October 18, 2015 Sermon Lesson 18 1 Timothy 5:9-16
SHOWING GODLINESS TOWARD OTHERS IN THE BODY OF CHRISTâPART II
Main Idea: We need to support our widows!
⢠We need to honor our widows (5:3) ďŻ Honor your mother and father (Ex 20:12; Deut 5:16) ďŻ Encourage older women as mothers (1 Tim 5:2) ⢠We need to honor our âwidows indeedâ/âenrolled on the listâ (5:3, 5, 9-16) ďŻ Qualifications ⪠Positive ⢠Sets her hope on God (5) ⢠Continues in supplication and prayer (5) ⢠Wife of one husband (a âone-man-womanâ) (9) ⢠Reputation for good works (10) ⢠Has raised children (10) ⢠Has shown hospitality (10) ⢠Has washed the feet of saints (10) ⢠Has cared for the afflicted (10) ⢠Has devoted herself to every good work (10) ⢠Has made a pledge to say single and to serve (12) ⪠Negative ⢠No relatives to support her (4, 8, 16) ⢠Not self-indulgent (5) ⢠Not less than 60 years of age (9) ⢠Not a young widow (11-15) ďŻ Duties ⪠Young widows: marry, bear children, manage households, give adversary no occasion for slander (14-15)
⢠Responsibilities of caregivers (church and family) ďŻ For widows: families of widows (16b) ďŻ For âwidows indeedâ: the Church (3-4, 16a)
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