2012 Theme of the Year “A Waiting World… A Willing Church”

The CONDITIONS IN A WAITING World: Ensnared – Heb 12:1 2. Entangled – 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Tim 2:4 3. Blinded – Eph 4:18; John 12:40; 2 Cor 4:4 4. Ignorant – Heb 5:2; Acts 17:30 5. Denial – I John 1:8,9

The CONCERNS OF A WILLING Church: I Timothy 1:5-7 I. Sincere Faith: (vs.5-7) Mark 2:17 “those who are sick” Roman 5:8 “while we were still sinners”

The CONCERNS OF A WILLING Church: I Timothy 1:8-10 Senseless Living: (vs.8-10) 3 Pairs of People in this grouping: Lawbreakers: those who by out ward acts disobey the standard of God. Rebels: those who defile themselves inwardly. The Ungodly: defiantly opposed to God’s authority.

The CONCERNS OF A WILLING Church: I Timothy 1:11,12 Sacrificial Service: (vs.11,12) The Gospel of Jesus Christ to save is Glorious: The Entrustment of the Message to the Messenger: The Scope of the Gospel is that it is in ministry: (bearing out in a living way the fact that Jesus saves all will call upon Him)

The CONCERNS OF A WILLING Church: I Timothy 1:13-17 IV. Scope of the Power of God: (vs.13-17) Abundant Grace: (What do you rejoice in that is in your past?) [vs.13,14] World of Sinners: (What sin is in the world that shocks you? Why?) [vs.15] Examples of Grace: “those who are going to believe” [vs.16,17]