1 Timothy 3:15

1. 1 Timothy 3:15 • but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

2. The Pillar And Ground Of The Truth Foundation Support

3. 1 Corinthians 3:10-13 • According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. [11] For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

4. 1 Corinthians 3:10-13 • Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— [13] each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.

5. 2 Peter 1:5-11 • For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, [6] and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, [7] and godliness with brotherly affection,

6. 2 Peter 1:5-11 • and brotherly affection with love. [8] For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. [9] For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind,

7. 2 Peter 1:5-11 • having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. [10] Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.

8. 2 Peter 1:5-11 • For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

9. The Pillar And Ground Of The Truth The Basis Of Faith 1 John 5:4For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— our faith.

10. Pillar And Ground Of Truth • The Deity Of Christ • Matthew 1:20-23 • Matthew 3:16-17 • John 20:30-31

11. Matthew 1:20-23 • But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. [21] She will bear a son,

12. Matthew 1:20-23 • and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” [22] All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: [23] “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

13. Matthew 3:16-17 • And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; [17] and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

14. John 20:30-31 • Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; [31] but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

15. Pillar And Ground Of Truth • The Resurrection Of Christ • Luke 24:1-8 • 1 Corinthians 15:1-5a

16. Luke 24:1-8 • But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. [2] And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, [3] but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

17. Luke 24:1-8 • While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. [5] And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead? [6] He is not here, but has risen.

18. Luke 24:1-8 • Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, [7] that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise.” [8] And they remembered his words,

19. 1 Corinthians 15:1-5a • Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, [2] and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you— unless you believed in vain.

20. 1 Corinthians 15:1-5a • For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, [4] that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, [5] and that he appeared to… [men]

21. Pillar And Ground Of Truth • The Salvation In Christ • 2 Timothy 2:10

22. 2 Timothy 2:10 • Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

23. Pillar And Ground Of Truth • The Salvation In Christ • 2 Timothy 2:10 • Faith – John 8:24 • Repentance – Acts 17:30-31 • Confession – Romans 10:9-10 • Baptism – Mark 16:15-16

24. Faith – John 8:24 • I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.

25. Repentance – Acts 17:30-31 • The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, [31] because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

26. Confession – Romans 10:9-10 • that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

27. Baptism – Mark 16:15-16 • And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. [16] Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

28. Pillar And Ground Of Truth • Faithful Unto Death • Revelation 2:10

29. Revelation 2:10 • Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

30. Pillar And Ground Of Truth • Faithful Unto Death • Revelation 2:10 • Issues That Make A Difference • Creation • Genesis 1:1-5 • Colossians 1:15-16

31. Genesis 1:1-5 • In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. [2] The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. [3] And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

32. Genesis 1:1-5 • And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. [5] God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

33. Colossians 1:15-16 • He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [16] For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

34. Pillar And Ground Of Truth • Faithful Unto Death • Revelation 2:10 • Issues That Make A Difference • Divorce and Remarriage • Matthew 5:31-32 • Matthew 19:3-9

35. Matthew 5:31-32 • “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ [32] But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

36. Matthew 19:3-9 • And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” [4] He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, [5] and said,

37. Matthew 19:3-9 • ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh’? [6] So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

38. Matthew 19:3-9 • They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” [8] He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

39. Matthew 19:3-9 • And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”

40. Pillar And Ground Of Truth • Issues That Make A Difference • Work of the Church • Evangelism • Edification • Internal Benevolence

41. Pillar And Ground Of Truth • The Work of the Church • Evangelism – Preach the Gospel to the World • Edification – Build Up The House of the Lord • Internal Benevolence – Stand in the Gap When Disasters Hit

42. Internal Benevolence • Acts 11:27-30 • Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. [28] And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).

43. Internal Benevolence • Acts 11:27-30 • So the disciples determined, everyone according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. [30] And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

44. Edification • Ephesians 4:15-16 • Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

45. Evangelism • 1 Timothy 3:15 • but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

46. Evangelism • Matthew 28:18-20 • And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

47. Evangelism • Acts 13:2-3 • While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” [3] Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

48. Pillar And Ground Of Truth • Faithful Unto Death • Revelation 2:10 • Issues That Make A Difference • Worldliness • 1 John 2:15-17 • 2 Peter 3:9-13

49. 1 John 2:15-17 • Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. [16] For all that is in the world— the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. [17] And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

50. 2 Peter 3:9-13 • The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. [10] But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved,