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A sermon from 1 Timothy 3 on the advantage that comes from reading, receiving and obeying God's Word. Scripture brings clarity about life, death and God's purposes, and strength to overcome sin, so Christians are challenged to keep a passion for the Bible and guard against distractions.
“This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”
1 Timothy 3:1
Advantage #1: You can know what happens to you when you die
Advantage #2: You can know who God is
Advantage #3: You can know who is in control of all things
Advantage #4: You can know why the world is so evil and corrupt
Advantage #5: You can know how to defeat sin
Actively Maintain An Interest in the Word of God
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.Psalm 119:16
The victorious Christian life requires exposure to Scripture
Hearing - Romans 10:17
Thinking - Philippians 4:8
Reading - Psalm 119:13
Protecting - Proverbs 4:23
The victorious Christian life requires effort in regard to the Scriptures
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.John 5:39
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.Acts 17:11
Fervently Marginalize Impediments that Distract You From The Word of God
Definition: marginalize means to relegate to unimportant or powerless position
Definition: impediment is something that interferes with goal or purpose
When you’re a follower of Jesus Christ there are things that live in the peripherals of your life that must remain there.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.Proverbs 4:20-21
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.Proverbs 4:25-27
The battle each day for every believer is for our attention. Our responsibility is to make sure that nothing or no one gets in between our heart and the LORD.
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.Psalm 16:8-9
Diligently Magnify The Importance of the Word of God
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.Psalm 138:2
Recognize the profit of God’s Word
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.Psalm 119:9
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.Psalm 119:17
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.Psalm 119:42
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.Psalm 119:76
Realize the power of God’s Word
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.Psalm 119:133
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.Psalm 119:105
Regard the premise of God’s Word
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.James 1:22
“When the eye is right it is attracted to light. When the ear is right it is attracted to sound. And when the heart is right it is attracted to God.” – Adrian Rogers
1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16And 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. 1 Timothy 3
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