881. \u201cThyself\u201d<\/p>\n
Paul\u2019s weighty injunctions to Timothy are pertinent and powerful in 1 Timothy.<\/p>\n
1. Behaviour. \u201cHow thou oughtest behave thyself\u201d (Mat_3:15). If we were as careful with our character and our conduct as we are with our clothes and homes, we would be saints indeed.<\/p>\n
2. Exercise. \u201cExercise thyself unto godliness\u201d (Mat_4:7). This is the best kind of exercise. It neither exhausts nor enervates, but strengthens and stimulates.<\/p>\n
3. Diligence. \u201cBe diligent in these things, give thyself wholly to them\u201d (Mat_4:15, R.V.). To cultivate the spiritual life with diligence ana whole-heartedness is to be fruitful in grace.<\/p>\n
4. Personality. \u201cTake heed unto thyself\u201d (Mat_4:16). To look after others and not ourselves is the height of folly, but to develop our own resources is essential and wise and helpful.<\/p>\n
5. Salvation. \u201cBoth save thyself and them that hear thee\u201d (Mat_4:16). We save ourselves from failure and fruitlessness when we are diligent in duty.<\/p>\n
6. Purity. \u201cKeep thyself pure\u201d (Mat_5:22). The inner life kept pure, the outward life will be powerful.<\/p>\n
7. Separation. \u201cFrom such withdraw thyself\u201d (Mat_6:5). When brethren are in error or evil we are responsible to withdraw ourselves from them.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
881. \u201cThyself\u201d Paul\u2019s weighty injunctions to Timothy are pertinent and powerful in 1 Timothy. 1. Behaviour. \u201cHow thou oughtest behave thyself\u201d (Mat_3:15). If we were as careful with our character and our conduct as we are with our clothes and homes, we would be saints indeed. 2. Exercise. \u201cExercise thyself unto godliness\u201d (Mat_4:7). This is … Continue reading “0899. 881. \u201cThyself\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}