Titus 2

• Paul instructed Titus how to teach;
  
• say "No" to
• ungodliness
• worldly passions
• we need to separate our worldly passions from the godly ones, and say "No" to the former;
• Soundness:
• in doctrine (v1) to teach;
  
• in faith (v2) for older men;
• of speech (v8) in your teaching;
• Self-control:
• to older men (v2);
• to younger women (v4);
• to young men (v6);
• God's teaching (v12);
• integrity/upright:
• in your teaching (v7);
• God's teaching (v12);
• subject:
• wives to their husbands (v5);
• slaves to their masters in everything (v9);
• pure:
• younger women (v5);
• Jesus purified us to be his people (v14);
  

1 Tim 3

• overseer -> noble task
• to be one:
• above reproach
• one wife
• temperate
• self-controlled
• respectable
• hospitable
• able to teach
• no drunkenness
  
• gentle
• not quarrelsome
• not a lover of money
• must manage his own family well
• must not be a recent convert
• have good reputation with outsiders
  
• Deacons
  
• respectable
  
• sincere
• not indulging in much wine
  
• not pursuing dishonest gain
• keep hold of deep truth of faith
• with clear conscience
  
• must be tested first
• Deaconesses
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1 Tim 2

• one God;
• one mediator between God and men--Jesus Christ;
• v8: for men;
• v9-15: for women;
  

2 Th

• not busy; but busybody;
• do the right thing always (v13);
• no association, but still as brother and not as an enemy;
• Paul's handwriting (v17);
  

1 Th 5:4-28

• Respect the workers in the Lord,
• hold them in the highest regard in love
• Paul urged
• the idle -> be warned
• the timid -> be encouraged
• the weak -> be helped
• with everyone -> be patient
• God's will for us:
  
• Always be joyful;
  
• Continually pray;
  
• In all circumstances give thanks;

1 Th 4:1-5:3

• God's will:
• be sanctified
• avoid sexual immoralities;
  
• control his own body (or live with his own wife);
• in a way that is holy and honorable
• not in passionate lust
• no one should wrong or take advantage of others
• God called us to live a holy life;
• try to:
• lead a quiet life;
• mind your own business;
• work with your own hands;
• results->win the respects of others and be independent;
• meet the Lord in the air (v17);
• the day of the Lord-> like a thief in the night;
  

1 Th 2:10-3:13

• apart in person, but not in thought (v17);
• stopped by Satan
• what could it be? Illness? Weather? Financial? (probably some opposition-- distress, persecution 2:7)
  
• sometimes Gods stops us from doing things, too. What's the difference?
• sent Timothy to them instead, and he came back with good news (vv2&6);
• faith, love, and prayers;
  
• destined for trials (v3);
• Paul's worry -> unsettled by trials (v3); Timothy's good news -> stood firm in the Lord;
• love to increase and overflow!
  

Phil 3:4-21

• Paul
• tribe of Benjamin
• Pharisee
• profit -> loss; all things -> rubbish;
• forget what's behind, strain towards what's ahead;
  
• live up to what we have already attained
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