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One By One...And Life On Life
2 Timothy 3:10-17
But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner
of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, perseverance, persecutions, afflictions,
which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra- what persecutions I endured.
And out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yes, and all who desire to live
godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil men and impostors will
grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But you must continue in the
things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have
learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures,
which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ
Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that
the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. As
the Apostle Paul was himself preparing to die, he wrote to his son in the ministry,
Timothy, to prepare him for what was to come. In his letter to Timothy he highlights
basic principles of developing believers that we believe essential to the development
of the mature Christian among them are:
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That our people be in relationship
that reproduce Godly character and that the process be deliberate and intentional |
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one of the principle elements of that relationship be accountability. That our
lives be open to those we disciple for the purpose of modeling Godly character
which is manifested by radical honesty regarding
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Ourselves 2) Our lifestyle 3)
Our ministry | | - | That
our people be rooted in the fundamentals of the faith |
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encourage, inspire and equip the people of God at as young an age as possible
for those to fulfill their destiny in Christ |
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