MOOR of the Word with Pastor Chuck Pourciau

Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy 2:1 - Evangelistic Prayer 13.03.2023 7:24 ↓

Are we to pray for the lost? Or are we just to pray for those who are laboring among the lost as Jesus commanded in Matthew 9:37-38: Then He *said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. “Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” Some have contended that we should only pray for those witnessing and not for the lost. I cannot agre...

Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy 1:19-20 - Faith & Good Conscience 10.03.2023 8:11 ↓

A good conscience means that we are what we declare ourselves to be. H.L. Mencken, 20th century American journalist, essayist, and satirist, defined conscience as “the inner voice which warns us that somebody may be looking.” Morally speaking, you act the same when you are alone as at other times. Faith and a good conscience are three times joined together in this Epistle, showing the inseparable...

Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy 1:18 - Urgent Command 09.03.2023 8:21 ↓

Paul began his instruction to Timothy with a strong statement by saying “This command I entrust to you . . .” This military language is utilized to provide force to what he is yet to say. The word translated “command” references an urgent command handed down from a superior officer. Timothy is solemnly reminded that the ministry is not a matter to be trifled with, but an order from the commander-i...

Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy 1:16-17 - Purpose of God’s Mercy 08.03.2023 8:35 ↓

Paul understood his need and, for this reason, he “found mercy.” He then stated the primary reason that he found that mercy. It wasn’t so that he could go to heaven instead of hell. It wasn’t so that he could bring the gospel to the Gentiles. It wasn’t so that he could be the most prolific writer of New Testament documents. It was so that “Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an...

Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy 1:15 - The Bedrock of the Doctrine of Grace 07.03.2023 7:41 ↓

What Paul gave in just a few words is a distilled version of the gospel. Jesus came into the world to save sinners is both succinct and complete. Bound up in the two words, Christ Jesus, is all that he is. Christ is the anointed one who came to redeem. To do so he came in human form as Jesus at the incarnation.

Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy 1:14 - Hyper-Abundant Grace 06.03.2023 8:10 ↓

Paul considered himself the chief of sinners and described himself as a former blasphemer, persecutor, and violent aggressor. But notice what he wrote in verse 14. In spite of all this, “the grace of our Lord was more than abundant.” How beautiful. As great as was his sin, the grace of our Lord was more than abundant. This is a powerful message for every sinner of every generation.