Meditations on I Timothy.
“I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that He has considered me trustworthy, appointing me to His service. Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.” I Timothy 1:12-14, NIV I love these verses. What I love is the progressive layering of Paul’s words. They portray a beautiful picture of hope. Paul is thanking Christ Jesus, our Lord, who has given him strength. Hallelujah for this simple yet profound truth. Our thanksgiving belongs solely to Jesus, who through our very weakness, makes us strong. In fact, Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, tells us that “My power (Christ’s) is made perfect through weakness.” Paul continues on to say that he will boast all the more gladly of his weaknesses so that the power of Christ may rest upon him. What an encouragement this is to know that it is Christ and His power who gives us strength and that it is through our very weaknesses that He can make us strong.
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Meditations on 1 Timothy
“We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers - and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God which He entrusted to me.” I Timothy 1:8-11, NIV God’s law IS good. It is good simply because it comes from God. All things which God created and all things that come from Him are good. Even from the beginning of time, when God created the world, this truth is evidenced through Genesis 1:31, “And God saw all that He had made and it was very good.” Why then, does Paul say, “we know that the law is good if one uses it properly.” First, remember who etched the 10 Commandments on the initial set of stone tablets? The answer, of course, is God. Meditations on 1 Timothy
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