First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks be made for all men,I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men;
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… There is a New Testament. 1 Timothy 2. 1 Timothy 2 verse 3 Paul writes to his younger Timothy explaining here the go-between, the mediator 1 Timothy 2.3, not 2 Timothy, it's 1 Timothy 2.3 this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator. One go-between. One arbitrator. One umpire. There is one God. Don't forget that in this in this era of many gods, don't you tell one another that all the gods are the same. Don't you believe that lie? There is one God, the creator God. It is not Allah. It is the living God of the scriptures. There is one God. And there is one mediator between this God of the heavens who has made us and all things pertaining to us and humanity on this earth. And he has identified there is one mediator, the man Christ Jesus. …
… There is a New Testament. 1 Timothy 2. 1 Timothy 2 verse 3 Paul writes to his younger Timothy explaining here the go-between, the mediator 1 Timothy 2.3, not 2 Timothy, it's 1 Timothy 2.3 this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator. One go-between. One arbitrator. One umpire. There is one God. Don't forget that in this in this era of many gods, don't you tell one another that all the gods are the same. Don't you believe that lie? There is one God, the creator God. It is not Allah. It is the living God of the scriptures. There is one God. And there is one mediator between this God of the heavens who has made us and all things pertaining to us and humanity on this earth. And he has identified there is one mediator, the man Christ Jesus. …
… to take a moment and walk through this because it starts off telling us about prayer let me read verse 1 first Timothy 2 verse 1 it says it's therefore I exhort first of all that supplications prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men. That's Paul the apostle talking to his spiritual son in the ministry, Timothy, and he's saying, I'm exhorting you. I'm telling you that what you need to do is to make supplication, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks for all men. But now he starts off in this chapter with the word therefore, And anytime you see the word therefore, you have to ask yourself the question, what is it there for? It's connecting what he's about to say with what he has just said. And so what did he say prior to verse 1 of chapter 2? We got to go to chapter 1, verse 18. Are y'all with me? Thank you. I'm doing the best that I can. chapter 1 verse 18 says this charge I commit to you son Timothy hold up let me back up slow down pastor Jenkins slow down I'm running ahead of myself I'm so excited about this I'm trying to get to this point that Paul leading up to chapter 2 says I want to charge and commit you son Timothy according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare. Boy, that's powerful. It went right over your head. Let me tell you what he's saying. …