1. The Bond of Faith in Our Spiritual Family 1 Tim.1:1-7 Rev Joseph Fung

2. Introduction Do you feel relax when you come home?

3. 1. How True is Our Spiritual Family?

4. 2. What Typical Aspects This Family Has? 1) Problems That Threaten The Unity of the Family 2) A Young Leader was Appointed to Deal with These Problems

5. 2. What Typical Aspects This Family Has? 3) One Must has a Clear Aim to Handle any Problem. 3.1) Identify the Errors 3.2) Bring out the Effect of These Errors 3.3) Substitute By True Teaching

6. 2. What Typical Aspects This Family Has? 3) One Must has a Clear Aim to Handle any Problem. 3.3) Substitute By True Teaching 3.3.1) Timothy was Commanded to be Faithful to Christ. 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.

7. 2. What Typical Aspects This Family Has? 3) One Must has a Clear Aim to Handle any Problem. 3.3) Substitute By True Teaching 3.3.1) Timothy was Commanded to be Faithful to Christ. 3.3.2) His Goal of Life should be Advancing God’s Work.

8. 3. What Must I Do to be Part of This Family? Are you Timothy? Do you have to keep Jesus's New Commandment?

9. Conclusion If you feel relax when you are home, I hope you can have the same feeling when you are at your home church as well.