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Timothy 4:13 NRSV Until I arrive, give attention to the public
reading of scripture, to exhorting, to teaching.
Reading
B1 This is reading the Scriptures publicly.
B2 Importance
C1 Psalm 119:130 NLT The teaching of your word gives light, so
even the simple can understand.
C2 People need the Scriptures, because the natural person cannot
understand it: Psalm 119:130 NLT The teaching of your word gives
light, so even the simple can understand.
C3 We need God’s help to understand: John 16:8 NLT And when he
comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God's
righteousness, and of the coming judgment.
C4 Psalm 119:130 NLT The teaching of your word gives light, so
even the simple can understand.
C5 Psalm 19:7 NLT The instructions of the LORD are perfect,
reviving the soul. The decrees of the LORD are trustworthy, making
wise the simple.
C6 2 Timothy 3:15-16 NLT You have been taught the holy Scriptures
from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the
salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is
inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us
realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong
and teaches us to do what is right.
B3 Suggestions
C2 The passage being preached/taught that Sunday.
C3 Daily reading plan for whole church to read at home. (Example
here,
here)
C4 The plan I use which reads a chapter from the Old Testament taking
3 years and one chapter from the New Testament, which takes 1 year. I
ask 2 questions:
D1 What does this chapter mean?
D2 How do I apply it to my life?
D3 Example:
MORNING
Ezra 9
What does this mean?
How do I apply this to my life?
EVENING
2 Corinthians 1
What does this mean?
How do I apply this to my life?
C5 Hearing the Bible reading, whether online or through an app.
D1 Online suggestions: you can search YouTube or other online video
source. You might like
Daily
One Year Bible where you can choose what version (This also has
commentary/devotion, but I can’t vouch for that).
Exhorting
B1 This is encouraging and motivating ourselves and others to think
and live as Christians.
B2 The Greek
word
is παράκλησις paráklēsis. It means appeal,
encouragement, comfort. It is the answer for a cry of help. The
encouragement in this passage, I believe, deals with an encouragement
for motivation to learn, live, think, act in society publicly and
private according to God’s way. It is not bullying, controlling, or
having arrogance.
B3 A few examples
C1 2 Chronicles 33:16 NLT Then he restored the altar of the LORD
and sacrificed peace offerings and thanksgiving offerings on it. He
also encouraged the people of Judah to worship the LORD, the God of
Israel.
C2 Ezra 6:14 NLT So the Jewish elders continued their work, and
they were greatly encouraged by the preaching of the prophets Haggai
and Zechariah son of Iddo. The Temple was finally finished, as had
been commanded by the God of Israel and decreed by Cyrus, Darius, and
Artaxerxes, the kings of Persia.
C3 Acts 20:2 NLT While there, he encouraged the believers in all
the towns he passed through. Then he traveled down to Greece,
C4 Acts 23:11 NLT That night the Lord appeared to Paul and said,
"Be encouraged, Paul. Just as you have been a witness to me here
in Jerusalem, you must preach the Good News in Rome as well."
Teaching
B1 This is teaching the meaning and application of Scripture,
doctrine, and apologetics.
B2 An example of teaching comes from our Lord Jesus in what is named
the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7).
The
brothers and sisters share their gifts
B1 Ephesians 4:11 NLT Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the
church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors
and teachers.
B2 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 NLT There are different kinds of
spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There
are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works
in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of
us. A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each
other. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise
advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special
knowledge. The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to
someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. He gives one
person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to
prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a
message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still
another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages,
while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.
It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He
alone decides which gift each person should have.
B3 1 Corinthians 12:28 NLT Here are some of the parts God has
appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets,
third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the
gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift
of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages.
All
Christians have a spiritual gift (1 Peter 4:10).
Since
we have a gift, the Holy Spirit expects us to use it. (1 Timothy 4:14
and Luke 19:11-26).
All
gifts are to build up the church (the people). (Ephesians 4:15-16)
Ephesians
5:18-20 NRSV Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery;
but be filled with the Spirit, 19 as you sing psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody
to the Lord in your hearts, 20 giving thanks to God the
Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
Colossians
3:16-17 NRSV Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and
admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts
sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. 17 And
whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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We are to teach each other through music.
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We are to worship together through music.
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We are to learn Scripture through music (Psalms).
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We are to learn about the Scriptures through music.
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We are to learn doctrine through music.
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We are to honor God through music.
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We are to admonish and encourage the faith, the faithful, and to be
faithful through music.
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We are to give thanks through music.
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We are to do this in the name of the Lord Jesus through music. This
is giving honor, recognition, and His approval of what we are
singing and how we are singing.
