Dependable Discipleship 06 – Daily Study Themes and Questions – 1 Timothy 6

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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 consideration. Then we’ll pose some questions for thought and discussion.

DAY 1 – Extra-Mile Ethics (1 Tim 6:1-2). See also Eph 6:5-9.

DAY 2 – Evil Motives and Attitudes (1 Tim 6:3-5). See also Tit 1:10-16.

DAY 3 – Godliness and Contentment (1 Tim 6:6-8). See also Phil 4:10-13.

DAY 4 – The Love of Money (1 Tim 6:9-10). See also Luke 12:13-21.

DAY 5 – Flee, Pursue, and Continue (1 Tim 6:11-16). See also 2 Tim 2:22-26.

DAY 6 – True Riches (1 Tim 6:17-19). See also Rev 3:14-22.

DAY 7 – Guard and Avoid (1 Tim 6:20-21). See also 2 Tim 1:8-14.

Questions for Thought and Discussion

The New Testament does not endorse slavery but does instruct slaves. Discuss.

What a does a slave’s respect for his master have to do with others’ view of the Lord?

What if one’s boss is a Christian, too? How should that affect one’s work and attitude?

Describe the teachings, motives, and techniques of these false teachers in Ephesus.

What might Paul say today about people who minimize, change, or deny biblical teachings?

How would you define “contentment?” Does this trait fit you? How could one develop it?

Are you rich? Do you love money? On what do you base your answers?

Is it wrong to want to earn more money? To seek a better job or a higher position?

“You can’t take it with you.” What other concepts can help us not to love money?

How can greed lead to other dangerous desires, then to ruin and destruction?

How do some people try to serve two masters at the same time? Is it possible?

Suggest some ways that a follower of Christ can flee the love of money. How can we teach our children not to worship wealth but rather to become rich in the sight of God?

If a person gives his life to pursuing righteousness, fighting the good fight, laying hold of eternal life, and keeping the Lord’s commands, how likely is it that he will become greedy?

Compare Jesus’ good confession before Pilate to Timothy’s (and our) confession before others. How does Christ’s example strengthen us to maintain our commitment under pressure?

How do the appearing of Christ and the sovereignty of God help us keep our focus?

How can rich people lay up lasting treasures and take hold of the life that is truly life?

What “deposit” has God entrusted to you? What are you doing to protect it?

Do you engage in worldly, empty chatter? What can you do about that? What will you do?

Dependable Discipleship 05 – Daily Study Themes and Questions – 1 Timothy 5

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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 consideration. Then we’ll pose some questions for thought and discussion.

DAY 1 – Church = Family (1 Tim 5:1-2). See also 1 John 3:16-24.

DAY 2 – Widows with Families (1 Tim 5:3-8). See also Matt 15:3-9.

DAY 3 – Older and Younger Widows (1 Tim 5:9-16). See also Acts 6:1-7.

DAY 4 – Honor and Rebuke (1 Tim 5:17-20). See also 1 Cor 9:6-18.

DAY 5 – Caution and Fairness (1 Tim 5:21-22). See also Tit 2:6-8, 15.

DAY 6 – Medicinal Use of Wine (1 Tim 5:23). See also 1 Tim 3:3, 8.

DAY 7 – Exposure Sooner or Later (1 Tim 5:24-25). See also Mark 4:22.

Questions for Thought and Discussion

Describe some traits of a healthy, faithful marriage and family. How does each person treat the others?

How can we treat every older Christian man as if he were our own father, each older woman as our mother, and so forth?

In what place must Christians first put their faith into practice? Why?

What kind of professing believer has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever? Why?

How could a bereaved woman use her widowhood to draw closer to the Lord?

Could a widow voluntarily commit herself to forego remarriage for spiritual purposes? Discuss.

Which widows should be put on the church’s list? For what purpose?

Note other Scriptures that show God’s deep, compassionate concern for widows.

How could widows “give the adversary an opportunity to speak reproachfully?”

What does “double honor” suggest? Discuss “Do not muzzle the ox (Deut 25:4).”

How serious is it to bring unsubstantiated charges against an elder? Or to entertain or repeat such charges?

How can church leaders guard against partiality and favoritism?

For what purpose would Timothy need to lay hands on people? Why should he not be hasty?

Why would Paul advise Timothy to drink wine? Why only a little?

Why do you suppose that Timothy should not drink water alone?

Were early Christians (like Timothy) always told to expect miraculous healing?

Why do you think Timothy (except for this) abstained totally from wine?

Could one use these words about “a little wine” to justify social drinking today?

Are sins and good deeds always evident … in the same way and at the same time?

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?”