Paul’s
Advice to Timothy
Lesson
IV
1
Timothy 4:16 - I
July 19, 2009
Review: 1 Timothy 3:15 behave thyself
1 Timothy 4:7 exercise
thyself
1 Timothy 4:15 give thyself
Text 1 Timothy 4:16 the first part of the verse:
1.
Take heed unto thyself
2.
Take heed unto the doctrine
3
Continue in them
I Taking heed to
thyself
Vincent:
“Personality goes before teaching”
1
Watch your thoughts
Isaiah
55:7-9 always remember God’s thoughts are
higher than ours.
Romans
12:2-3 keep a renewed mind
Philippians
2:3-7 ask for a humble mind
Proverbs
23:7 what do you talk to yourself
about?
2 Watch your tongue
Psalm
19:14 seek acceptable words
Psalm
35:28 speak of His righteousness
Psalm
141:3 a necessary prayer for all
of us
Proverbs
21:23 good advise
Colossians
4:6 speech with grace
James
3:5-10 meditate on these words.
1
Peter 3:10 remember this advise also
Proverbs
15:4 ask for a wholesome tongue
3 Watch the company you keep
1 Corinthians 15:33 bad company corrupts good
manners
Daniel
2:17 Daniel had good companions
4 Watch in all things
1 Peter 5:8 be wide awake
5 Watch for opportunities
Galatians
6:10 as ye therefore have opportunity
Hebrews 13:16 forget not
II Take heed to
the doctrine (your teaching)
2 Timothy 4:1-5 The Time has come!
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Timothy 1:3,10,;4:1,4:6, 4:13,4:16, and I Timothy
6:1,3 the word “doctrine”
III
Continue in them
That is, continue to
watch what you do and what you teach