The punchline in some parables is brutal honesty about how the people were living versus how they should be living. Jesus told parables because He wanted people to understand the…
In our text today, Paul begins by saying, “For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain” (v. 1). Have you ever done something that…
Last week, we examined five character qualifications which God looks for in these men. Paul lists them for us in 1 Timoothy 3:8-9. Men of dignity — men who are…
When it comes to His church, God’s paramount concern is not with buildings or programs but with the moral and spiritual character of those who lead and care for His…
The word diakonos is most often used in this sense to refer to servants of God, Christ, the gospel, or the church. Paul uses diakonos most frequently: Usually in reference…
Consider for just a moment the various people who have crossed your path throughout your lifetime. Is there a person who stands out in your mind as having had a…
Have you ever stopped to think about that statement — God chose to save you! It is this truth which Paul declares to us in vv. 4-5 of our text…
Have you ever stopped to consider how your impressions of another congregation of the Lord’s people? When someone names that certain congregation, what is the first thought or image that…
All of us who have ever played any kind of sport know what it means to be “second string.” We practice and work just as much as any other player…
As one of our hymns declares, you and I have a “message true and glad, for the sinful and the sad” — it is a message we are called to…