First Timothy (Chapter
One)
I Tim 1:3 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,
2
Timothy 1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast
heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
(Greek: Hold fast to the model of healthy or wholesome words, which thou hast heard from me.
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Many of us
can remember building a model car or airplane. Once we had the model built we mounted
it up high on a shelf for all to see.
We must likewise have the Word of God as one of the primary models in
our lives mounted high before our eyes. This model of the gospel must be built out
of something that is called sound words.
·
“Sound words”
is a medical term that means healthy or wholesome. Sound words are healthy because
they are true or are in accordance with what is factual concerning the Word of
God. In our “health craze” society we
must never forget the health that comes to us from knowing and living in
accordance to sound doctrine.
·
It is
impossible for us to build a model of healthy words that we can frame before
our eyes to unless we know the Word of God in truth or in accordance to fact.
To know the Word of God in fact implies that we must do some serious study of
the Word before we can truly know it in truth.
Titus 2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
· Incorruptness: Our knowledge of the Word of God must be so thorough that our teaching cannot be subject to the decay of time, error, or the opposition that comes from those that challenge our teaching. When we live in accordance to a model of God’s incorrupt doctrine, our doctrine will finally vindicate us even if the whole wide world says that we are wrong. The Lord will lift us up and put those that oppose us to shame.
· Incorruptness must stand the test of eternity in that an incorrupt nature cannot be subject to decay. Our knowledge and obedience to the Word of God will have an everlasting impact on our lives. Let us look at the following scripture;
1
Peter 1:25 But the rhema word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this
is the rhema word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Greek:
The rhema word of God remains into the ages of the ages.
Matthew
25:29 For unto every one that hath
shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall
be taken away even that which he hath.
Titus 2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
·
Gravity:
This has to do with the godly character built
in us through the knowledge of the Word of God, which incites reverence and
respect from others. Our life and our preaching must be so grounded on the
sound words of the gospel that others will reverence the Christ being displayed
through us and deeply respect and listen to what we have to say as true men and
women of God. “When E.F. Hutton speaks everybody listens.” We must be people
that have a burning message from God at all times.
2Tim 2:15
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
· Paul tells us in 2 Tim 2:15 that we must all stand as workmen before God that have been approved by Him. The kind of approval that the Lord demands from us is the same as that of a fine metal that has been purified by the fire taking out all of its impurities. The result is that is has now become approved and stamped as a fine metal and worthy to be used for the highest of purposes. The way that we become approved as people of God fit for His highest purposes (in this particular scripture) is our ability to rightly divide the Word of God.
· Most of us have been to an orthodontist who we know as the guy that straightens out our teeth. Ortho is defined as straight. Dontist means teeth; hence this doctor is the “tooth straightner.”
· To rightly divide is the word orthotomeo. Tomeo is to make a cut. To rightly divide the Word of God is to make a straight cut into the Word of God. The man or woman of God must know and live the Word of God so thoroughly that he or she can make a straight cut into the Word, knowing, living and presenting it to others in a straight, truthful and accurate way. One expositor said that our ability to present the word in such a straightforward way will in fact lay a path before us that is as straight as our knowledge of the Word. This path before us becomes the road in which others and we travel upon.
· If we do not know the Word of God in this way can we ever become workmen that have past the test and stand approved before God?
2
Tim
3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
·
Please observe with me the progressive order
of benefits found through our intimate knowledge of scriptures.
·
Inspiration: All scripture is God breathed and is therefore
profitable for teaching
·
Reproof: Intimate knowledge of the scriptures brings correction
to us by exposing sin and blind spots in our life. If we heed to the exposure
brought to us through the Word it will brings us freedom in Christ.
·
Correction : Correction here means to be restored to
an upright state resulting in salvation.
Do you notice the order? Reproof
brings exposure of sin. If we
heed we start to become free. As we become free the Word of God then starts to
restore us to an upright state.
·
Instruction: This talks about mentoring
and discipling and the final release into our ministry. Exposure, restoration, mentoring,
and call to ministry.
17
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good
works.
Greek: The man or
woman of God becomes thoroughly equipped and furnished by the Word of God for
every Spirit led work; The man or woman of God is equipped and fitted with every
necessary piece of equipment by the Word of God for anything that the Lord
might have for him or her require to do.
·
When
we went to battle Sadam Hussein in the Persian Gulf in great part we won
because we were thoroughly equipped with the best of arms, technique, and
personnel. It is our deep knowledge of
God’s Word that furnishes us with the spiritual equipment necessary to successfully
carry out God’s holy missions.
We Are The
Manager’s of God’s Affairs.
1Tim
1:4 Neither give heed to fables and
endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which
is in faith: so do.
The King
James does a poor job of translating of the Greek. Where the KJV has “godly edifying,” the
Greek says” administration or management” of God’s affairs.
Ephesians
3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of
God which is given me to you-ward:
·
We find this
same word in Ephesians three and two though here it is written in the English
as “dispensation.”
·
We are
entrusted with the management, oversight, and the administration of all that pertains
to the affairs of God or to all that involves the economies of the kingdom of
our God. A pretty serious
responsibility! When Paul talks bout the dispensation of the grace of God he
refers to his management and administration of the giftings and callings of God
giving to him by the Lord for the benefit of others.
·
Our
management and administration of God affairs can and must only happen in the
realm of faith. As we studied before, God’s faith always originates with the
voice of the Lord because His Word always carries within it the measure of
faith needed to make the Word come to pass.
Therefore if we are to correctly manage the affairs that pertain to God
it can only be done through a strict reliance to the voice of the Holy Spirit,
and our stepping out in faith and walking on water to fulfill the Word. When we
operate like this we activate the affairs of God upon the earth, bringing them
to order and causing them to come to pass. Unbelief, which is resistance to the
voice of the Holy Spirit, is the worst of the manager’s of God goods.
5 ¶ Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
·
The end
of the commandment: The
end product of our setting forth a model of the healthy doctrine of God before
our eyes, and our management of the affairs of the Kingdom of God in faith is
charity or the love of God. This is
because God is love.
·
Charity
is God’s divinely birthed love within us. It is sacrificial in nature and puts
the concern of others always before our eyes. The kingdom of God is a “people
oriented business.”
·
The
greatest anointing and power of God will always flow out of us when we are
concerned about others rather than ourselves.
2 Corinthians 13:4 For though he was crucified through
weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but
we shall live with him by the
power of God toward
you.(We shall live
with Him by the power of God into
you. )(Or as we minister into your
need; then we truly live out of the power of God)
Galatians 2:8
(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the
circumcision, the same was
mighty in me toward
the Gentiles:)(The same (God) was mighty in me into the Gentiles) (or as we minister into the needs of the Gentiles;
the Lord was mighty in me)
I Tim 1:5 ¶ Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
·
There
are three roots, which cause the growth of this divine tree named charity.
·
A pure heart: A heart, which is
free from the corruption and the spotting of sin.
1
Timothy 6:14 That thou keep this
commandment without spot,
unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
·
Only
the Holy Spirit can do this. It takes a
life of uncompromising obedience to the Lord and tremendous intimacy with Him for
the continual presence of the Lord upon our lives to cleanse us without ceasing.
·
Philippians 1:9 ¶ And this I pray, that your love may
abound yet more and more in knowledge(thorough knowledge) and in all judgment;(discernment)
Greek: ( my paraphrase included in italics) That your love may abound yet more (but always held bounded within the river banks of a)
a
full precise and accurate knowledge
of the things of God and in
all discernment( Judgment is defined as discernment. Likewise
charity must be always held in check within the river banks of our discernment
of God’s voice and our discernment of what is of God, and what does not come
from Him.)
·
We
cannot love the world for Christ through our impulses and emotions, or by becoming
its savior, our out of a fear and guilt that the world is going to hell in a
hand basket. Such love will never
become charity and will eventually burn us out.
· We must be led by the Spirit at all times to have the development of God’s character and His love matured in our lives.
10 that ye may approve things that are excellent;( what differs or excels) that ye may be sincere (judged by the sun) and without offence till the day of Christ;
·
Greek: That you may
recognize as genuine upon examination the things that are differing. Your recognition
of what differs will allow you to choose only what is excelling or best towards
your fulfillment of the things that pertain to Christ. This will cause you to become so pure that it will allow for the beams of
sunlight to shine through you unhindered. Likewise you will become as one
that has nothing that will make others stumble when they observe your life
before the Lord.
·
Charity is the product of an accurate knowledge of the Lord,
His will, and His Word. It is likewise
the product of being led by the Holy Spirit. Thorough knowledge of the things of
God and restricting our lives to His voice will allow for the distinguishing between
the good and the excellent. If we choose the excellent God, will purify us so
much that we shall be as a clear windowpane that reflects the glory of God to
the world. This develops charity in our
lives because God is love.
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