1. Disciplines of Faith 1 Timothy 4:6-11 A Good Servant Hungry Student of Scripture Disciplined for Godliness Committed to Hard Work Teaching with Authority 1

2. Disciplines of Faith 1 Timothy 4:6-11 A Good Servant  Good – noble, admirable, excellent  Servant doulos – bond slave; submission doulos – bond slave; submission diakonos – service; usefulness diakonos – service; usefulness 2

3. Disciplines of Faith 1 Timothy 4:6-11 Hungry Student of Scripture  constantly nourished – on going as in 2 Timothy 2:15  words of faith – body of Christian truth as in 2 Timothy 3:16,17  sound doctrine – 2 Timothy 3:15 3

4. Disciplines of Faith 1 Timothy 4:6-11 Why a Student of Scripture  Warn others of error pointing out – lay before gently pointing out – lay before gently these things – 1 & 2 Timothy 4:1-5 these things – 1 & 2 Timothy 4:1-5  Avoid influence of wrong teaching nothing to do with – reject, put away nothing to do with – reject, put away worldly – unholy worldly – unholy fables – myths; 2 Timothy 4:4 fables – myths; 2 Timothy 4:4 4

5. Disciplines of Faith 1 Timothy 4:6-11 Disciplined for Godliness  discipline – to train vigorously and continuously  godliness – right attitude & response to Creator God from the heart 2 Peter 1:3 2 Peter 1:3 1 Timothy 6:11 1 Timothy 6:11 2 Timothy 2:3-4 2 Timothy 2:3-4 5

6. Disciplines of Faith 1 Timothy 4:6-11 Committed to Hard Work  labor – to work to point of exhaustion  strive – “agony”; engage in a struggle  fixed – done in the past but with continuing results in the present as in Hebrews 12:1-3 6

7. Disciplines of Faith 1 Timothy 4:6-11 Teaching with Authority  prescribe – command or mandate as in an order from one in authority  teach – idea of passing on truth  these things – 1 Timothy 4:6-16  Titus 2:15 7

8. Disciplines of Faith 1 Timothy 4:6-11 Application How useful is your serve? What are you doing to improve that serve? Are you striving to be the student of scripture that is necessary to be useful in the advance of the Kingdom of God? 8