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Friday, October 06, 2023

Short Reflection from 1 Timothy 1-6

[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (BRW-M) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]

[7:22 am, 26/05/2022] S.R: 𝟙 𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕪 𝟙:𝟙𝟡

"keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith."

Paul used the word "conscience" at least two times in this chapter. God has given human beings a conscience to warn us of our waywardness. Oh! May it not be seared, suppressed, or ignored!

 

[0:53 pm, 16/03/2022] S.R: 𝟙 𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕪 𝟚:𝟙𝟚

"But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet."

If this is not what it means, what guarantees the rest of the scriptures to be what they say?

Even a child can read and understand, and the rebellious adults are jumping here and there to accommodate their ungodly self-centered feminism!

____ has no pastor. It's not even a church. I don't know why professing Christians keep going there @Cha_____.

 

𝟙 𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕪 𝟛:𝟚

"An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,"

One qualification criterion that separates deacons from pastors is "able to teach"

Ironically, in Baptist churches in Manipur, deacons preached, and also their character qualifications are not taken seriously.

 

𝟙 𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕪 𝟜:𝟙𝟞

"Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers."

Doctrine and Lifestyle.

I have seen that when a mentor fails, he collapses with his mentees.

 

𝟙 𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕪 𝟝:𝟙𝟞

'If any woman who is a believer has dependent widows, she must assist them and the church must not be burdened, so that it may assist those who are widows indeed."

A Christian widow without a relative is the burden of a church.

A widow with a relative should be taken care of by relatives.

A non-Christian widow without a relative should be reported to MLA and NGOs😃

 

𝟙 𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕪 𝟞:𝟠

"But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content."

I do have food and clothing, praise God! 🙏