3. Matthew 6:33
33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness…”

4. Ephesians 5:15-16
15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

5. Colossians 4:5
5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.

6. Hebrews 10:35
35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

7. Philippians 3:13-15
13 …But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are mature think this way…

8. 1 Timothy 1:1-11
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.

9. 1 Timothy 1:1-11
3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, 4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.

10. 1 Timothy 1:1-11
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

11. 1 Timothy 1:1-11
8 Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, 9 understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers…

12. 1 Timothy 1:1-11
10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, 11 in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

13. 1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

14. 1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
We have been charged.

15. 1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Matthew 28:18
18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
We have been charged.

16. 1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Acts 2:36
36 “Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
We have been charged.

17. In order to fulfill the charge, we have to aim.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
In order to fulfill the charge, we have to aim.

18. 1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
We are aiming for love.

19. 1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Matthew 22:37-40
37 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment.
We are aiming for love.

20. 1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Matthew 22:37-40
39 “And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
We are aiming for love.

21. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

22. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Proverbs 4:23
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

23. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

24. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
James 4:1-8
1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

25. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
James 4:1-8
2 You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

26. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
James 4:1-8
4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

27. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
James 4:1-8
5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

28. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
James 4:1-8
6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

29. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
James 4:1-8
8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

30. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

31. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Peter 3:18-22
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit…
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

32. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Peter 3:18-22
19 in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20 because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah…
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

33. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Peter 3:18-22
20 while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

34. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Peter 3:18-22
21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ…
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

35. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

36. The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Timothy 1:18-19a
18 This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 holding faith and a good conscience.
The love for which we are aiming issues from a three-pronged source.

37. Failure to carefully aim leads to swerving…
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Failure to carefully aim leads to swerving…

38. Failure to carefully aim leads to swerving…
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Timothy 1:6-7
6 Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.
Failure to carefully aim leads to swerving…

39. Failure to carefully aim leads to swerving and shipwreck.
1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
1 Timothy 1:19b
19 By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith…
Failure to carefully aim leads to swerving and shipwreck.

40. 1 Timothy 1:5
5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.