1 Timothy 6:11-16
What an exhortation!
"But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight
the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you
were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many
witnesses. In
the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus,
who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I
charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who
alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one
has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen."
That last verse there about God living in unapproachable light, and no one seeing Him - it is yet another great reminder of how full of glory He is.
Showing posts with label 1 Timothy. Show all posts
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Friday, June 10, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Women in leadership
1 Timothy
Women in leadership... that's a hot topic! Check out the last bit of 1 Timothy chapter 2. Paul's message that women should be silent in church is, in my opinion, culturally based. I believe there is a time and place for women to be in leadership, simply because the bible also says that there is neither male nor female, slave nor free, etc. We're all the same in Christ, at least in terms of human equality. My personal take is that men should be the head, as it often says in scripture, but that in no way limits women from participating in some form of church leadership.
Women in leadership... that's a hot topic! Check out the last bit of 1 Timothy chapter 2. Paul's message that women should be silent in church is, in my opinion, culturally based. I believe there is a time and place for women to be in leadership, simply because the bible also says that there is neither male nor female, slave nor free, etc. We're all the same in Christ, at least in terms of human equality. My personal take is that men should be the head, as it often says in scripture, but that in no way limits women from participating in some form of church leadership.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Endless genealogies
1 Timothy
1 Timothy1:4 mentions 'endless genealogies'. Paul warns against false teachers who devote themselves to these 'endless genealogies'. What's so wrong with genealogies? Apparently the Jewish bloodlines had become so intricate that tracing lineage back to the twelve tribes really did make for endless genealogies. The importance of keeping the twelve tribes separate really disappeared after Jesus, the Messiah, came to save the whole world, rather than just the Jewish nation. Devotion to these genealogies wasn't necessary, and was likely a sign that the false teacher was, well, false, and insistent on still following the Jewish law rather than God's grace. So in this case, I guess genealogies really aren't that great after all.
1 Timothy1:4 mentions 'endless genealogies'. Paul warns against false teachers who devote themselves to these 'endless genealogies'. What's so wrong with genealogies? Apparently the Jewish bloodlines had become so intricate that tracing lineage back to the twelve tribes really did make for endless genealogies. The importance of keeping the twelve tribes separate really disappeared after Jesus, the Messiah, came to save the whole world, rather than just the Jewish nation. Devotion to these genealogies wasn't necessary, and was likely a sign that the false teacher was, well, false, and insistent on still following the Jewish law rather than God's grace. So in this case, I guess genealogies really aren't that great after all.
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