Dependable Discipleship 04 – Daily Study Themes and Questions – 1 Timothy 4

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Let’s choose seven themes from this chapter, one for each day of the week, for personal study. We’ll add a parallel passage each day for further thought. Then we’ll pose some questions for thought and discussion, based on this chapter.

DAY 1 – Apostasy (1 Tim 4:1-2). Read also Acts 20:28-32.

DAY 2 – Marriage (1 Tim 4:3). Read also Heb 13:4.

DAY 3 – Food (1 Tim 4:3-5). Read also Col 2:20-23.

DAY 4 – Ministry (1 Tim 4:6-7). Read also 2 Tim 2:14-19.

DAY 5 – Godliness (1 Tim 4:8-11). Read also Heb 5:12-6:3.

DAY 6 – Example (1 Tim 4:12-14). Read also Tit 2:6-8.

DAY 7 – Diligence (1 Tim 4:15-16). Read also 2 Tim 4:1-5.

Questions for Thought and Discussion

“The Spirit explicitly says.” What does that imply?

When are the “later times” or “last days?”

Were these issues already starting to develop?

Can people have true faith, be saved, and then “depart from the faith” and be lost? How?

Is false teaching really that big of a deal? Why?

Why would religious leaders forbid people to marry or to eat? Aren’t marriage and food God’s design?

Is any part of God’s creation inherently evil?

Is all of God’s creation sanctified (devoted to him)?

What traits are necessary for bodily exercise? Apply them to spiritual training.

Does godliness require labor and effort? Are there any shortcuts?

How can a young believer stop others from looking down on (despising) him?

Describe someone whose example has led you to be more like Jesus Christ. Who’s following yours?

If every believer perfectly followed your example, where would the church be … in telling lost people about Christ? In prayer, worship, and Bible study? In giving and benevolence? In leadership?

Why was it vital for Timothy to devote himself to public Scripture reading, exhortation, and doctrine, especially until Paul could come?

Did Timothy necessarily have a miraculous gift?

Do we all have gifts of various kinds, to be used for the growth of God’s kingdom?

Into what dangers and temptations might Timothy fall, if he does not continually take heed?

In what sense can / does / must a faithful child of God “save himself and his hearers?”