First Timothy chapter one. For our time of study in the word this morning, we were doing a verse by verse series to the book of First Timothy and we pulled away from that for the month of December to focus on the subject of investing for eternity, and it was a rich month indeed. All that we learned in the area of finances, but today, we come back to our study of First Timothy, and we're going to arrive at chapter 1 verse 18. And my goal this morning is to cover verses 18 through 19.
but let me read verse 18 through 20 to you as we begin this morning. This command, I, by the way, Paul has just presented the gospel by way of personal testimony in the preceding verses. And having done that, he then says, this command, I entrust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight. Keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith.
Among these are Hymeneus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan so that they will be taught not to blaspheme. I want to speak to you guys from verses 18 and 19 on the subject of a strategy for a successful year, a strategy for a successful year. Let me ask for a raise of hands and just be honest with me, OK? How many of you want to make a shipwreck of your lives in 2009?
Just Just every head bowed, every eye closed, anybody, I see one hand. none of us want to experience the shipwreck that we learn about at the end of verse 19. None of us want to experience the fate that Hymeneus and Alexander experienced. None, none of us want that....
