Tag: doctrine
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The God Who Took the Blow – 1 John 2:21-23
1 John 2:21-23 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son,…
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No Lone Verse – 2 Peter 1:20
2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. Peter says, “Know this first.” In other words, do not miss this. When you come to Scripture, you must understand from the outset that prophecy is not a matter of private interpretation. That means God did not scatter…
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Grace at the Center – Hebrews 13:9
Sometimes people miss the feel of religion more than the reality of Jesus. They miss the movement, the ceremony, the visible structure. They miss the sense of doing something tangible. It feels spiritual to handle sacred things, to follow a sequence, to smell incense, to keep a rule, to observe a ritual. And because of…
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Holding Fast to Sound Words — 2 Timothy 1:13–15
2 Timothy 1:13–15 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me;…
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Watch Your Life — 1 Timothy 4:16
1 Timothy 4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. Paul ends this chapter by bringing Timothy back to something very personal. “Take heed unto thyself.” Before looking around at everyone else, look at your own life.…
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Give Attendance to the Word — 1 Timothy 4:13
1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Paul keeps it simple again. “Till I come, give attendance to reading.” In other words, stay with the Word. Read it. Keep it in front of the people. Do not let it drift into the background. In the early church, the…
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A Good Minister — 1 Timothy 4:6–7
1 Timothy 4:6–7 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. Paul makes it surprisingly simple. “If…
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Created Order — 1 Timothy 2:13–14
1 Timothy 2:13–14 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Paul now explains his reasoning. He does not appeal to local custom.He does not appeal to first century culture.He goes back to creation. Adam was formed first. Then Eve. That is not…
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Stay With What Is Solid — 1 Timothy 1:3–4
1 Timothy 1:3–4 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. Paul leaves Timothy in Ephesus with one…