Mar 2012 Conference: 1 Timothy 5 – 11th March 2012

Posted on March 16, 2012 Posted in Conferences, Reports in TweetsTagged 1 Timothy, Conferences, Daniel RudgeLeave a comment

We enjoyed a visit from Daniel Rudge who took us through 1 Timothy 5, in the latest of our series on 1 Timothy.

Unfortunately, there is no recording for this month although there are live tweets from the evening, below:

We'll be live tweeting from tonight's conference on #1Timothy 5 with Daniel Rudge.

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Daniel begins by reading from #Acts 20: 17, 28 and 35 and #1Timothy 5.

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#1Timothy 5:1-2 All the church; 3-16 Widows; 17-24 Generally about elders. Also read #1John 3:18.

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'Not enough to speak words of love or think words of love, need to demonstrate our love.'

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#1Timothy 5:1-2 Teaching that the local church is a family and all should be treated with respect and affection.

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Comparison of vs 1-2 with how Jesus treated people. We can demonstrate our love for each other and for God.

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#1Timothy 5:3-16 God cares especially for the widows. Many widows had to be supported by the church as few other means of support.

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Vs 3-8 Categories of widows: vs 3-5 'widows indeed' (lost husband and family and were completely alone). Possible to be a 'disciple indeed'.

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Vs 5 – The widow's only hope is in God. Too easy for us these days with money etc to not rest entirely on God. Widow focusing all on God.

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Vs 4 Widow with family support – the family should seek to repay their parents' love back to their mother.

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Vs 6 Widow living for pleasure is spiritually dead whilst living physically.

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Vs 9-16 Two groups: 'Widows on the list for financial support' (9-10) – over 60, faithful wife, brought up children, been hospitable etc.

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Vs 11-15 'Widows not on the list' (11-15) – younger, wanting to remarry more important than God. She should remarry another Christian.

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Vs 17-25 Demonstration of love from elders: Demonstrate by their acts (v17) that they love the Lord, love the church & are willing to work.

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The conference finishes with prayer and light refreshments.

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Feb 2012 Conference: 1 Timothy 4 – 11th February 2012

Posted on February 13, 2012February 13, 2012 Posted in ConferencesTagged 1 Timothy, Conferences, Malcolm Horlock1 Comment

We enjoyed our having Malcolm Horlock from Cardiff who took our fourth monthly conference of the series on 1 Timothy.

Below is a recording of the conference:

Jan 2012 Conference: 1 Timothy 3 – 14th January 2012

Posted on January 16, 2012 Posted in ConferencesTagged 1 Timothy, Conferences, John Lee1 Comment

We were pleased to welcome John Lee from Bognor Regis who took our third monthly conference of the series on 1 Timothy.

Below are live tweets from the evening, as well as a recording of the conference:

Tonight we're live tweeting from our third monthly conference on #1Timothy with John Lee looking at chapter 3.

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John begins by reading the whole of #1Timothy 3.

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'Bishops', in this context are seen as being overseers. 'Elders' are seen to be mature in years and the faith. #1Timothy

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Bishops, elders and shepherds are different words for the same role of overseers. #1Timothy3

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Elders of a local church are always mentioned in the plural and are always male. Their role is to 'take care of the church' and 'rule well'.

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Deacons are taken from a Greek word and are defined as 'servants in relation to their work'. #1Timothy3

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Deacons are split into two roles – 'deacons of the church' and 'deacons of Christ' and can be either male or female. #1Timothy3

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You can listen to the conference below:

December 2011 Conference: 1 Timothy 2 – 10th December 2011

Posted on December 11, 2011January 3, 2012 Posted in Bible Teaching, ConferencesTagged 1 Timothy, Alan Michael, Conferences1 Comment

Tonight we had the second in our series of Monthly Conferences from 1 Timothy which was taken by Alan Michael, who was looking at 1 Timothy 2.

You can listen to Alan’s thoughts below:

November 2011 Conference: 1 Timothy 1 – 12th November 2011

Posted on November 12, 2011 Posted in Conferences, Reports in TweetsTagged 1 Timothy, Bernard Osborne, Conferences, live reporting1 Comment

This evening we started our winter series of conferences with a visit from Bernard Osborne who began our studies in 1 Timothy with a look at chapter 1.

Below is how the evening unfolded on Twitter and at the bottom of the post is an opportunity to listen to Bernard’s thoughts.

We'll be live tweeting from tonight's conference on #1Timothy which starts at 7pm with our speaker #BernardOsborne.

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We open with 'To Christ the Lord let every tongue' and prayer.

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Our second hymn is 'None teacheth, Lord, like Thee.'

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Bernard begins by reading #1Timothy chapter 1. Paul is writing so that Timothy might know how he should behave.

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Paul explains in #1Timothy that the roles of men and women are different in the local church.

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#1Timothy 1 can be split into Intro vs1-2; Truth vs3-11 and Testimony vs12-20.

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#1Timothy 1 v1 Paul had a calling from God to be an apostle. Lots of 'urgency' in #1Timothy – 'I urge/I command/I want'

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Timothy was brought up in a godly home and was taught the scriptures by his mother and grandmother from a child.

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Timothy seems to have been timid but was clearly held in high regard by Paul. He was sent by Paul to Philippi and other places.

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Just had to break off to change Bernard's mic battery!

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#1Timothy 1:3-11 Paul warns against false teaching – still relevant today. Contrast with true teaching in v5 'love..sincere faith.'

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Test for teaching: Does it produce 'love from a pure heart, good conscience and a sincere faith'?

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False teaching was divisive and legalistic. Can be countered by presenting sound teaching (v10). Today we forget the importance of teaching.

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What is 'sound doctrine' (v10)? Answer given in v11 'that which conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God'

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Testimony (vs12-20) Paul is full of gratitude to God when he thinks of what his life was before (v13) His experience proves the gospel works

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Grace, faith and love were shown to Paul (v14) 'Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the worst' (persecution)

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#1Timothy 1:18-19 Timothy's testimony: Teaching to be passed on 'holding on to faith and a good conscience' v19. Still true for us today.

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True defence against false teaching is a solid knowledge of sound teaching. Bernard finishes by closing in prayer.

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Our next conference will be on 10th December at 7pm. Tonight's will be on the website later. Apologies for the timeline clogging! #1Timothy

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Following the conference we enjoyed refreshments prepared by Brian and Judith.

Click below to listen to or download Bernard’s thoughts. Please note that around 11:20 into the message there is a short pause where Bernard’s microphone battery failed.

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