A Summary of First Timothy: Honor God and Others

So pray for her on that. All right, I think that takes care of all the announcements and prayer requests and all that. So let's turn our Bibles to 1 Timothy chapter 1. We're finishing finally finishing our study on Timothy. We've been going through there verse by verse taking about uh about three to five verses every Sunday night and different staff members been preaching on it. And uh my job today is kind of give you a summary of what we've talked about. And uh there's a couple things I would encourage you to do as you've been part of this study. Take some time this week to go through and read the book of First Timothy at least once because we've been studying for the last I don't know how many months and and so by going back through that just going to remind you of different things that were said and and I would just encourage you to do that.

But as we look at 1 Timothy 1:es 1-3, it says, "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our savior and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope. Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith, grace, mercy, and peace from God our father and Jesus Christ our Lord, as I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that thou might charge some that they teach no other doctrine." And and so I want to try to summarize Timothy this way. First of all, I want to talk about Paul wrote the book of Timothy to come on people. To who? Timothy. All right? And uh and and so let's talk about Timothy a little bit.

Timothy's name means honoring God. Honoring God. Uh in 1 Timothy chapter 1 and verse number 17, the Bible says, "Now unto the king, eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, the be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." uh we need to honor God in our lives. But there's other the Timothy also talked about honoring others as well. Uh number one, we need to honor authority. Uh in Romans 13 7 and 8, it says, "Render therefore to all their dues, tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. Owe no man anything but to love one another, for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law."

And throughout the book of Timothy, Paul talked about honoring those that are in authority. In 1 Timothy chapter 2 and:es 1 and 2, it says,"I exhort therefore that first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving thanks be made for all men, for kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in godliness and honesty." A and so Paul encouraged Timothy even though these were uh the Roman leaders were not saved. They were wicked in many ways. He said, "You need to honor the authorities, whether it's the Roman leaders, the political leaders, or whether it's religious leaders.

Uh you need to honor those that are in authority." And and that's a good lesson for all of us to learn is to honor authority. You may not like the president. You may not like the governor. You may not like uh whoever else is in authority, but they still are in authority. Whether they're your boss or whoever they might be, you need to honor those that are in authority. And also he said to honor spiritual leaders. 1 Timothy chapter 5 and verses 17 and 18. Says let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. For the scripture saith thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadth out the corn and the laborers worthy of his reward.

And and so where the double honor is I've mentioned before that idea of that word double honor is like when I was in the military when I would salute an officer sometimes I would look at their shoulder sometimes I would look in the eyes when I looked at the shoulder because I didn't really respect them as a person but I still honored their position and then when I looked them in the eyes I was thinking this is a good officer and I was respecting the person that's double honor respect the position but also respect the person and uh and and So he said you need to honor those that are in authority.

You need to honor the spiritual leaders in your life. And Timothy was one of those as well. And in 1 Timothy 6 and:es 1 and two, uh a very difficult discussion we had is let as many services are onto the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor that the name of God and his doctrine be not blaspheing. And they that have believing masters, let them not uh despise them because they are brethren, but but rather to do them service because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. You know, in our modern uh culture and our modern minds, we think of slavery as something terrible and bad.

And it was. And God is not endorsing slavery here, but that was the norm of that day. And he said, "Those of you that are slaves need to honor your masters. And uh you're not we have no slavery today except for children. They're the only legalized form of slavery left today. Uh but uh we don't have slavery today, but you have bosses. You have uh masters at work. And we need to show respect to those that are in authority above us. Our our bosses at work and those in authority. And so Paul said, "Listen, Timothy, your name means to honor." And you need to honor those in authority. And then secondly, he said to honor others.

In Romans 12:10 it says, "Be kindly affection one to another with brotherly love and honor preferring one another, not slothful in business, fervent spirit, serving the Lord." And so to honor one another, he talked about in 1 Timothy 5 and:es 1 and two, rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father and the younger men as brethren, the elder women as mothers, the younger sisters with all uh with all purity. And so to respect those that are elderly, those that are older than you. Uh in our society today, uh we think that, you know, we've kind of taken youth and elevated them and forgotten to respect those that are that are got the gray hair, those that have got the experience of life.

And and Paul said, Timothy, you need to respect those that are older than you. And uh and also respect younger. Uh he says uh to treat the brethren like brothers and sister young the young ladies like sisters in Christ as well. and to respect and honor others. And then he talked about in verse number three, honor widows that are widows indeed. You know, we live in a society today where um the people in need are are generally have a safety net. And I know there's a lot of controversy that supposedly the government stopped supporting those and everything like that. But you know, generally in our in our United States here, if you are a widow or if you're a single mom or you're in uh in handicapped or whatever else, there's people there.

the government's there to have programs to help take care of you. And because of that, we as a church have forgotten we also have responsibility, whether it's to widows or to children without a father or uh to those that are handicapped or whatever else it might be, that we need to show honor to those that are that are maybe struggling in life and and to take care of them as a church as well. And then the Bible says uh he said also not only to honor authority and honor others but also to honor your spouse. In 1 Peter 3:7 it says likewise your husbands dwell with them according to knowledge giving honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel and as being heirs together the grace of life that your prayers be not hindered and and to honor our spouse whether it's husbands to honor your wife or or wives to respect and honor your husband as well.

In 1 Timothy chapter 3 and verse number two, it says, "A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach." Verse number four, one that ruleth well his own house, having his children subjection with all gravity. And then again in 11 and 12, it talks about the same thing for deacons. And and he said, "Timothy, you need to take care of your own household. You need to honor your family." And and sometimes we forget that. And then he also said, Timothy, you need to be not only to honor authority and to honor others and honor your spouse, but you also need to be honorable.

In Hebrews chapter 13 and verse number 17, it says, "Remember them which have the rule over you and have spoken unto you the word of God whose faith follow considering the end of their conversation." That's verse 7. And then verse 17, obey them that have the rule over you and submit yourselves for they watch for your souls as they must must give account that they may do it with joy and not with grief for that is unprofitable for you. And and he says, Timothy, to honor others, you've got to be honorable. You got to be the kind of person that treats others with respect and and that's respecting yourself as well.

And in 1 Timothy chapter 4 and:es 12-6, I I think this is a uh one of my favorite portions of Timothy here. It says, "Let no man despise thy youth, but be thou an example of the believers in word, in conversation, and charity and spirit and faith and purity till I come. Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands and presbyter. Meditate upon these things and give thyself holy to them that thy that thy profiting may appear all. Take heed unto thyself and unto thy doctrine. Continue in them for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee.

He said, Timothy, you're you're still a relatively young man. Now, you got to understand at this point Timothy was probably in his 30s or even 40s. Um but yet they considered that young for somebody to be in authority. and and he said, "Listen, Timothy, if you're going to honor others, you got to make sure that your life is honorable. You got to make sure that you're living a life that is um an example in conversation and charity and spirit and faith and purity. That you got to live a life that you know the word of God and and that's a challenge for all of us that that we would uh make sure that we are walking with the Lord, that our life is what it ought to be."

We're talking about getting volunteers and I talked to the uh the lead teachers today about next week, two weeks from now, we're going to look for volunteers for the children's ministry. And you know, if you're going to teach others, then you've got to set an example. You've got to be leading the way. And what we need at Ohana Baptist Church is we need people that have honored others by honoring themselves. People that are living in such a way that they are giving honor to the Lord by their life. In 1 Timothy chapter 6 and:es 20 and 21, 1 Timothy 6 20 and 21, Peter taught and they finished up with this last week.

It says, "Oh Timothy, keep that which committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings and oppositions of science falsely so-called which some professing have errored concerning the faith." Grace be with thee. Amen. See, what happens a lot of times is we get our life off track and we're not focused on the things that are important in life. And Paul said, Timothy, you need to live an a life of honor and to keep a life that is focused and committed on the right things. You need to know what you believe and why and and be able to live that life before others. So, as we look at Timothy, Timothy's main name meant to honor God.

And God said, if you're going to honor me, that you could do that by honoring authority, honoring others, and and and honoring your spouse, and honoring yourself. But let me ask a question. What does your name mean? You know, I don't know if you've ever looked up your name and looked up the definition of it, but more important than the definition of your name is is is the definition that people give to your name. When somebody hears your name, what do they think of? In Proverbs chapter 22:1, it says, "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches and loving favor rather than silver and gold."

And and so we need to live our lives in such a way that our name means something. You know, Timothy, he's got two books of the Bible named after him. Timothy, when you go back and look at his life in Acts chapter um I forget what chapter it was, but when when Paul first met Timothy, it it said that he had a great testimony, not only among the Christians, but even among the unsaved, he was a godly young man that a living living for the Lord had a great testimony. And and I wonder what does your name mean? Do people see you as somebody that lives with honor? somebody that honors God and honors others as well.

And then going back to 1 Timothy chapter 1, not only his name, but look at his charge in verse number three. As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine. And then look at chapter 2 and verses 8. Uh, that's not chapter 2. All right, I wrote down the wrong reference there. Is it chapter 1 verse? Yeah, chapter 1 18. This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according the prophecies which would before on thee, that thou be mightest by them mightest war a good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck.

He said, Timothy, I'm giving you a charge. I've given you this charge and I want you to stay faithful to that. And and and one of the things I think that Timothy need to understand, remember Timothy was a pastor and uh he was struggling. When you read the book of first Timothy and you read the book of second Timothy, it's pretty obvious as Paul writes to him that he was having struggles with people and and having struggles in the ministry and was uh maybe even at the point of wanting to quit. I don't I don't know. But uh he was struggling and and Paul wanted to remind him remember God called you to this position in this ministry.

And sometimes when you're a a Sunday school teacher or you're working some other ministry sometimes it gets hard and sometimes you you got to go back and renew that calling and in your life as well to you know we I I used Romans 121 and2 this morning the message I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God. And sometimes we need to go back in life and said, "You know what? I gave my life to God. And I need to stay faithful to that calling, to stay faithful to that charge." Look at Ephesians chapter 6. If you would uh put a marker in 1 Timothy, we're going to come right back there, but go over to Ephesians chapter 6.

Remember that Paul was ministering in Ephesus. And look at verses number 10 through number 18. It says, "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the ws of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of the world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take on you the whole armor of God, that you may be able withstand the evil day, and having done all to stand. stand therefore having your loins gred about with truth and having on the breastplate of righteousness and and your feet shaw with

the preparation of the gospel of peace and above and and above all these things um uh take taking the shield of faith where you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked and take the helmet of salvation and the sword of spirit which is the word of God and verse number 18 and praying always these this is the armor of God and you know when we start doing the work of the Lord in our own strength and our own power. We're going to get discouraged when we start doing this work of the Lord. Without the armor of God, we're going to fail every time. And I think this is one of the things that Paul was trying to remind Timothy is, listen, you've got to put on that armor every day.

Every day, you've got to get up and remember that this is a calling of God in your life and and renew that commitment to the Lord to war a good warfare because you can't war that good warfare without the armor of God. And and the thing that Timothy was struggling with, I think, was he was struggling more with friendly fire than he was the enemy. In Galatians chapter 5 and verses 13- 15, it says, "For brethren, you've been called unto liberty. Only use not your liberty for an occasion of flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the laws fulfilled in one word, even this, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you be not consumed one of another." The sad truth is many pastors in the ministries are struggling not because of the unsaved world around them. They're struggling because of the problems in the church that they're dealing with. And and and and we got to remember that we cannot fight against ourselves if we're going to fight the battle in the world. And we got to remember that friendly fire hurts just as much as the fire from the enemy. And and this is what Timothy was struggling with. Uh look at First Timothy again. Go back to First Timothy.

Look at chapter 1. Look at verse number four. Neither give heed to fables and endless genealologies which minister questions rather than glory godly edifying which is in faith. So do endless fables and genealologies. You know um the Bible tells us that that we're to in in in 2 Timothy chapter 2 and and and verse number 15 he tells Timothy this. He says, he says, "But shun," verse number 15, "Study to show yourself approved unto God, a work of men that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth, but shun profane and vain babblings, for they will increase unto more ungodliness." And and so often we get hung up on things that are not important, vain babblings.

You know, he told Timothy in 1 Timothy chapter 4, and if you look at verse number seven, but refuse profane and old wise fables and and exercise rather than godliness. Folks, there's no shortcuts here. And when we get we get our focus off the word of God, we get our focus on all these debates and arguments. We're we're doing exactly what the devil wants. And he said, "Timothy, listen. Uh, one of the things you're struggling with is these seducing spirits and and and doctrines and these endless fables and geologies." Then look at 1 Timothy 4:1. Another thing you struggle with seducing spirits. Now, the spirits speak expressly that in latter times, some shall depart from depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.

The word seducing means wandering or roving. You know what it's kind of like? You ever heard the term rabbit trails? And so often we get off caught off in these rabbit trails instead of staying focused on what's most important. And and and people want us to focus on the wrong things in our lives. Like look at verse number three of chapter 4. Forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from um from meats which God hath created be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. They were arguing over whether you should get married or not or whether you should eat this kind of meat or that kind of meat.

And and they were arguing over all things that that weren't important. And you know, sometimes we they're seducing spirits because we can make the mountain out of the molehill and it becomes, you know, you gone to some churches where some some little thing that they've got is more important than even the gospel. And we've got to keep our focus on the Lord. And then doctrines. He talked about um you know doctrines of the devils and and doctrine where doctrine means teaching. Look at verse number seven of chapter 4. But refuse profane or wise people exercise rather unto godliness. And you go down that passage.

He says to focus on doctrine. In verse 16, take heed thyself and unto the doctrine. And folks, we need to say focus on what is the teaching of the word of God. And that's one of the emphasis we have here at Wana Baptist Church is not just just knowing Jesus Christ, but know what we believe and why. And we've got to get back to doctrine. And then look at chapter 6 and verses 3-5. He is also doing with dealing with false teachers. Chapter 6:3. If any man teach otherwise and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ into doctrine which is according to godliness, his proud knowing nothing but dotting about uh questions and stries of words whereas cometh envy, strife, railings, and evil surmisings.

And again, false teachers. And this one we struggle with in our world today. comes off the internet, you know, and we get so uh caught up in these the latest thing on the internet, we don't stay focused on what is important with the Lord and and false teachers. And then uh if you look at chapter 6 and:es 20 and 21 again, he says, "Oh, Timothy, keep that which is committed thy trust, avoiding profane and va vain babblings and oppositions of science falsely so-called which some professing have aired concerning the faith. Grace be unto you unto thee." Amen. And Peter talked about this last week and you know that that uh the idea of uh profane which means worldly things and then uh vain babblings and and then oppositions of science.

Uh one of the biggest areas we see this is the whole idea of creation. We don't believe what the Bible says. We've got to reconcile the Bible with what science says and so-called science. And when you get into science, the Bible's more scientific than most scientists today. But the point is this. Timothy was dealing with. And as we've gone through this book, he wrote this book to a pastor, but he also writes it to the church. And what we want to be reminded of is let's not get off trail. Let's not take off on rabbit trails and get off the focus of the word of God. Let's not take the word of men over the word of God.

And let's let's get back to the teachings of the Bible. What does the Bible say? And then he also said not only to war, his charge was the war of good war warfare, but he said to be faithful. Look at 1 Timothy chapter 1 and verse number three as I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus. Don't quit. Don't give up. Look at chapter 1 and verse number 19. Holding faith and a good conscience was some put away concerning faith having made shipwreck. Hold on to what you believe. Stay faithful to that. Look at 1 Timothy chapter 6 and again verse number 21. Which some uh professing have error concerning the faith.

And he said, "Timothy, you need to stay faithful." First of all, faithful to the ministry. Look at Philippians chapter 2. Philippians chapter 2. Look what Paul writes about Timothy here in Philippians chapter 2 and:es 19- 23. Philippians chapter 2 and beginning with verse number 19. But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send who? To Mostheus. Shortly unto you that I also may be of good comfort when I know your state. For I have no man likeminded who will naturally care for your state. For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ. But you know the proof of him that as a son with the father, he hath serve with me in the gospel.

Him therefore I hope to send presently as soon as I shall see how it will go with me. He said, Timothy, stay faithful like you've always been. Folks, we're trying to look for volunteers. You know what the hardest part of volunteers is? They're volunteers. You know, with my staff, I I write their paycheck. And so, if they don't do the job, they don't get paid. But when you have a volunteer, they've got to be committed. And I and as a pastor, I need to know that everybody that I need to know those teachers in Sunday school class are going to do as good or better than I would. I need to know the people back in the sound room are going to make sure everything is just right.

I I need to know that the ushers are going to do a great job. You see, he said, "Timothy, stay faithful." That was Timothy's testimony. He was a young man that when he took a responsibility, he took it seriously. When he took on a job, he said, "I'm going to do this job even better than the person that asked me would do it. I'm going to do my best is unto the Lord." And folks, that's such a an important thing for us to remember is to stay faithful to whatever we've committed ourselves to doing. And then not only to stay faithful but also to realize that sometimes we get just clearly discouraged.

Timothy was clearly discouraged. You know, go through Timothy again. You can see that he was struggling. And that's why Paul wrote to him the way he did. In Galatians 6:9, it says, "And let us not be weary and welloing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not." And I know it's hard to stay faithful. And I know it's hard to do some things over and over again. And we just got to realize that we've got to stay faithful to the Lord. And he also reminded Timothy about the importance of prayer. Look at 1 Timothy chapter 1, chapter 2 and verse number eight. 1 Timothy chapter 2 and verse number eight.

I will therefore that men pray everywhere lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting. And you look through verses 1-8. He says, Timothy, I know you're discouraged. I know you're struggling, but you got to pray for these people. Folks, you need to pray. Pray for the the people you're working with. Pray for the others in the church. When you're praying for people, it changes everything. I I I I've made a commitment and I I try to be as faithful as I can with that commitment to pray through my prayer list every day. And sometimes that's challenging. Uh just to pray for everybody in the church.

We've got 400 and something people in the church. Let's pray for all of them. It could take a whole year. And every one of you is on my prayer list. As soon as you start coming regularly to church, you get on that prayer list. And and you know what what that prayer list, I don't know if it's helping you, but it's helped me. It's changed me. When you pray for somebody, it changes your whole attitude towards them. When you pray for somebody, it changes how you minister. It it changes everything. And said, Timothy, you need to stay faithful in prayer. And he also reminded him about the standards of serving.

We don't have time to look at it, but 1 Timothy chapter 3, it gives us the qualifications of a pastor. In first in 2 Timothy chapter 2, he also discusses to be um to to stay faithful. Folks, we live in a world that is just going worse and worse and worse. And instead of staying faithful to our standards, we just kind of follow along with the world. And he said, Timothy, you need to stay faithful. Faithful to your standards. Faithful to what you believe. Faithful to how you live. And remind them about their standards. If you're going to serve their standards, if you want to volunteer for our teaching ministry, we're going to ask you to be faithful to standards because I if you're going to stand in front of my kids teaching, then you need to have a good testimony.

You see, to be faithful and faithful to your studies. In 1 Timothy chapter 4, we've already looked at that. I said, "Listen, give attendance to reading, to exertation, to doctrine." I wonder if I would have a raise of hands right now, how many of you during the study of First Timothy have even read it? How many of you have been faithful to study it through for yourselves? You see, that's part of their responsibility. And then Timothy's church, look at 1 Timothy 1:3. It says, "I besought thee to stay to buy still at Ephesus." You know, Ephesus is located the west coast of present day Turkey. It was a commercial, political, and religious center of that day.

Diana was the goddess, the main goddess of of Ephesus. and she was the goddess of fertality and her whole thing was basically she it was a temple of prostitution. It was a place of great wickedness morally. Paul went the first time to Ephesus in AD 53. He left Aquilla and Priscilla in Ephesus and there they were still there. Look at 2 Timothy chapter 4 and verse number 19. Second Timothy chapter 4 and verse number 19, he says, "Greet Pris Prrisa and Aquilla and the household of Esphus." Boy, there there's a couple of great names to have in your church. And here he had some people in his church.

He wasn't alone. Yeah, he was struggling with false teachers and all the rest, these seducy spirits and everything, but he had some great people in that church. Apollos was one of the ones that helped start that church. And Timothy later on, they're both instrumental in growth of the church of Ephesus. Paul was in Ephesus for two or three years. He was in Ephesus longer than any other church. You know why? Because it was the hub of that area. And through that church, they were starting churches all around the area. 1 Corinthians 16:8-9 says, "But I will tear at Ephesus until Pentecost for a great door and effectuals open on me and there are many adversaries."

So Timothy was there in Ephesus because it was a key location. He stopped there on his second missionary journey and he stayed there on his third. Paul's last visit to Ephesus was in Acts chapter 20. And Ephesus was a circular letter meant to go all around to the churches of the area. It was a key hub of Christianity. Folks, ohana Baptist Church is a ideal location. We've helped start other churches on the islands. We've got an opportunity to reach into the whole world with the military traveling everywhere. We've had people in this church go all over the world. It is a key place for God's work and we need to stay faithful.

The church in Ephesus not mentioned again till Revelation chapter 2. And there it talks about, I know your works, but you've got so focused on works you've not stayed focused on me. You've lost your love. They've got worry and welloing like Timothy. 1 Corinthians 15:58, "Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. For as much as you know your labor is not in vain in the Lord." 1 Thessalonians 1:3, remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of God and our father.

Folks, we want to stay working for the Lord, but let's not get so focused on working for the Lord, we forget to love the Lord. And that's what happened at Ephesus. He said, 'I know your patience. James 1:3-4, knowing this and trying your faith work with patience and the let patience have her perfect word that you might be perfect and entire wanting nothing. He said you're you're patient and he knows your separation. It talked about their separation from the things of the world. And he talked about how that uh they had not fainted and and Galatians 6:9, let's not be worry and welloing. But the problem was they had left their first love.

And that's the challenge to Timothy. He was struggling. He was discouraged. He was working so hard having to deal with all the problems that he lost his focus on the Lord. And that folks, that could happen to you and I as well. So, let's learn from Timothy. Let's learn to stay faithful to the Lord, to honor God, and to honor others as well. And so, as we close up Timothy and the study of Timothy, I know I've gone fast tonight, but I had 45 minutes to cover the entire book of Timothy. And so, I hope it gave you a good summary. And again, I want to challenge you sometime this week, maybe a chapter a day.

There are six chapters. So read a chapter a day from tomorrow through Saturday. But sometime this week at least once read through the entire book of first Timothy and think about it and remember what you were challenged with in the different messages and remember to apply them in your life so that you would honor God, not get discouraged, not quit but stay faithful and that you would not get weary and welloing and not leave your first love. So, as we finish up the message, we're going to break up into our discussion groups. And we have three questions. Uh they're double questions here, but the first one is what does it mean to honor God?

I want you to talk about what does it mean when the Bible says to honor the Lord? How do we actually practically personally honor God? And then what so what are the specific ways you can honor him? And then secondly, how can we honor others? All right. How can we honor others? How can we show honor to other people and list people you should show honor to and how you can honor them? We already know you honor authorities that you honor spiritual leaders, you honor others. What are what are some people that you should honor and how can you show them honor? And the word honor, by the way, means to value.

And then thirdly, why do pastors get weary? Why do pastors get weary? Think about that. Are you one of the reasons pastors get tired of the ministry? Are are you one of the three things they get weary over? And then do you ever get weary and welloing and why? And so that's the finish up question. So we're going to break up discussion groups. So the discussion leaders stand up. Those are discussion leaders. Go ahead and stand up right now and uh doing that. Brother