November 16, 2025
Teacher: Buddy Sampson
Psalm 117
Praise the LORD, all nations! Exalt him, all peoples! For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD!
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Ephesians 3:8b-10
PAUL, SAVED BY GRACE, SAYS. . . this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in[b] God, who created all things, 10 so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
1 Timothy 3:14-15a
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God,
Point 1: The household of God is created by God.
Point 2: The household of God is welded by love.
1 Timothy 3:15
it is the church of the living God,
Point 3: The household of God is led by a living head.
Lamentations 3:22-24
22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”
1 Timothy 3:15c
the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
Point 4: The household of God is the manifestation of Truth.
1 Timothy 3:16
Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.
Point 5: The household of God proclaims the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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