Good Deeds; Profess to Worship God

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Good Deeds; Profess to Worship God

Date: Apr. 23, 2017

Passage

1 Timothy 2:8-15 (ESV)

8 I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. 11 Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. 15 Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 2:10

but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

1. Praying men lifting up holy hands (8)

Men have a tendency to become angry and dispute with one another. Instead of hitting with their hands, they should pray with holy hands. Paul wants men to grow as men of prayer in all areas of their life.

2. Women who profess to worship God (9-15)

The culture of Ephesus and of even today influences women to focus on elaborate hairstyles, gold or pearls or expensive clothes. Paul wants them instead to dress modestly, and be adorned with good deeds that reflect their inner attitude of love and worship toward God. Women of Ephesus were influenced by Diana worship, where priestesses dominated over men. To counter cultural influence, Paul wants women to learn in quietness and full submission. Through Genesis 2-3, Paul teaches that worship should be according to the word of God, and not be ruled by culture. Paul encouraged women to continue in faith, love, and holiness, extolling their feminine identity in God.

Prayer: Father, please help us men worship in prayer, and us women be adorned with good deeds.

One Word: Worship God appropriately

Misery of Disobedience

Genesis 34:1-31

Key Verse: 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”

Today's Question

What does the beginning of the Lord's prayer teach us?

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