God Wants All People to Be Saved

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God Wants All People to Be Saved

Date: Apr. 22, 2017

Passage

1 Timothy 2:1-7 (ESV)

1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 2:3-4

This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1. Pray for all people (1-4)

Pray for all people, even the king, so the church will live peaceful and quiet lives, in all godliness and holiness. This will give a great contrast with the secular world. Through this contrast, God is pleased, and it will be a means to draw people to God. God wants all people to be saved through hearing the gospel message, and come to live it out in the church through a knowledge of the truth practically.

2. Christ the only Mediator (5-7)

The means God has given for all to be saved was by sending his Son Jesus as the only mediator between God and mankind. He is the perfect mediator, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This plan of God is revealed through the gospel, to which Paul was appointed as a herald and apostle. The commands Paul gives are to be understood from this identity and motive as a gospel worker.

Prayer: Father, thank you for Jesus, the mediator. Help me pray and be a witness of the gospel.

One Word: Please God our Savior

“now Begin the Work”

1 Chronicles 22:2-19

Key Verse: 22:16b

gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! The LORD be with you!”

Today's Question

What is the fifth commandment?

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