Ensuring Salvation in God’s House

1 Tim 4:11-16

             Purpose: The pastor’s defense against false 

           teachers, build a constructive ministry!

1. Built Upon Two Commands (1 Tim 4:11)

                      Prescribe

                      Teach

2. Setting Five Examples (1 Tim 4:12)

                     Speech

                     Conduct

                     Love

                     Faith

                     Purity

3. Devoted to God’s Word Three Ways (1 Tim 4:13)

                     Reading

                     Exhortation/Preaching/Encouragement

                     Teaching

4. Absorbed in God for the Sake of Others (1 Tim 4:14-16)

                        1 Timothy 4:16:: “Pay close attention to yourself
                        and to your teaching; persevere in these
                        things, for as you do this you will ensure
                        salvation both for yourself and for those who
                        hear you.”