1 Timothy

8. The church that killed with kindness (1 Timothy 5:1-16)

Preached on 17th March 2019 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Sermon 8, from:1 Timothy | Our Charge

Sermon Notes

A caring family commends Jesus to the world:

• Serve the servants

• Don’t indulge the indulgent!

1. When a widow isn’t a widow…

• Circumstances

• Heart

2. When kindness isn’t kind…

i. When it damages the dependent

ii. When it neglects the needy

iii. When it disgusts the decent

iv. When it releases the responsible

v. When it robs the rescuers

6. What God has joined Together (1 Timothy 3:8-13)

Preached on 3rd March 2019 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Sermon 6, from: 1 Timothy | Our Charge

Sermon Notes:

Sermon 1: “Move on, nothing to see here!”

Problem: who is the Servant?

• In Acts 6?

• In the wider New Testament?

• In the context of 1 Timothy?

Sermon 2: Three things Paul holds closely together

1. Leadership and the master’s voice

2. Leadership and the master’s death

3. Leadership and the led

5. Elders in the dog house (1 Timothy 3:1-7)

Preached on 3rd February 2019 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Sermon 5, from: 1 Timothy | Our Charge

Sermon Notes:

God wants leaders who will bring up his children without disgracing the family:

  1. Character, not charm

  2. people, not polity

  3. fathers, not bullies

  4. Teachers, not titles

  5. Battling, not perfection

    1. For men who aspire to lead…

    2. For Christians who long to be led…

4. What a wonderful World (1 Timothy 2:8-15)

Preached on 27th January 2019 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Sermon 4, from: 1 Timothy | Our Charge

Sermon notes:

1. Masculinity detoxified v8

The church’s mission to the world mustn’t be poisoned… by male egos.

2. Femininity beautified v9-10

The church’s witness to the world mustn’t be disfigured… by female vanity.

3. Humanity sanctified v11-15

i. The world-changing positive

ii. The necessary negative

iii. The beautiful incentive

3. When the world grows boring (1 Timothy 2:1 -7)

Preached on 20th January 2019 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Sermon 3, from:1 Timothy | Our Charge

Sermon notes:

3. When the world grows boring 1 Tim 2:1-7

A passage with a pulse: “all”

Where did it all go wrong?

i. Not knowing God’s mercy (v1, “then”)

ii. Not knowing God’s heart (v3)

Make more room in your hearts…

1. Because your dignity depends on it v1-3

2. Because God’s nature demands it v5

3. Because the cross displays it v6-7

2. Love amid the shipwreck (1 Timothy 1:8-20)

Preached on 13th January 2019 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Sermon 2, from: 1 Timothy | Our Charge

Sermon notes:

Two lessons:

Bible teaching should make lovers of the lawless

Bible teaching could make shipwrecks of the “sound”

1. The Law was laid down…

…to seek and save the lost v8-11

2. The Apostle was appointed…

…to seek and save the lost v12-17

3. God’s beloved must bleed…

…to seek and save the lost v18-20