, my brother.
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  You are a man of God, my friend.
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  He gets the men to work and help, but I'm going to be honest with you, you can do a
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  heck of a lot more.
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  These women outwork you all day long, and they should not.
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  You shouldn't be dependent on the ladies fellowship to do everything, but thankfully our men are
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  starting to step up, but it requires that we act like men.
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  We lead.
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  We do.
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  How can I do?
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  How can I say that confidently?
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  Because I lead.
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  Act like men.
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  Be strong.
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  Let all that you do be done in love.
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  What is the motivation of every godly man?
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  Love for Christ, love for his people.
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  Act like men.
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  Here's the difference in this verses eight through 10.
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  There are two clear differences here.
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  Men who are men and men who are not.
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  Verse eight.
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  Now, we know that the law is good.
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  That's true it is.
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  If one uses it lawfully.
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  The problem is none of us can.
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  Only Jesus has used the law lawfully.
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  Only Jesus has fulfilled the law perfectly.
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  And as a result of Christ doing that for us on our behalf, we fulfill the law through him.
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  Praise God because without him it's impossible.
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  But understand this.
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  That the law is not laid down for the just.
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  Do you hear that?
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  If you're in Christ you have been justified.
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  In Christ you are made just.
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  In Christ.
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  But apart from Christ you are not just.
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  So the law has been laid down for the unjust.
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  For the lawless and disobedient.
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  For the ungodly and sinners.
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  For the unholy and profane.
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  For those who strike their fathers and mothers.
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  For murderers, the sexually immoral.
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  Men who practice homosexuality.
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  Enslavors.
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  Those men who steal men and women and children to put into service.
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  Liars.
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  Perjurers.
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  And whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine.
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  By God's grace this country still exists.
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  And we are a godly country.
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  We've enslaved children.
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  Or we ignored it.
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  That is not godly.
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  And nothing will change until the men of God stand firm on sound doctrine and call out
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  the false teachers.
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  Or those who claim that they know better.
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  But we who are the just live in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed
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  God with which I have been entrusted.
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  God has entrusted you with the most precious, most expensive, costly thing.
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  The gospel of his son.
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  That's what you have as men.
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  Men have been entrusted with things.
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  This is the responsibility that we hold.
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  The gospel.
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  There is no other gospel that Christ the God man came, put on flesh, died on the cross,
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  was buried and rose again on the third day to give us life and that he has commanded
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  us to teach all things concerning him and to be obedient.
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  That's what he's told us.
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  That's the gospel.
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  There is no other gospel.
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  And God has entrusted you men with that.
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  So these two very important principles.
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  To be committed to sound doctrine and the stewardship of the gospel.
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  To be careful to teach and proclaim the full truth of God's word.
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  To live obediently and purpose to walk with Christ continually every day.
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  That is the beginning and the foundations of leadership.
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  As men act like men.
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  Over the next week and the week after we'll be dealing with the rest of the chapter.
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  And when you look at what Paul's life was before Christ saved him.
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  It's quite remarkable that God, he says this.
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  I'll give you a little bone because I didn't do this in verse but I'm going to give you
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  a little something to look forward to.
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  Specifically in 2 Peter 3, 9.
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  Do you remember that?
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  What's 2 Peter 3, 9 say?
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  God is patient not willing that any should perish but all should come to repentance.
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  That's exactly what Paul says here Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example
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  to those who were to believe in him.
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  It is about election.
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  He is patient.
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  He was patient with Paul and he's patient with us.
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  His people will come and they will come through and by the gospel through faith alone in Christ
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  alone.
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  By grace alone.
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  There is no other way.
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  It is a very skinny road.
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  And be honest with you I think it's like a path like I don't even think it's a road I
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  think it's like a trail.
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  Not a two lane trail like one trail.
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  If you had a mountain bike you might be able to get through a little faster maybe.
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  So I hope this has been a challenge to you as men to be men.
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  Act like men and we'll pick up next week.
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  Father I want to thank you so much for your faithfulness.
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  Thank you Lord for your word.
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  Thank you Lord for this opportunity to challenge the men to come to live to to take on the
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  responsibility as men and to love you supremely so they can love their wives and their children.
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  That you reign in their hearts and in their lives as King and as God and as Savior.
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  We praise you and thank you in Jesus name.
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  Amen.