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Fleeing, Pursuing and Abundance

Don Calvert ~ April 28, 2024
1 Timothy 6:10-16

1st Instruction: Principles are nonspecific and require

to them in every setting.
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2nd Instruction: Precepts are specific

and require your in order to them in your life.
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1st Command – A spiritual leader is

by what they from.
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φεύγω [flee] pheúgō: To

, one who is known as a who runs from .
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2nd Command – A spiritual leader is

by what they in this life.
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διώκω [pursue] diṓkō: To pursue, one who

after, who down in order to .
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Virtue #1 – Pursue

. Doing what’s right in relation to both God and man.
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Virtue #2 – Pursue

. Watching over your desires; you God through your inward and outward actions.
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Virtue #3 – Pursue

. Resting in God’s promises to provide, protect, empower, and guide; choosing to be content with what God .
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Virtue #4 – Pursue

. Seeking to love God, other disciples, and those who don’t .
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Virtue #5 – Pursue

. Choosing in the face of pressures, difficulties, and temptations.
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Virtue #6 – Pursue

. Controlled strength that offers to the spiritually weak and wounded.
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3rd Command – A spiritual leader is

by what they for.
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4th Command – A spiritual leader is known for faithfully

Jesus with others, without .
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προσλαμβάνομαι [take hold] ἐπιλαμβάνομαι: To

, to without go.
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Implication #1 – Real abundance begins to grow in us when we

how to in this without becoming part of it.
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Implication #2 – Real abundance begins to grow in us when we understand that

is us as we share Jesus with others, this is another form of storing up treasures in heaven.
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Implication #3 – Real abundance begins to grow in us when we

in the building God’s kingdom.
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