[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (BRW-M) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]
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"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!
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"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_____.
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"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.
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"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.
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'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 NGOs๐
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"But if we have food and
clothing, with these we will be content."
I do have food and clothing, praise
God! ๐