The Lord's Day Morning August 29, 2004 I Timothy 4:1-5 “The Latter Times” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy 4, and as you do so, allow your eyes to sneak a peek back just a few verses to I Timothy 3:14-16, where we were last week. That declaration in I Timothy 3:14-16 is a climactic declaration about the church: the nature of the church, especially the nature of the local church and the way God has ordained to use the local church to prorogate His truth, and to defend the truth against false teaching. And it's also a glorious statement about the Redeemer. And it's meant by the Apostle Paul to give us a great encouragement. In this book there are many directives that Paul gives–the standards, for instance, that…