Compassionate Service: 1 Timothy5:1-22

  1 Timothy 5:1-22 (King James Version)

                                                   

 1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

 3Honour widows that are widows indeed.

 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

 5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.

 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

 8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

 9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.

 10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

 11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;

 12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

 13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

 14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

 15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.

 16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

 18 For the scripture saith, thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.

 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.

 21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.

 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

Prepare for Leadership - Leadership Priorities

1 Timothy 4 (Amplified Bible)

1 Timothy 4

 ¹BUT THE [Holy] Spirit distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach,

 

    ²Through the hypocrisy and pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared (cauterized),

    ³Who forbid people to marry and [teach them] to abstain from [certain kinds of] foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and have [an increasingly clear] knowledge of the truth.

    ⁴For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be thrown away or refused if it is received with thanksgiving.

    ⁵For it is hallowed and consecrated by the Word of God and by prayer.

    ⁶If you lay all these instructions before the brethren, you will be a worthy steward and a good minister of Christ Jesus, ever nourishing your own self on the truths of the faith and of the good [Christian] instruction which you have closely followed.

    ⁷But refuse and avoid irreverent legends (profane and impure and godless fictions, mere grandmothers' tales) and silly myths, and express your disapproval of them. Train yourself toward godliness (piety), [keeping yourself spiritually fit].

    ⁸For physical training is of some value (useful for a little), but godliness (spiritual training) is useful and of value in everything and in every way, for it holds promise for the present life and also for the life which is to come.

    ⁹This saying is reliable and worthy of complete acceptance by everybody.

    ¹⁰With a view to this we toil and strive, [yes and] ^[a]suffer reproach, because we have [fixed our] hope on the living God, Who is the Savior (Preserver, Maintainer, Deliverer) of all men, especially of those who believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to Him).

    ¹¹Continue to command these things and to teach them.

    ¹²Let no one despise or think less of you because of your youth, but be an example (pattern) for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.

    ¹³Till I come, devote yourself to [public and private] reading, to exhortation (preaching and personal appeals), and to teaching and instilling doctrine.

    ¹⁴Do not neglect the gift which is in you, [that special inward endowment] which was directly imparted to you [by the Holy Spirit] by prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands upon you [at your ordination].

    ¹⁵Practice and cultivate and meditate upon these duties; throw yourself wholly into them [as your ministry], so that your progress may be evident to everybody.

    ¹⁶Look well to yourself [to your own personality] and to [your] teaching; persevere in these things [hold to them], for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.

   

Footnotes:

1. 1 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts so read.

Jesus Came to Serve

St. Augusta Missionary Baptist Church Virtual Sunday School

Mark 10:35-45 (King James Version)

35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.

36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?

37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.

38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?

39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:

40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John.

42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:

44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Jesus Is The Messiah

Mark 8:27-38 (New King James Version)

Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ

    ²⁷ Now Jesus and His disciples went out to the towns of Caesarea Philippi; and on the road He asked His disciples, saying to them, “Who do men say that I am?”
²⁸ So they answered, “John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”
²⁹ He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered and said to Him, “You are the Christ.”
³⁰ Then He strictly warned them that they should tell no one about Him.

Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection

    ³¹ And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. ³² He spoke this word openly. Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. ³³ But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him

  
³⁴ When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. ³⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. ³⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? ³⁷ Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ³⁸ For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

 

Mark 8:27-38 (Amplified Bible)

²⁷And Jesus went on with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, Who do people say that I am?
    ²⁸And they answered [Him], John the Baptist; and others [say], Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.
    ²⁹And He asked them, But who do you yourselves say that I am? Peter replied to Him, You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
    ³⁰And He charged them sharply to tell no one about Him.
    ³¹And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must of necessity suffer many things and be tested and disapproved and rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days rise again [^[a]from death].
    ³²And He said this freely (frankly, plainly, and explicitly, making it unmistakable). And Peter took Him ^[b]by the hand and led Him aside and then [facing Him] began to rebuke Him.
    ³³But turning around [His back to Peter] and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have a mind ^[c]intent on promoting what God wills, but what pleases men [you are not on God's side, but that of men].
    ³⁴And Jesus called [to Him] the throng with His disciples and said to them, If anyone intends to come after Me, let him deny himself [forget, ignore, disown, and ^[d]lose sight of himself and his own interests] and take up his cross, and [^[e]joining Me as a disciple and siding with My party] follow ^[f]with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me].
    ³⁵For whoever wants to save his [^[g]higher, spiritual, eternal] life, will lose it [the ^[h]lower, natural, temporal life ^[i]which is lived only on earth]; and whoever gives up his life [which is lived only on earth] for My sake and the Gospel's will save it [his ^[j]higher, spiritual life ^[k]in the eternal kingdom of God].
    ³⁶For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life [^[l]in the eternal kingdom of God]?
    ³⁷For what can a man give as an exchange (^[m]a compensation, a ransom, in return) for his [blessed] life [^[n]in the eternal kingdom of God]?
    ³⁸For whoever ^[o]is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words in this adulterous (unfaithful) and [preeminently] sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when He comes in the glory (splendor and majesty) of His Father with the holy angels.
   

Footnotes:

1. Mark 8:31 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
2. Mark 8:32 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
3. Mark 8:33 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
4. Mark 8:34 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
5. Mark 8:34 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
6. Mark 8:34 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies.
7. Mark 8:35 Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausett and David Brown, A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments.
8. Mark 8:35 Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausett and David Brown, A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments.
9. Mark 8:35 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
10. Mark 8:35 Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausett and David Brown, A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments.
11. Mark 8:35 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
12. Mark 8:36 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
13. Mark 8:37 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
14. Mark 8:37 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
15. Mark 8:38 A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures.

Amplified Bible (AMP)

"Wounded for Our Transgressions" January 30, 2011 Lesson 9

Sunday School Lesson: January 30, 2011 Lesson 9
"Wounded for Our Transgressions"
Key Verse:
Isaiah 53:5
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Isaiah 53:1-12 (Amplified Bible)

Isaiah 53
1WHO HAS believed (trusted in, relied upon, and clung to) our message [of that which was revealed to us]? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been disclosed?(A)

2For [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He has no form or comeliness [royal, kingly pomp], that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him.

3He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him.

4Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy].(B)

5But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.

6All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him the guilt and iniquity of us all.(C)

7He was oppressed, [yet when] He was afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.

8By oppression and judgment He was taken away; and as for His generation, who among them considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living [stricken to His death] for the transgression of my [Isaiah's] people, to whom the stroke was due?

9And they assigned Him a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth.(D)

10Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief and made Him sick. When You and He make His life an offering for sin [and He has risen from the dead, in time to come], He shall see His [spiritual] offspring, He shall prolong His days, and the will and pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.

11He shall see [the fruit] of the travail of His soul and be satisfied; by His knowledge of Himself [which He possesses and imparts to others] shall My [uncompromisingly] righteous One, My Servant, justify many and make many righteous (upright and in right standing with God), for He shall bear their iniquities and their guilt [with the consequences, says the Lord].

12Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers], and He shall divide the spoil with the mighty, because He poured out His life unto death, and [He let Himself] be regarded as a criminal and be numbered with the transgressors; yet He bore [and took away] the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors (the rebellious).(E)



Cross references:

1. Isaiah 53:1 : John 12:38-41; Rom 10:16
2. Isaiah 53:4 : Matt 8:17
3. Isaiah 53:6 : I Pet 2:24, 25
4. Isaiah 53:9 : Matt 27:57-60; I Pet 2:22, 23
5. Isaiah 53:12 : Luke 22:37

January 23, 2011 Lesson 8 "Light for The Gentiles"

Key Verse:

Isaiah 49:6
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth....

 

Scripture Lesson: Isaiah 49:1-7

Isaiah 49:1-7 (King James Version)

 ¹Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. 

 ²And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; 

 ³And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. 

 ⁴Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. 

 ⁵And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. 

 ⁶And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. 

 ⁷Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

 Isaiah 49:1-7 (Amplified Bible)

Isaiah 49

 ¹LISTEN TO me, O isles and coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from afar. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the body of my mother He has named my name.

 

    ²And He has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand has He hid me and made me a polished arrow; in His quiver has He kept me close and concealed me.

    ³And [the Lord] said to me, You are My ^[a]servant, Israel [you who strive with God and with men and prevail], in whom I will be glorified.^(A)

    ⁴Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in empty futility; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense is with my God.

    ⁵And now, says the Lord--Who formed me from the womb to be His servant to bring Jacob back to Him and that Israel might be gathered to Him and not be swept away, for I am honorable in the eyes of the Lord and my God has become my strength--

    ⁶He says, It is too light a thing that you should be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors [of the judgments] of Israel; I will also give you for a light to the nations, that My salvation may extend to the end of the earth.

    ⁷Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, Israel's Holy One, to him whom man rejects and despises, to him whom the nations abhor, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see you and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves, because of the Lord, Who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, Who has chosen you.

   

Footnotes:

1. Isaiah 49:3 It is difficult to know positively to whom the Lord is speaking in these next verses--whether (1) to the Messiah, (2) to Israel, or (3) to Isaiah. The large majority of early authorities favored interpretation (1); later scholars incline toward interpretation (2). See also footnote on Isa. 42:1.

Cross references:

1. Isaiah 49:3 : Gen 32:28; Deut 7:6; 26:18, 19; Eph 1:4-6

 

Lesson 7: January 16th Reassurance for God's People (KJV)

Isaiah 48:12-22 (King James Version)

 ¹² Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. 

 ¹³ Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. 

God's Love:14-16

 ¹⁴ All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. 

 ¹⁵ I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. 

 ¹⁶ Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 

God's Liberation:17-19

 ¹⁷ Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 

 ¹⁸ O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 

 ¹⁹ Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. 

 ²⁰ Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. 

God's Leading: 21-22

 ²¹ And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

 ²² There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked.