January 19, 2025 | Zach Schlegel
Passage: 1 Timothy 1:8-11
While you are driving, at any given intersection, there may be a camera watching you, catching you speeding or going through a red traffic light. How do you feel about traffic laws? What about any laws? Do you see laws as good? What about God’s law? Do you love God’s law?
What if God’s law restricts your freedom, limits your choices, and afflicts your conscience? Kids, how do you feel when mom and/or dad say “no” to what you want? Adults, how do you feel when God’s law condemns what you want?
The idea that false teachers wanted to teach the law raised questions. Is there something wrong with the law? Paul wrote this letter so that we may know how one ought to behave in the house of God. It was written so that we will know what the church should look like. How does the Christian relate to God’s law?
Sermon Outline
1. Rejoice in the goodness of God’s law. Vs. 8
2. Use the law lawfully. Vs. 9-11