1 Timothy
The law reveals sin but doesn’t take it away
At the heart of the Jewish Law was the ten commandments. Yet apparently, as dogmatic as these false teachers were, they really didn’t understand God’s law. God’s law is like a medicine prescribed by our doctor. If we use the medicine the way its prescribed, it w …
Who we are, what we believe and how we behave
A civilian defense official, drawing up plans for billeting space in his city in case of a bomb attack, asked the pastor of a large church how many people could sleep in the church building. “I don’t know,†replied the pastor, “but we sleep 1400 every Sunday …
One of lifes greatest needs
Nothing disciplines the inordinate desires of the flesh like service, and nothing transforms the desires of the flesh like serving in hiddenness. The flesh whines against service but screams against hidden service. It strains and pulls for honor and recognition. It will devise su …
What keeps You from being Content?
The message of salvation appealed to slaves and many of them became believers. Paul told the slaves to maintain an attitude of respect as a testimony to their unbelieving masters (vv. 1-2). If a master is a Christian, they should give even better respect to him. The danger was that a Christian …
Paul’s experience on the Damascus road
Perhaps the famous preacher John Newton explained it best when he said, When I get to heaven I shall see three wonders there. The first wonder will be, to see many people there whom I did not expect to see. The second wonder will be, to miss many people whom I did expect to see; …
Paul’s Experience on the Damascus Road
Paul tells how grateful he is that God had confidence in him when he had been so opposed to God’s Son (vv. 12-14). He had cursed Jesus, called Him a fake, and went after his followers. He had not deliberately acted against what he knew was right but had blindly and mistakenly thought he was …
What keeps you from being content?
A man became envious of his friends because they had larger and more luxurious homes. So he listed his house with a real estate firm, planning to sell it and to purchase a more impressive home. Shortly afterward, as he was reading the classified section of the newspaper, he saw a …
Like it or not we are in warfare
It is sometimes helpful to pick out certain verses of a biblical passage which summarize in concise terms what the passage is all about. The phrase that, perhaps, best summarizes this entire letter is “Wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience†(vv. 1 …
The Place of Women in the Church
The emphasis in this passage is on the place of women in the local church. The word translated “subjection†(v. 11) is translated “submit†in Ephesians 5:21-22 and Colossians 3:18. It means literally to “rank under.†Anyone who has served in the armed forces knows that “rank†has to do …