DEEPEN

"Don't stay in the shallow end.  Go Deeper with God"

On-line Resources... 

Biblegateway.com:  This is site offers a great search engine for finding verses.  It also allows you to quickly look at passages in other translations.

BlueLetterBible.org:  Study page that offers many study tools such as bible language tools, dictionaries, and commentaries.

MarkMoore.org:  Home page of Ozark Christian College professor Mark Moore.  This has a great Q&A section, as well as essays and messages on common Christian concepts.

268generation.com:  Home site of Passion ministries.  Offers great message downloads as well as a great daily bible study.

BIBLE STUDY (month of May)

1 & 2 Timothy and Titus

Read 1 Corinthians 4:16-17 – Therefore I urge you to imitate me. For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.

• Who was writing this? Paul. Here Paul tells the Corinthians to imitate him. He was able to make this statement because he walked close to God, spent time in God’s word and in prayer, and was aware of God’s presence in his life at all times. God was Paul’s example; therefore, Paul’s life could be an example to other Christians.
• Who was Timothy? Timothy traveled with Paul on Paul’s second missionary journey (Acts 16:1-3). Most likely, Timothy’s role in these verses was to see that Paul’s advice was received and read and put into action.

DID YOU KNOW? What’s a Pastoral Epistle? For around 200 years the “Pastoral Epistles” has been used to describe the grouping of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus.

It is generally agreed that these books were written in this order – 1 Timothy, Titus and then 2 Timothy. The most likely scenario is that Paul was released from prison in Rome (Acts 28). After a few years of freedom, he was recaptured and finally killed in Rome. It’s during these last three or four years of his life and ministry that Paul wrote the Pastoral Epistles. Note that these books were written to a person and not directly to the church – although they were to be used by the church.