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Scott Worthington
Clear Head, Holy Spirit-Filled Hearts, God Uses!
Compelling Disciples: Living a Life that Can't Be Ignored
Jun 30, 20242 Timothy 4:3-5
We wrapped up our “Compelling Disciples” series with Pastor Scott teaching from 2 Timothy 4:3-5. In this sermon, we looked at the last two characteristics of Christ’s life in us that He desires to live out through us which is sober-mindedness and self-control. Sober-minded disciples are watchful against the enemy, diligent in their training as a Jesus follower, and shares their story with those who are far from God.
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Compelling DisciplesWeek 4: Clear Head, Holy Spirit-Filled Hearts, God Uses
“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.” 2 Timothy 4:3-5
What is self-control?
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8
Jesus followers were living lives that could not be ignored.
“Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.” Philippians 2:15 (NLT)
SOBER-MINDEDNESS / SELF-CONTROL
“For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.” 2 Timothy 4:3-5
“As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.” 2 Timothy 4:5
“To be sober-minded means to be alert, to live with your eyes open, to be sane and steady…. The sober-minded believer has a calm, sane outlook on life. He is not complacent, but neither is he frustrated and afraid. He hears the tragic news of the day, yet he does not lose heart. He experiences the difficulties of life, but he does not give up. He knows his future is secure in God's hands, so he lives each day creatively, calmly, and obediently.” Warren Wiersbe
ASK: What are the barriers to you being sober-minded and self-controlled?
1. Sober-Minded Disciples are Watchful Against the Enemy
“Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8
When the enemy strikes, how do you respond?
“Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Peter 5:9-11
“If you live like a citizen in a war zone you will become a casualty.” Jon Tyson
2. Sober-Minded Disciples are Diligent to Train
“As you swim in the culture, be a dolphin that cuts through the currents, not a jellyfish that goes with the flow.” John Piper
“For the grace of God has appearedM, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.” Titus 2:11-12
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23
“Grace is opposed to earning. It is not opposed to effort! Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action.” Dallas Willard
“All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.” 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NLT)
Are you diligent in your training as a Jesus follower?
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“People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.” D.A. Carson
3. Sober-Minded Disciples Live With the End in Mind
“Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 1:13
Who in your life is far from God that you can share your story with?
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8
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