1 Timothy 4:11-16
- Adam Bailie
- November 18, 2007
- Series: Pastoral Epistles: Loving, Leading, Learning
- Category: Evening Bible Hour
- Passage: 1 Timothy 4:11–4:16
- Summary: Adam preaches 1 Tim. 4:11-16. True ministry success is speaking the truth, overcoming youthful criticism, making much of the Word, exercising the Spirit's gifting, habitually practicing God's expectations, staying focused, and staying faithful.
1 Timothy 4:11-16
Command and teach these things. 12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. 14 Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. 15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. 16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.