Day 1

Scripture to Read: 1 Timothy 1:1

This week we are walking through 1 Timothy 1:1-11. As God led Paul to write to Timothy and, of course, all believers through the ages, we will examine what God is saying to us this week. In 1 Timothy 1:1, God led Paul to introduce himself. We read that Paul was an apostle, which means that Paul had seen the resurrected Christ. There are no apostles today for no one today has ever seen the resurrected Christ. God opened up that door for Paul as recorded in Acts 9:1-9. Note that God led Paul to write, in 1 Timothy 1:1, that he was an apostle “according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus.” The commandment that Paul was referring to was what our Lord shared with Ananias in Acts 9:15, “But the Lord said to him, ‘Go, for he (Paul) is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel.’” Jesus, as He spoke to Ananias, made it clear that Paul was His chosen instrument to share Christ with the Gentiles. God has also chosen each one of us as His instruments (1 Peter 2:9-10) so that we share Christ with everyone crossing our paths. We share Christ because He is our hope, as God clearly shared through Paul at the end of 1 Timothy 1:1. People worldwide live with no hope; that is why we must share Christ so those without hope can find hope in Christ alone.

Challenge & Application

1. What did God teach you today about His call on your life and who Christ is to us and this lost world? 2. How will you share Christ this week so others can know that He is their hope?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

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Day 1

This week we are walking through 1 Timothy 1:1-11. As God led Paul to write to Timothy and, of course, all believers through the ages, we will examine what God is saying to us this week. In 1 Timothy 1:1, God led Paul to introduce himself. We read that Paul was an apostle, which means that Paul had seen the resurrected Christ. There are no ap...

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Day 2

Today we focus on 1 Timothy 1:2. Today, we learn that this letter was originally written to Timothy, but we must never lose sight that God wrote this letter through Paul to all believers, not just to Timothy. God had Paul refer to Timothy as “my true child in the faith.” We know that Timothy put his faith in the Lord from an early age but we ...

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Day 3

As we learned yesterday, Timothy became the pastor of the church at Ephesus after being mentored by Paul. Of course, God continued to use Paul to mentor and encourage Timothy as Timothy pastored the believers in Ephesus. Just as Timothy had Paul to mentor and encourage him, we also need people in our lives to mentor and encourage us. God used...

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Day 4

Since we are taking 1 Timothy 1:1-11 verse by verse so far, we are continuing from yesterday’s instruction to make sure none of us are teaching strange doctrines. Today we read in 1 Timothy 1:4, as God led Paul to write that we also make sure we, as believers, do not “pay attention to myths and endless genealogies.” The reason God gives this ...

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Day 5

Today we read God’s goal for our lives in 1 Timothy 1:5. The goal of God’s instruction in our lives is LOVE. This goal should not surprise us because God has made this goal clear throughout His Word. When Jesus was asked in Matthew 22:36 what the greatest commandment was of all of the commandments, Jesus answered, in Matthew 22:37-39, that it...

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Day 6

As we examine 1 Timothy 1:6-7, we read God’s warning about people who willingly turn away from God’s goal of love. Instead of loving God with all their heart, soul, and mind, and loving others as themselves, these people choose to get caught up in “fruitless discussion.” Another way of saying this is that these people who are not pursuing Chr...

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Day 7

God lets us know, in 1 Timothy 1:8, that His Law is good if it is used in the right way. We know God’s Law is good because it is from God (James 1:17). God has given us His Law so we are able to walk in obedience to His Law each day. It is interesting that God has Paul write, in 1 Timothy 1:9, that His Law was not given for those who are righ...

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