Morning: The sermon, "Keeping the Good Confession," explored 1 Timothy 6:11-16. In this passage, Paul tells Timothy how to keep the good confession.
It starts by fleeing wrong attitudes, wrong opinions, and wrong ambitions. We are to flee from temptation, sin, and false teaching. We run away from those things to pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. We run to Christ in faith.
As we pursue these things in faith, we fight to good fight of faith. He hold on to the truth. We remain watchful. We remember that our enemies the flesh, the world, and the devil seek to destroy us. We battle on because future generations need our faithfulness.
We also need to take hold of the eternal life that God has given us in Christ Jesus. Paul isn't just calling Timothy to come to faith in Christ. He is convinced that Timothy has already done that. Instead, he is calling to move beyond fears to confidence. Timothy, and we with him, need to know that we have reason to be confident in Christ.
Finally, Paul urges Timothy to remember. He calls God the Father, and Jesus Christ as witness, forcing Timothy to contemplate their love and faithfulness. He allows Timothy to overhear his praise of Father and Son. Timothy is for a moment, but God is forever. Timothy can't approach God, but in Christ God has come down to Timothy.
The source of our hope and life is Christ Jesus our Lord. Without him, we have no righteousness, no forgiveness, no life. But through him, we can keep the Good Confession.
Evening: We enjoyed another movie night with our church family.
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