Paul’s
Advice to Timothy
1 Timothy 4:15
Lesson
III
July 12, 2009
Review 1 Timothy 3:15 behave thyself
1 Timothy 4:7 exercise
thyself
1 Timothy 4:15. give thyself
I Introduction
1 Timothy
4:12-15 a. Give thyself
It is
easier to give one’s money than it is to give one’s self
Mother
– gives herself to her child
1 Thessalonians 2:7
Father
– gives himself
to a son 1 Thessalonians 2:11
Soldier –gives himself to his country
b. Give thyself wholly
Joshua 14:8 wholly
1 Thessalonians 5:23 wholly
II First, you must accept yourself as God made you
Psalm 119:73
Thy hand have made me
Jeremiah 1:6 is it not so with us?
Exodus 4:10-16 note what God says He
does
Genesis 29:17 Leah
was tender eyed- Rachel, beautiful
I
have learned to accept the fact that I am undersized as to my height
III. Then, you will be
yourself
Until you accept
yourself, you will be tempted to be an actor
Strange it is that God made us all
individuals, yet we try to be copies.
IV Only when you accept yourself will you be
able to give yourself
2 Corinthians 8:5 first-gave themselves
Acts 20:24 count
not my life dear unto myself.
V The Bible is filled with illustrations of
what it means to give ones self
1.
Genesis 39:9,12 Joseph- was willing to die rather than sin
2
1 Kings 17:12 the unnamed woman- gave her
last cake to Elijah
3
Esther 4:10, and
7:3 if I perish I perish, said Queen
Esther
4
Daniel 3:17-18 “if not” said the
Hebrew boys
5
Daniel 6:10 When Daniel knew the writing was signed
6
John 12:24 except a corn of wheat
7
Luke 9:23,24 a cross always involves a cost
VI Conclude:
Remember, Jesus gave Himself
Matthew 20:28 give his life
John
10:11,18 no
man took His life
Galatians
2:20 He gave himself
Jim.Elliot “He is no fool who
gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose”