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 Timothy Study - Part 13
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June 2007 Summary
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June 3, 2007
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Derek McCammon - Timothy Study Part 13
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June 10, 2007
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Derek McCammon - Timothy Study Part 14
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June 17, 2007
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Derek McCammon - Father’s Day
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June 24, 2007
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No lesson given
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Timothy 6:3-11. Timothy was receiving teaching and exhortations on Widows, Elders, and Servants in the church and starting in verse 3 of chapter six we find
Paul addressing the sentiment of not being satisfied with your lot in life. That’s why Paul says in verse 6 “But godliness with contentment is great gain.” It’s contentment that we need to
have. Are you expecting to receive more than you reasonably ought to expect? That is the problem with most people in today’s society and we ruin
our witness for Christ. The source of contentment is godliness and Paul has talked about godliness 9 times in 1 Timothy. Twice in Chapter 2. 1 Tim 2:1-2 “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” 1 Tim 2:9-10 “In like manner also, that women
adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which
becometh women professing godliness) with good works.” We learn that prayer is important part of godliness and that for
the women, dressing modestly practices godliness. The third time in Chapter 3:16 “And without controversy great is the
mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” This reminds us as Christians that we have the indwelling power to
behave with a steady conformity to the will of God. Righteousness is the product of godliness. Fourth reference is in 1 Tim 4:7 “But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.” Then the last five
references to godliness occurs in chapter 6. The lesson finishes on discussing the will of God and obstacles to godliness which include pride.   Click here to listen now. You may also want to review all of the audio
lessons on the Timothy Study.
 Timothy Study - Part 14. The lesson on June 10, 2007 continues the audio series in Timothy
and discusses money. Paul is writing Timothy in Ephesus and he’s telling Timothy to let the
people know that money isn’t everything. Let’s face it, we always know that there are going to
be problems in life and most of the times the solution to those problems is money. A modern
day song writer wrote a song with lyrics that said “money can’t buy me love”. That much was
true because only true love comes from God. We need to discern the difference between
godly love and worldly love. This chapter talks about the love of money being the root of all evil.
The lesson is that godliness with contentment is great gain. Unfortunately there are those in the
church that gain is godliness which derives from unwholesome words. Ecclesiastes 10:19 says “A feast is made for
laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.” This was written from a worldly perspective in the
walk of man. Money pays the bills but the love of money is where pride comes in and causes evil. Pride has its origin in
disobedience to God and the devil. Pride makes men think his way is better vs. God’s but we’re told in Proverbs 16:25 “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” The ungodly man works hard at
what he does! Proverbs 16:27-30 “An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. A froward
man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into
the way that is not good. He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.”
Churches today have made decisions to accommodate the world and get numbers into the pews... wheter by the Power
Team or Christian rock music, they have deceived themselves to think gain is godliness. The old church hymnals are
written by people that were dedicated to the ministry of Christ Jesus instead of looking at it as a business. An epidemic
called Affluenza has taken hold in America we learned by reading an excerpt from the book called “Affluenza” that
described the age of the consuming epidemic. We are encouraged to be happy with what God has given us and not to be
dissatisfied. In verse 12 we are told to fight the good fight. Click here to listen now. You may want to review all of the audio lessons on Timothy.
 Father’s Day. The lesson on June 17, 2007 takes a break from the Timothy Series and gives a
lesson on Father’s Day. Billy Graham once was quoted as saying “A good father is one of the
most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.”
And yet fatherhood today is being assailed, maligned, and marginalized. Perhaps this started in
America 45 years ago when we allowed prayer to be removed from our schools. The de
-masculinization of men was one of the reasons listed in the fall of the Roman Empire. The
feminization of the male has been destructive in our society today. In the media, whether it be
in the movies, television, and radio, most men are portrayed as boars. We’ve changed the
definition of a macho man to be one that’s a brawler instead of one that loves his wife, love his
family, does his job, does it well, in honor to God in all that he does. The lesson covers an editorial by Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post Writers Group entitled “Happy Father’s Day, jerk”. This editiorial says “
... Men and fathers have been on the receiving end of a male-bashing trend for the past 20 years or so, and they've had
enough. ... On television, men are depicted as boors or buffoons, while in the broader culture, they're deadbeats or wife
beaters. In a 1999 study of how fathers were presented in 102 prime-time shows, the National Fatherhood Initiative found
only four in which a father was portrayed as present and involved in his children's lives.” There are statistics that show
the impact on society to the fatherless homes. 63% of the youths that commit suicide come from fatherless homes. 70%
of juveniles that are in state institutions come from a fatherless home. 71% of pregnant teenagers are from a fatherless
home. 71% of all high school dropouts come from a fatherless home. There are plenty of other statistics that show there
is no doubt, the father is very important in raising youth properly. There is a warfare against Fathers today. Male bashing
is very popular but it is not new. In Ephesians 6:4, we learn of instructions given by God to fathers “And, ye fathers,
provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” The first part is “don’t
provoke” and the second is to “bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord”. Men were created to be leaders
and in the headship placed over the woman but under Christ. When he becomes a father and follows what God wants
him to do in raising a family he can trust in what God says in Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will not depart from it.” The lesson covered the story of Jarius, who was a father of a sick daughter
who sought out Jesus so the he might heal her. In Mark 5:22-23 it says “And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the
synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter
lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.” This
story show the great love that a father has for his daughter. Jesus followed him to his home and raised his daughter from the dead. Click here to listen now. You may want to review other lessons celebrating Fatherhood.
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Audio Lessons for this Month
