The Webster Bible Church Podcast

Guard The Gospel - 1 Timothy 1:3-7

Transformative Truth:
Oppose whatever draws people away from gospel truth.

The Commission
1 Timothy 1:3-4

29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. 31 So be on your guard!
Acts 20:29-31 NIV

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don't belong to him and he isn't their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. The hired hand runs away because he's working only for the money and doesn't really care about the sheep.
John 10:11-13 NLT

Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have received that you have heard from me.
2 Timothy 1:13

But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.
Titus 2:1

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
1 Timothy 3:14-15

The Contrast
1 Timothy 1:3-5

"Love is the overflow of joy in God which gladly meets the needs of others."
- John Piper

It was not so much that they set out to be heretical. They simply wanted to "go deeper" into the Scriptures. They wanted to go beyond the "simple" exegesis of Paul, and by giving the people and events allegorical meaning, simple stories would reveal fantastic truths. They did not set out to abandon the gospel ... but in fact their progressive accretions smothered the gospel.
-Hughes and Chapell

 

 

A Greeting Worth Repeating - 1 Timothy 1:1-2

Transformative Truth: A healthy church thrives on the blessings of salvation.

 

1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope.
2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Timothy 1:1-2

1 Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. 2 The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. 3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 As they traveled from town to town, ... the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
Acts 16:1-4a, 5

28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. 31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears. 32 "Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Acts 20:28-32

Grace

"Greetings!"  "Grace!"
 (charein)    (charis) 

Mercy

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
His mercies never come to an end;
They are new every morning;
Great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23

Peace

 

The 3-Es - The King’s Messengers - Matthew 9:35-10:5a

Transformative Truth:
Rescuing lost people requires our compassionate, prayerful participation in God’s mission.

 

1. DIVINE PERSPECTIVE Matthew 9:37

2. DILIGENT PRAYER Matthew 9:38

3. DIVERSE PERSONNEL Matthew 10:1-4

The 3-Es - The Beauty Of Christ’s Body - 1 Corinthians 12:12-27

The 3 Es - The Transformative Power Of God’s Holy Word - James 1:21-27

 

Transformative Truth: God’s Word is meant to transform us, not just inform us.

 

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 into an inheritance that is undying, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. 5 Through faith you are being protected by God's power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of time. 
1 Peter 1:3-5

Like newborn babies, crave the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow up into salvation - if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1 Peter 2:2-3

God's Word is meant to transform us, not just inform us.

1. Take out the trash!  James 1:21a

Put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
1 Peter 2:1

But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language out of your mouth.
Colossians 3:8

Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me, and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting!
Psalm 139:23-24

2. Take in the truth!  James 1:21b

3. Take on the traits!  James 1:22-27

God's Word is meant to transform us, not just inform us.

The Life Of David - Final Words And A Fresh Beginning - 2 Samuel 23:1-7; 1 Kings 2:1-12

Transformative Truth: The righteous King’s rule brings both blessing and judgment..

 

The Public Address
2 Samuel 23:1-7

When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God, he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

Ruler over mankind - righteous! Ruler - fear of God!

God promised this Good News long ago through his prophets in the holy Scriptures. The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David's family line, and he was shown to be the Son of God when he was raised from the dead by the power of the Holy Spirit. He is Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 1:3-4

The righteous King's rule brings both blessing and judgment.

The Private Charge
1 Kings 2:1-9

When your days are over and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, your own flesh and blood, and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 7:12

When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother, he taught me and said, "Your heart must hold on to my words. Keep my commands and live." 
Proverbs 4:3-4

The righteous King's rule brings both blessing and judgment.

The Promised Kingdom
1 Kings 2:10-12

The Life Of David - There’s Only One King (And It Isn’t You!) - 1 Kings 1:1-53

Transformative Truth:
Rebel-sinners stand in need of mercy from the rightful King.

Self-Advancement 1 Kings 1:1-10

Sovereign Appointment 1 Kings 1:11-40

On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, and the LORD will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one LORD, and his name the only name. Zechariah 14:8, 9

Settled Arrangement 1 Kings 1:41-53

The Lord is God and has given us light. Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. Psalm 118:27

Rebel-sinners stand in need of mercy from the rightful King.

For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow- in heaven and on earth and under the earth- and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11

The Life Of David - The Costly Count - 2 Samuel 24:1-24

The Sinful Act 2 Samuel 24:1-9

The Sincere Confession 2 Samuel 24:10

Sin is costly, but because of God's mercy we can be forgiven and enjoy fellowship with him.

The Severe Consequences 2 Samuel 24:11-17

The Sacrificial Offerings 2 Samuel 24:18-25

Propitiation: a sacrifice that bears God's wrath to the end and in so doing changes God's wrath toward us into favor.

Sin is costly, but because of God's mercy we can be forgiven and enjoy fellowship with him. 

The Life Of David - David’s Mighty Men - 2 Samuel 23:8-39

Transformative Truth: "The strength of God's kingdom rests in the Lord, not in us"

1. Great Human Accomplishments (vv.8-12)

2. Great Human Devotion (vv. 13-17)

3. More Great Human Accomplishments (vv. 18-23)

4. The Problem with Human Heroes (vv. 24-39)

The Life Of David - The King’s Final Praise - 2 Samuel 22:1-51

Transformative Truth: "The One worthy of all praise is Yahweh, the great deliverer."

1. The Deliverance of the Lord

2. The Righteousness of the Servant?

3. The Splendor of the Lord

4. The Victory of the King

5. The Reign of the Messiah