1. 1: 1- 12 A free CD of this message will be available following the service This message will also be available for podcast later in the week a calvaryokc.com

2. 1: 1- 12 My Mother taught me TO AP- PRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE - “If you're going to kill each other, do it outside -- I just finished cleaning in here!” My mother taught me about RELIGION - “You better pray that will come out of the carpet.” My mother taught me about ENVY - “There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do!”

3. 1: 1- 12 My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM - “Will you just LOOK at the dirt on the back of your neck!” My mother taught me about STAMINA - “You’ll sit there ‘til all that spinach is gone.” My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL - “If you don't straight- en up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!” My mother taught me LOGIC - “Because I said so, that's why.”

4. 1: 1- 12 My mother taught me FORE- SIGHT - “Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident.” My mother taught me about OSMOSIS - “Shut your mouth and eat your supper!” My mother taught me THE CIR- CLE OF LIFE - “I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.”

5. 1: 1- 12 1 st imprisonment Philemon, Colossians, Ephesians, and Philippians From Rome through Macedonia, Asia Minor and possibly Spain

6. But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you. 1: 1- 12 Philemon 1:22 1 Timothy and Titus Rearrested about AD 65 Abandoned by all but Luke (4:11) Martyred by Nero approx. AD 68

7. Beloved ~ agapētos 1: 1- 12 Matthew 3:17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

8. Genuine faith ~ anupokritos – unhypocritical Dwelt ~ enoikeō – en (in), oikos (house) 1: 1- 12

9. Eunice ~“good victory” 1: 1- 12

10. Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 1: 1- 12 1 Timothy 4:14

11. Stir up ~ anazōpureō Re-, again ( ana ) Living being ( zōon ) Fire ( pur ) 1: 1- 12 NIV ~ fan into flame Gift ~ charisma – grace gift

12. Fear ~ deilia – NIV, timidity – better, cowardice 1: 1- 12

13. Sound mind ~ NIV, self discipline sophronismos – literally “sober midriff” 1: 1- 12 “Sound emotions”

14. 1) The Spirit gives us power to love 2) …but perfect love casts out fear… 1: 1- 12 3) And sober-mindedness is the result 1 John 4:18

15. “Better to have a little excess than to be dead… 1: 1- 12 Donald Gee …because it’s easier to correct excess than to raise the dead.”

16. “If you were not strangers here, the hounds of the world would not bark at you.” 1: 1- 12 Samuel Rutherford

17. “Man cannot be saved by perfect obedience, because he is incapable of rendering it. 1: 1- 12 J. Vernon McGee He cannot be saved by imperfect obedience, because God will not accept it.”

18. Abolished ~ katargeō 1: 1- 12 kata ~ (according to); argos ~ a (un-) + ergon (work) I.e. to render powerless