1 Timothy 5:23 | Your Health & Hurting Matter to God

Have you ever wondered if God cares about your health and hurting? The world is full of pain. Why? Listen in to this sermon to hear what the Bible says about this. Click "more" below to find an outline that helps you follow along and discuss with others. Click on the "Full Sermon Manuscript" button to read and study that in a blog format.

1 Timothy 5:23

"Drink no longer water,

   but use a little wine

     for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities."

Q: What was Paul instructing Timothy to do here?

Consider: Proverbs 31:4-7

1) GOD HAS CREATED MANY COMMON GRACES FOR US TO  USE FOR OUR GOOD  AND  RECEIVE WITH THANKSGIVING. 

Consider: 1 Timothy 4:4; Revelation 4:11; Genesis 1:27-28

Q: What common grace have you thanked God for lately?

2) MEDICINE, HEALTHCARE, AND INVENTIONS THAT  DO US GOOD  AND  HELP US OBEY GOD  ARE GIFTS FROM GOD THROUGH HIS WORK OF CREATION.

Consider: James 1:13-18; 1 Peter 4:10

Q: Have you considered how many prayers have been answered by God through the development of medicines and technologies?

3) WE MUST NOT  PRESUME UPON GOD  THE PRIORITY OF A  SPONTANEOUS HEALING  OVER HEALING THROUGH MEANS HE HAS PROVIDED IN CREATION.

Consider: James 4:13-16

Q: Can you think of times you have presumed upon God and been ungrateful for His common grace?

4) WE MUST NOT FEAR OPENLY  SPEAKING THE TRUTH  ABOUT OUR ILLNESSES OR  ADDRESSING THEM DIRECTLY.

1 Timothy 5:23

"…for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities."

Q: Do you directly pray about and steward circumstances God has given you, or do you ignore or deny them?

5) WE MAY PRAY FOR AND STEWARD  HEALTH OPTIONS  THAT HELP US PUSH BACK THE  DEATHLY EFFECTS  OF OUR SIN-CURSED WORLD.

Consider: 3 John 2; Proverbs 4:20-22; Matthew 5:45

Q: Do you wisely steward your health with the common grace God has given?

6) WE MUST USE WHAT GOD PROVIDES WITH  SELF-CONTROL  AND IN A WAY THAT  GLORIFIES GOD AND HIS GOSPEL.

Consider: Proverbs 25:16; Ecclesiastes 10:16-18; 1 Cor 6:18-20

Q: What is an area in which you need to exercise more self-control for the glory of God and His gospel?

7) GOD’S PROMISE TO  BODILY RESURRECT TO LIFE  ALL WHO REPENT AND BELIEVE ON CHRIST IS THE GREATEST EVIDENCE THAT  GOD CARES ABOUT OUR HEALTH.

Consider: Romans 8:22-23

Q: Do you have assurance that God will raise your body to new life when Christ comes?

You and I deserve to die in eternal separation from God. Were it not for God’s saving grace, we all would.

SERMON IN A SENTENCE: FROM CREATION TO REDEMPTION TO RESURRECTION, BELIEVERS SHOULD KNOW  YOUR HEALTH AND HURTING MATTER TO GOD.