{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies","author_name":"Jeff Gulleson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/author\/jgulleson\/","title":"I Tim. 1:18-20 - Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"X6rESJvtKP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/1-timothy\/1-timothy-1\/i-tim-118-20\/\">I Tim. 1:18-20<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/1-timothy\/1-timothy-1\/i-tim-118-20\/embed\/#?secret=X6rESJvtKP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;I Tim. 1:18-20&#8221; &#8212; Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson\" data-secret=\"X6rESJvtKP\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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(Loving God, fellow Christians, the non-Christian world)\u00a0 1:7-8 &#8211; The law is good if used properly. (The law\u2019s deterrent, punitive and educative purposes)\u00a0 1:8-11 &#8211; \u201cWhatever else \u2026\u201d The Gospel Ethic. (Law-Philia University)\u00a0 1:11 &#8211; \u201cThe Blessed God\u201d and our Relationship with Him. (We can fill God\u2019s heart with pain or joy and happiness)\u00a0 1:12-16 Why Paul considered himself the worst of sinners. \u00a01:12-16 Conversion of the apostle Paul. \u00a01:12-16 Paul\u2019s call to ministry. \u00a01:17 Paul\u2019s doxology of praise for his conversion. \u00a01:18-20 How to avoid shipwrecking our faith. &nbsp; NOTE: In Chapter 1 verses 8-17 were a digression from the argument began in verses 3-7. (Show text as follows: (1) Full text of chapter; Full text with digression; Text only of 1:3-7 &amp; 18-20; Finally 1:18-20 alone. &nbsp; 1. PAUL\u2019S GREAT FEAR FOR TIMOTHY &nbsp; a. What was Paul\u2019s great fear for Timothy? \u00a0 b. Shipwreck is the opposite of \u201cfight the good fight.\u201d \u00a0 c. What blasphemy is referred to here? It could have been saying that the resurrection was past. \u00a0 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some (II Tim. 2:17-18). &nbsp; d. \u201cHanded over to Satan\u201d means excluding from the protection of the church. \u00a0 i. \u201cTo be debarred from the Church was to be handed over to that territory which was under the sway of Satan\u201d (W. Barclay, pg. 54). \u00a0 ii. \u201cThose who are to be delivered to Satan must, therefore, have been in some way under the umbrella of protection provided by the church\u201d (MacArthur, 47). \u00a0 2 LIVING UP TO OUR POTENTIAL \u2013 BE ALL THAT GOD INTENDS YOU TO BE\u00a0 \u201c\u2026 in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you might fight the good fight, \u2026\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0What were some of Timothy\u2019s strengths \/ background that maybe Paul was referring to? &nbsp; a. His name Timothy means \u201cHonoring God.\u201d b. He had a godly heritage in his mother and grandmother (II Tim. 1:5). c. From infancy he knew the Scriptures (II Tim. 3:15). d. He had a tender heart \u2026 tears in II Tim. 1:4 and a sincere faith (II Tim. 1:5). e. He made a good confession before many witnesses (I Tim. 6:12) f. He had a ministry gift \u201c\u2026 fan the flame of the gift of God\u201d (II Tim. 1:6) g. He had been given this gift through a prophetic message (I Tim. 4:14) [Read this verse] h. He had observed the life of Paul [&hellip;]"}