1 Timothy 1:12-2:8 12-17 We should praise God for our undeserved salvation 12 Praise Him for His enablement and call to service  13-15 Praise Him for His merciful undeserved salvation  15-16 Praise Him that we can be examples of undeserved salvation  17 Praise Jesus as God and King of our salvation

18-20 We should take serious our salvation as we remember our calling and others falling   18-19a Remembering our calling encourages us to stay true  19b-20 Remembering others falling encourages us to stay true

APOTHEO ἀπωθέω (ὠθέω ‘push’) in our lit. only mid. ‘push’ someth APOTHEO ἀπωθέω (ὠθέω ‘push’) in our lit. only mid. ‘push’ someth. ‘away’ or ‘aside.’ Acts 7:39; 13:46; 1 Tim.1:19

2 Timothy 2:26 26and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.

Acts 26:17-18 17 delivering you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, in order that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

Colossians 1:12-14 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. 13 For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

1 Corinthians 5:1-5 1It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife. 2 You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst. 3 For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so committed this, as though I were present. 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

1 John 5:16-19 16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this. 17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death. 18 We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him and the evil one does not touch him. 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

1 John 5:20-21 20 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, in order that we might know Him who is true, and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols Why would God use Satan? The church father Chrysostom once said, “As executioners, though themselves laden with numerous crimes, are made the correctors of others; so it is here with the evil spirit”

2:1-7 We should prioritize God’s heart for salvation among all the nations 1-2A We do this as we pray for people’s salvation 2b-4 We do this as we live like those who have experienced salvation 5-6 We do this as we proclaim the exclusiveness and effectiveness of Christ for salvation 6b-7 We do this as we focus on all the nations for salvation

Conclusion We have seen that… 12-17 We should praise God for our undeserved salvation 18-20 We should take serious our salvation as we remember our calling and others falling 2:1-7 We should prioritize God’s heart for salvation among all the nations