The Gospel is the True Hope for the Church

Acts 20:29-30 – “I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.” 

Hope - To trust in the finished work of Christ’s life death and resurrection and look forward to His final rescue.

Psalm 43:5 – “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.” 

Church - the called out people of God whose aim in life is to love God wholeheartedly, love others sacrificially, and make disciples of the real Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:15 – “if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.” 

I. The Gospel of Jesus is True Hope (1 Timothy 1:1-2)

2 Corinthians 11:4 – “For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.” 

Galatians 1:6-8 – “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.” 

Acts 4:12 – “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”” 

Ephesians 2:8 – “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,” 

Galatians 2:16 – “yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.” 

2 Timothy 3:16-17 – “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” 

1 Corinthians 10:31 – “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” 

II. Guard the Gospel (1 Timothy 1:3-11)

III. Trust the Gospel (1 Timothy 1:12-17)

IV. Fight for the Gospel (1 Timothy 1:18-20)

2 Corinthians 10:3-4 – “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds.” 

Ephesians 6:12 – “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”