New Heart Community Church

Series:  Doing Church God’s Way

“Don’t Let the Bible Mess You Up!” (Part II)

I Timothy 1:8-11

Sunday, February 10, 2008

IV. HOW TO READ & RESPOND TO THE OLD TESTAMENT (I Timothy 1:8-11)

            1 Timothy 1:8-11/ Romans 3:20 & Galatians 3:10-13 / Romans 7:5 & 7/ Galatians 3:24-25

I Timothy 1:8(NIV)

8We know that the law is good if one uses it properly.

I Timothy 1:9-11(NIV)

9We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.

            ? It is not a STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

Romans 3:20(NIV)

20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

            � It EXPOSES our SIN.

Romans 7:4-7(NIV)

4So, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God. 5For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death. 6But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.7What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Galatians 3:24-25(NIV)

So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. 25Now that faith has come, we are no longer under the supervision of the law.

            ? It POINTS us to JESUS.

V.  HOW TO READ & STUDY YOUR BIBLE:

  2 Timothy 3:16-17/ James 1:22-25

READ IT TO FIND OUT. . .

§         WHAT GOD IS LIKE…

§         HOW TO LIVE…