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1 Timothy 4:15
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15 Meditate upon [meletao] these things; [tauta] give thyself [isthi] wholly to [en] them; [toutois] that [hina] thy [sou] profiting [prokope] may [o] appear [phaneros] to [en] all. [pas] KJV-Interlinear
15 Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress may be evident to all. NASB
Meditate, ‘meletao,’ means to think things through, to ponder on them, planning, strategizing, fitting things together as one would pieces of a puzzle, concentrating.
To give thyself wholly, ‘isthi en,’ means to dedicate oneself, to adopt as ones own, to subscribe to, to make exclusive.
Profiting, ‘prokope,’ means preparation, advancement, accomplishment, progress, benefit, yield.
‘These things,’ is a reference to the subject that we have been studying in this entire letter, namely the study and learning and utilization of Gods Word, in our daily life. And even though Paul is writing to Timothy, these principles apply to all Christians.
God created all things, seen and unseen. You can look at the night sky and see as far as in humanly possible and still you know that there is much, much more out there.
You can look at life and know that no person remains on this earth forever, but that everyone leaves this life in due course.
You know that once you are gone from this life, there is another life waiting for you, that will extend into eternity. And that is a very long time.
You know that God has made promises of great reward and blessing for those who advance in their spiritual life.
You know from looking at examples of life in this world, that there are those who have great wealth and those who have little or none.
If you had your choice, and you do, would you prefer to have a little or a lot, in eternity? Most folks would prefer a lot, of course.
So, Paul is reminding and advising you and every believer that has an ounce of care in them, that if you want to advance to the most that you can possibly be, both now and in eternity, then you have to make a decision, to make Bible doctrine a central part of your life. And not only for the moment, but for everyday of your life – no exceptions, no excuses.
What is at stake? Well, consider that there is an infinite difference between the future of the unbeliever and the believer.
The difference, between the Lake of Fire and Heaven, is infinite.
Likewise, the difference in blessings, between the immature believer and the mature believer, is infinite.
Therefore, since these differences are vast, having phenomenal blessings forever, makes their vastness even greater and off the scale.
One really has to wonder just why more people do not pursue their spiritual life with vigor?
Anyway, when you advance in your spiritual life, then your knowledge, your relaxed mental attitude, your poise, your ability to handle problems, and so forth, will become apparent to others. But even so, your first concern is toward God, and not to making an impression for people.
A great future is waiting for you. You just have to decide to commit your life to doctrine, in order to secure your great future.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
1 Timothy 4:14
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1 Timothy 4:14
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14 Neglect [ameleo] not [me] the gift [charisma] that is in [en] thee, [soi] which [hos] was given [didomi] thee [soi] by [dia] prophecy, [propheteia] with [meta] the laying on [epithesis] of the hands [cheir] of the presbytery. [presbuterion] KJV-Interlinear
14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed upon you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery. NASB
When you are born physically into this world, you are born with some sort of gift. Your gift may be a physical gift or a talent of some sort, such as in sports or art or music, or the ability to organize, and so forth. Physical gifts make up a long list of abilities of which you certainly have one or more to get you through life.
Your physical ability is there to help you get through life, personally, socially, professionally, etc.
Likewise, when you believed in Christ, at that moment, you were reborn into a new spiritual life. And at that moment you received a spiritual gift, Rom 12:4-8; 1 Cor 12:1-4; 1 Peter 4:10-11. Everyone who believes in Christ, receives a spiritual gift of some sort.
In your physical life, if you ignore your natural talent or ability, then it is a waste. You are not living your life to its fullest potential.
But in your spiritual life, you likewise have a gift that needs to be utilized to its fullest in order to live your life to its fullest potential.
And by the way, even if you do not believe that you have a gift, that is a part of the definition of ‘neglect’ which we will cover below. Your gift is there, even if you do not believe it.
In the physical life, you probably have to practice, or advance your education, or do something in order to bring your natural talent or ability to its peak. And as for your spiritual gift, the same principle applies, however, your practice is not repetitions of physical effort, but the repetition of daily study of doctrine.
God uses prepared believers. Would any business or organization use you if you were not prepared? No.
Therefore, if God is to use you in a way that He sees fit, for His purpose, then you have to be prepared. And that preparation comes only from your daily study and application of doctrine to your life.
Neglect, ‘ameleo,’ means to be careless, make light of, to reject, to disregard, to be negligent, to ignore.
And so you have a spiritual gift. Whatever that gift is, you may not even be aware of it for many years, but it is extremely valuable, because God gave it to you. You would be foolish to ignore it. And by ignoring Bible doctrine in your life, you are in effect throwing away a major part of your whole purpose of existing.
However, by pursuing your daily studies, your gift will become apparent to you sooner or later. And whether it is to teach doctrine, to build the next Mars rocket, to raise your children, or simply be brave at some important moment in your life that might save or help others, then you will only know it, if you pursue your preparation day in and day out throughout your life, by studying with a passion.
How would you like to go to heaven and ask St. Peter what your gift was, and then hear the response, ‘Well if you had been true to your studies, then you would have accomplished this or that particular ‘great’ thing. But you weren’t, so you didn’t.’ And your response would be, ‘Oh.’ As you realize that you missed out on a great opportunity, simply because you were lazy, or did not care, or made light of, your daily Bible studies.
And who recognizes your ability? God. He is the source of your gift. And in life, there will be someone who will recognize your gift, even if most do not.
Timothy received the gift of instructor or teacher. He received this gift from God. He did not receive it when other pastors placed their hands on him. People do not have the power to bestow gifts on anyone, not even themselves.
But the laying on of the hands, is nothing more than a public recognition, of something that someone possesses.
What do you receive when you graduate from a school or university? A diploma. That is the public recognition of your completion of the academic work they provided.
When you accomplish something you receive a hug, a pat on the back, a cheerful ‘congratulations,’ a trophy, and so forth.
Timothy’s ability was obvious and it was formally recognized by his peers.
However, in the spiritual realm, God does all of the work and God receives all of the credit.
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1 Timothy 4:14
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14 Neglect [ameleo] not [me] the gift [charisma] that is in [en] thee, [soi] which [hos] was given [didomi] thee [soi] by [dia] prophecy, [propheteia] with [meta] the laying on [epithesis] of the hands [cheir] of the presbytery. [presbuterion] KJV-Interlinear
14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed upon you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery. NASB
When you are born physically into this world, you are born with some sort of gift. Your gift may be a physical gift or a talent of some sort, such as in sports or art or music, or the ability to organize, and so forth. Physical gifts make up a long list of abilities of which you certainly have one or more to get you through life.
Your physical ability is there to help you get through life, personally, socially, professionally, etc.
Likewise, when you believed in Christ, at that moment, you were reborn into a new spiritual life. And at that moment you received a spiritual gift, Rom 12:4-8; 1 Cor 12:1-4; 1 Peter 4:10-11. Everyone who believes in Christ, receives a spiritual gift of some sort.
In your physical life, if you ignore your natural talent or ability, then it is a waste. You are not living your life to its fullest potential.
But in your spiritual life, you likewise have a gift that needs to be utilized to its fullest in order to live your life to its fullest potential.
And by the way, even if you do not believe that you have a gift, that is a part of the definition of ‘neglect’ which we will cover below. Your gift is there, even if you do not believe it.
In the physical life, you probably have to practice, or advance your education, or do something in order to bring your natural talent or ability to its peak. And as for your spiritual gift, the same principle applies, however, your practice is not repetitions of physical effort, but the repetition of daily study of doctrine.
God uses prepared believers. Would any business or organization use you if you were not prepared? No.
Therefore, if God is to use you in a way that He sees fit, for His purpose, then you have to be prepared. And that preparation comes only from your daily study and application of doctrine to your life.
Neglect, ‘ameleo,’ means to be careless, make light of, to reject, to disregard, to be negligent, to ignore.
And so you have a spiritual gift. Whatever that gift is, you may not even be aware of it for many years, but it is extremely valuable, because God gave it to you. You would be foolish to ignore it. And by ignoring Bible doctrine in your life, you are in effect throwing away a major part of your whole purpose of existing.
However, by pursuing your daily studies, your gift will become apparent to you sooner or later. And whether it is to teach doctrine, to build the next Mars rocket, to raise your children, or simply be brave at some important moment in your life that might save or help others, then you will only know it, if you pursue your preparation day in and day out throughout your life, by studying with a passion.
How would you like to go to heaven and ask St. Peter what your gift was, and then hear the response, ‘Well if you had been true to your studies, then you would have accomplished this or that particular ‘great’ thing. But you weren’t, so you didn’t.’ And your response would be, ‘Oh.’ As you realize that you missed out on a great opportunity, simply because you were lazy, or did not care, or made light of, your daily Bible studies.
And who recognizes your ability? God. He is the source of your gift. And in life, there will be someone who will recognize your gift, even if most do not.
Timothy received the gift of instructor or teacher. He received this gift from God. He did not receive it when other pastors placed their hands on him. People do not have the power to bestow gifts on anyone, not even themselves.
But the laying on of the hands, is nothing more than a public recognition, of something that someone possesses.
What do you receive when you graduate from a school or university? A diploma. That is the public recognition of your completion of the academic work they provided.
When you accomplish something you receive a hug, a pat on the back, a cheerful ‘congratulations,’ a trophy, and so forth.
Timothy’s ability was obvious and it was formally recognized by his peers.
However, in the spiritual realm, God does all of the work and God receives all of the credit.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
1 Timothy 4:13
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1 Timothy 4:13
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13 Till [heos] I come, [erchomai] give attendance [prosecho] to reading, [anagnosis] to exhortation, [paraklesis] to doctrine. [didaskalia] KJV-Interlinear
13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. NASB
Timothy is commanded to do three things. To give attendance means to focus on, to pay attention to, to apply ones self toward.
And Timothy was to focus on reading, exhortation, and doctrine. What are these?
Reading, ‘anagnosis,’ refers to reading for the purpose of studying. To read the detail. To study to know. To prepare oneself in private.
Exhortation, ‘paraklesis,’ means to comfort, to implore, to challenge others. It warns people to obey, it challenges people to advance, it rebukes people who are indifferent.
Doctrine, ‘didaskalia,’ refers to the systematic instruction of the material. The Word of God is available to us in written form only. It is very difficult for folks to simply pick up and read, and then understand. Primarily because there are certain spiritual mechanisms that must be in place in ones life, before understanding is possible, namely confession and fellowship. Likewise background on the material is often times necessary before a passage can be understood.
Therefore, from the earliest of times in history, instruction has been an integral part of spiritual growth. And if you think about it, instruction is a fundamental part of every persons life from infancy to adulthood and beyond. We are always learning or being taught something, sometime in our life.
But of everything in life that will be a part of your life, spiritual instruction is by far the most important, because it is your preparation not only for life, but for eternity.
It is unfortunate that most folks say that they love Jesus, but refuse the fundamental aspects of getting to know Him. And lacking instruction, then there is no way for you to really come to an understanding of life, of Christ, or of how anything fits together in history.
This is the primary priority of the instructor, and the primary priority of the student – to study and learn for instruction, and to study and learn by instruction.
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1 Timothy 4:13
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13 Till [heos] I come, [erchomai] give attendance [prosecho] to reading, [anagnosis] to exhortation, [paraklesis] to doctrine. [didaskalia] KJV-Interlinear
13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. NASB
Timothy is commanded to do three things. To give attendance means to focus on, to pay attention to, to apply ones self toward.
And Timothy was to focus on reading, exhortation, and doctrine. What are these?
Reading, ‘anagnosis,’ refers to reading for the purpose of studying. To read the detail. To study to know. To prepare oneself in private.
Exhortation, ‘paraklesis,’ means to comfort, to implore, to challenge others. It warns people to obey, it challenges people to advance, it rebukes people who are indifferent.
Doctrine, ‘didaskalia,’ refers to the systematic instruction of the material. The Word of God is available to us in written form only. It is very difficult for folks to simply pick up and read, and then understand. Primarily because there are certain spiritual mechanisms that must be in place in ones life, before understanding is possible, namely confession and fellowship. Likewise background on the material is often times necessary before a passage can be understood.
Therefore, from the earliest of times in history, instruction has been an integral part of spiritual growth. And if you think about it, instruction is a fundamental part of every persons life from infancy to adulthood and beyond. We are always learning or being taught something, sometime in our life.
But of everything in life that will be a part of your life, spiritual instruction is by far the most important, because it is your preparation not only for life, but for eternity.
It is unfortunate that most folks say that they love Jesus, but refuse the fundamental aspects of getting to know Him. And lacking instruction, then there is no way for you to really come to an understanding of life, of Christ, or of how anything fits together in history.
This is the primary priority of the instructor, and the primary priority of the student – to study and learn for instruction, and to study and learn by instruction.
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Monday, February 1, 2010
1 Timothy 4:12
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1 Timothy 4:12
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12 Let [kataphroneo] no man [medeis] despise [kataphroneo] thy [sou] youth; [neotes] but [alla] be thou [ginomai] an example [tupos] of the believers, [pistos] in [en] word, [logos] in [en] conversation, [anastrophe] in [en] charity, [agape] in [en] spirit, [pneuma] in [en] faith, [pistis] in [en] purity. [hagneia] KJV-Interlinear
12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe. NASB
A life lived by example is the best way to demonstrate to others how the Christian way of life is lived. But it is not the exterior life that others see that we are talking about, but the life of principle that they can understand, and then apply to themselves, that you want to project, for them to understand. Namely, to live in accordance with the mandates and procedures that God has prescribed in the scriptures.
The scriptures give us a mechanism of living perfect. However, the realities of life are such that we cannot live a perfect life due to the sin nature within us. Doctrine makes up the difference.
If you try to live an exemplary life and promote yourself as exemplary, then there will always be those who will look at you, roll their eyes and snicker, and judge you. Family members are good for that sort of thing.
Even to attempt to do this, would cause you to dress and act and conduct yourself as though you lived in a remote monastery. And that is not how most people live.
Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, Job, Samson, Ruth, Mary and others, all had different personalities, and conducted themselves in different ways in life. And that is true about you. You are different than me and vice versa. Those folks had multiple wives, mistresses, made disgusting decisions and so forth, but they still were blessed because of their adherence to doctrine. Their flaws are not an excuse or an example for you to follow, but their faith is.
You can be a rocket scientist, or a home mom, a preacher, or a dock worker. Your occupation, your dress, your personality, your likes or dislikes, your vocabulary, etc., are all irrelevant to your function in your spiritual life.
And Paul gives us several examples of spiritual conduct (not personal conduct), to help us develop within our spiritual life.
Remember that your spiritual life is all to do with your spiritual conduct and nothing to do with your personal conduct (works). Of course when your spiritual life comes into alignment, then your personal life will follow, so the personal side becomes a mirror of your spiritual side, when you advance to spiritual maturity.
Youth, ‘neotes,’ can mean young in age or new to Christianity regardless of age. In any case, the believer needs to not be embarrassed because of his age or newness to Christianity. Confidence and credibility and respect, come with time, consistency, and knowledge and wisdom.
The believer is to be an example to others in word, ‘logos,’ conversation, ‘anastrophe,’ charity, ‘agape,’ spirit, ‘pneuma,’ faith, ‘pistis,’ purity, ‘hagneia.’
Remember that personal conduct is not the issue, spiritual conduct is. If you want to find bad examples of Christians, you don’t have to go too far to find people with flaws. We all have them. Judging Christianity by the acts of people is incorrect. Christianity should be judged on its principles.
Word, is more than what is said, it is the reasoning, the discernment, the poise, the temperament. People can always go around saying holy this’ or ‘praise that,’ which phrases mean nothing. What you say is a reflection of what you think, and discerning people can tell if you are pretending or being deceitful, or true and consistent to your beliefs.
Conversation means behavior. Do you say one thing and do another? Do you say and do the same things? Are you a hypocrite, or a sincere and honest person, at least making an effort.
Charity, is typically giving, but here it is the principle of truth or doctrine, behind the action. Are you true to your beliefs, or do you have ulterior motives? Are you trying to take advantage of others for your own advantage, or do you truly want to help?
Spirit, is the breath or the inhale and exhale function of your soul. This is your day to day dedication to the study of the Word of God. You cannot live by something that you know nothing about. And when you dedicate yourself to obedience to Christ, then you obey His mandates which include a daily study of His Word. Far too many folks say that they love Jesus, but they really do not. Their words have no substance behind them, in their life. Breathing exists constantly around the clock in your body, it should exist constantly in your soul as well.
Faith is your conscious adherence to that which is taught. Your learning of principles and then your living by them. Faith is your adoption of Gods word into your day to day life. Your moral conviction, your belief, your blueprint which you use as the pattern of your day to day life. You cannot say that you are a loyal Christian and then adopt some other form of lifestyle that is not based on Christian principles.
Purity is cleanliness, chastity, wholesomeness, but this has a sacred connotation. This is not a shower with soap, or sweet perfume, or a pleasant personality. Purity here means spiritual purity, which means absence of filth or flaws and so forth. And there is but one way to be pure (absence of sin) in this earthly life, and that is through confession of sin and living within the fellowship sphere as God has defined it.
Your spiritual life functions only while you are in fellowship. Your learning, your growing, your production, everything that you do, will only have spiritual consequences when you are in fellowship.
Living your life in fellowship is the key to your entire spiritual life.
You can do a good deed, study, or whatever, when out of fellowship and that is human works, wood, hay, and stubble, or useless carnal production, gaining you nothing.
You can do the same good deed, study, or whatever, when in fellowship and that is spiritual production, gold, silver, and precious stones, which have intrinsic value and contribute toward your eternal reward.
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1 Timothy 4:12
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12 Let [kataphroneo] no man [medeis] despise [kataphroneo] thy [sou] youth; [neotes] but [alla] be thou [ginomai] an example [tupos] of the believers, [pistos] in [en] word, [logos] in [en] conversation, [anastrophe] in [en] charity, [agape] in [en] spirit, [pneuma] in [en] faith, [pistis] in [en] purity. [hagneia] KJV-Interlinear
12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe. NASB
A life lived by example is the best way to demonstrate to others how the Christian way of life is lived. But it is not the exterior life that others see that we are talking about, but the life of principle that they can understand, and then apply to themselves, that you want to project, for them to understand. Namely, to live in accordance with the mandates and procedures that God has prescribed in the scriptures.
The scriptures give us a mechanism of living perfect. However, the realities of life are such that we cannot live a perfect life due to the sin nature within us. Doctrine makes up the difference.
If you try to live an exemplary life and promote yourself as exemplary, then there will always be those who will look at you, roll their eyes and snicker, and judge you. Family members are good for that sort of thing.
Even to attempt to do this, would cause you to dress and act and conduct yourself as though you lived in a remote monastery. And that is not how most people live.
Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, Job, Samson, Ruth, Mary and others, all had different personalities, and conducted themselves in different ways in life. And that is true about you. You are different than me and vice versa. Those folks had multiple wives, mistresses, made disgusting decisions and so forth, but they still were blessed because of their adherence to doctrine. Their flaws are not an excuse or an example for you to follow, but their faith is.
You can be a rocket scientist, or a home mom, a preacher, or a dock worker. Your occupation, your dress, your personality, your likes or dislikes, your vocabulary, etc., are all irrelevant to your function in your spiritual life.
And Paul gives us several examples of spiritual conduct (not personal conduct), to help us develop within our spiritual life.
Remember that your spiritual life is all to do with your spiritual conduct and nothing to do with your personal conduct (works). Of course when your spiritual life comes into alignment, then your personal life will follow, so the personal side becomes a mirror of your spiritual side, when you advance to spiritual maturity.
Youth, ‘neotes,’ can mean young in age or new to Christianity regardless of age. In any case, the believer needs to not be embarrassed because of his age or newness to Christianity. Confidence and credibility and respect, come with time, consistency, and knowledge and wisdom.
The believer is to be an example to others in word, ‘logos,’ conversation, ‘anastrophe,’ charity, ‘agape,’ spirit, ‘pneuma,’ faith, ‘pistis,’ purity, ‘hagneia.’
Remember that personal conduct is not the issue, spiritual conduct is. If you want to find bad examples of Christians, you don’t have to go too far to find people with flaws. We all have them. Judging Christianity by the acts of people is incorrect. Christianity should be judged on its principles.
Word, is more than what is said, it is the reasoning, the discernment, the poise, the temperament. People can always go around saying holy this’ or ‘praise that,’ which phrases mean nothing. What you say is a reflection of what you think, and discerning people can tell if you are pretending or being deceitful, or true and consistent to your beliefs.
Conversation means behavior. Do you say one thing and do another? Do you say and do the same things? Are you a hypocrite, or a sincere and honest person, at least making an effort.
Charity, is typically giving, but here it is the principle of truth or doctrine, behind the action. Are you true to your beliefs, or do you have ulterior motives? Are you trying to take advantage of others for your own advantage, or do you truly want to help?
Spirit, is the breath or the inhale and exhale function of your soul. This is your day to day dedication to the study of the Word of God. You cannot live by something that you know nothing about. And when you dedicate yourself to obedience to Christ, then you obey His mandates which include a daily study of His Word. Far too many folks say that they love Jesus, but they really do not. Their words have no substance behind them, in their life. Breathing exists constantly around the clock in your body, it should exist constantly in your soul as well.
Faith is your conscious adherence to that which is taught. Your learning of principles and then your living by them. Faith is your adoption of Gods word into your day to day life. Your moral conviction, your belief, your blueprint which you use as the pattern of your day to day life. You cannot say that you are a loyal Christian and then adopt some other form of lifestyle that is not based on Christian principles.
Purity is cleanliness, chastity, wholesomeness, but this has a sacred connotation. This is not a shower with soap, or sweet perfume, or a pleasant personality. Purity here means spiritual purity, which means absence of filth or flaws and so forth. And there is but one way to be pure (absence of sin) in this earthly life, and that is through confession of sin and living within the fellowship sphere as God has defined it.
Your spiritual life functions only while you are in fellowship. Your learning, your growing, your production, everything that you do, will only have spiritual consequences when you are in fellowship.
Living your life in fellowship is the key to your entire spiritual life.
You can do a good deed, study, or whatever, when out of fellowship and that is human works, wood, hay, and stubble, or useless carnal production, gaining you nothing.
You can do the same good deed, study, or whatever, when in fellowship and that is spiritual production, gold, silver, and precious stones, which have intrinsic value and contribute toward your eternal reward.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
1 Timothy 4:11
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1 Timothy 4:11
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11 These things [tauta] command [paraggello] and [kai] teach. [didasko] KJV-Interlinear
11 Prescribe and teach these things. NASB
‘These things,’ is a reference to the doctrines and Biblical principles that Paul has been giving to Timothy, in the previous verses. Namely to study and teach sound doctrine, and live by it. That is a principle that applies to you and to me, and to all Christians everywhere.
Command or prescribe, ‘paraggello,’ means to present truth with command with confidence, with certainty, to order, to mandate, to call into obedience.
Study so that you know, and teach what is true and correct.
The Bible is filled with words like, behold, or hear, or he who has an ear, or listen. And these words are designed to gain the attention of people so that they will listen and hear the truth of life, and then use it.
Unfortunately the teaching in our day is preaching rather than teaching. It is intriguing, or entertaining, or popular, or interesting. It is designed to gain the short term attention of people through emotion, rather than inculcating within them, a foundation of sound doctrine.
Far too often people are enticed with music or cult notions, or hidden codes that do not exist within the Bible, but are external from it, and are used to explain something in the Bible.
However, the Bible contains within itself, all that is necessary to understand what it has to say. Even the prophecies of tomorrow are explainable through the content of the Bible without the use of external sources. If external sources were required, then they would have been referenced within the Bible, and would have been available throughout history. But most external secret codes and such are nothing more than modern era or contemporary inventions intended for marketing purposes, having nothing to do with truth.
In other areas, the Bible is set aside for more emotional activities, to gain attention and retain memberships. Unfortunately modern society has a shorter attention span, than in former times.
Teaching or instruction must be commanding (lecture), convicting (truth), powerful (repercussions), and transforming (change for the better). All of the things that most students resist and thus bring failure in their studies.
The notion of having open discussions, of hearing or listening to new ideas, of accepting the views of others, of considering that there is more than one truth or more than one view, is a subtle attempt at watering down and compromising what the Bible has to teach.
Command means to order, to mandate, to call into obedience. And that is what Bible doctrine does.
Teach means to instruct repetitively, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, until the whole of the subject is thoroughly understood. This is accomplished by a strong commitment to the authority of the scriptures, not by looking to outside sources, but by proper interpretation of the scriptures by means of exegetical study and categorical assembly, and historical setting, in order to gain the correct meaning of what is being said.
In 1776, brave and wise men wrote the greatest document in all of human history, the Constitution of these United States. It set out limitations on government in order to insure the rights and freedoms of the individual.
From that early time, this nation has prospered to beyond boundaries never known by any nation ever before in history. Just as our constitution sets out to guard the individual, so too the Bible is the source document to assure freedom and prosperity for the individual for all of eternity.
However, truth is always under attack, and in an attempt to destroy both, the constitution has been under attack these many decades by a liberalism called progressivism, and the Bible has been under attack by a liberalism called compromise.
Both of which attempt to remove very subtly, the rights and freedoms of the individual, replacing them with an all knowing and all powerful elite group of people, who believe that they can make our decisions for us, and believing that they can make better decisions than we can on our own.
In order to gain centralized power, one must first destroy the faith of the masses through watered down principles, and destroy free choice through regulatory controls. And to do that the fundamental framework of documents like our constitution or the scriptures, must be discredited, set aside, and rendered powerless.
Those who teach openness or promote faith by means of emotion or social activities, contribute to the weakness of a society.
And you may very well see and begin to understand just why society is failing to understand the basic principles of life, and it is because too many do not knuckle down to a daily study of the scriptures, and slug it out through a word by word, line by line learning process.
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1 Timothy 4:11
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11 These things [tauta] command [paraggello] and [kai] teach. [didasko] KJV-Interlinear
11 Prescribe and teach these things. NASB
‘These things,’ is a reference to the doctrines and Biblical principles that Paul has been giving to Timothy, in the previous verses. Namely to study and teach sound doctrine, and live by it. That is a principle that applies to you and to me, and to all Christians everywhere.
Command or prescribe, ‘paraggello,’ means to present truth with command with confidence, with certainty, to order, to mandate, to call into obedience.
Study so that you know, and teach what is true and correct.
The Bible is filled with words like, behold, or hear, or he who has an ear, or listen. And these words are designed to gain the attention of people so that they will listen and hear the truth of life, and then use it.
Unfortunately the teaching in our day is preaching rather than teaching. It is intriguing, or entertaining, or popular, or interesting. It is designed to gain the short term attention of people through emotion, rather than inculcating within them, a foundation of sound doctrine.
Far too often people are enticed with music or cult notions, or hidden codes that do not exist within the Bible, but are external from it, and are used to explain something in the Bible.
However, the Bible contains within itself, all that is necessary to understand what it has to say. Even the prophecies of tomorrow are explainable through the content of the Bible without the use of external sources. If external sources were required, then they would have been referenced within the Bible, and would have been available throughout history. But most external secret codes and such are nothing more than modern era or contemporary inventions intended for marketing purposes, having nothing to do with truth.
In other areas, the Bible is set aside for more emotional activities, to gain attention and retain memberships. Unfortunately modern society has a shorter attention span, than in former times.
Teaching or instruction must be commanding (lecture), convicting (truth), powerful (repercussions), and transforming (change for the better). All of the things that most students resist and thus bring failure in their studies.
The notion of having open discussions, of hearing or listening to new ideas, of accepting the views of others, of considering that there is more than one truth or more than one view, is a subtle attempt at watering down and compromising what the Bible has to teach.
Command means to order, to mandate, to call into obedience. And that is what Bible doctrine does.
Teach means to instruct repetitively, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, until the whole of the subject is thoroughly understood. This is accomplished by a strong commitment to the authority of the scriptures, not by looking to outside sources, but by proper interpretation of the scriptures by means of exegetical study and categorical assembly, and historical setting, in order to gain the correct meaning of what is being said.
In 1776, brave and wise men wrote the greatest document in all of human history, the Constitution of these United States. It set out limitations on government in order to insure the rights and freedoms of the individual.
From that early time, this nation has prospered to beyond boundaries never known by any nation ever before in history. Just as our constitution sets out to guard the individual, so too the Bible is the source document to assure freedom and prosperity for the individual for all of eternity.
However, truth is always under attack, and in an attempt to destroy both, the constitution has been under attack these many decades by a liberalism called progressivism, and the Bible has been under attack by a liberalism called compromise.
Both of which attempt to remove very subtly, the rights and freedoms of the individual, replacing them with an all knowing and all powerful elite group of people, who believe that they can make our decisions for us, and believing that they can make better decisions than we can on our own.
In order to gain centralized power, one must first destroy the faith of the masses through watered down principles, and destroy free choice through regulatory controls. And to do that the fundamental framework of documents like our constitution or the scriptures, must be discredited, set aside, and rendered powerless.
Those who teach openness or promote faith by means of emotion or social activities, contribute to the weakness of a society.
And you may very well see and begin to understand just why society is failing to understand the basic principles of life, and it is because too many do not knuckle down to a daily study of the scriptures, and slug it out through a word by word, line by line learning process.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
1 Timothy 4:10
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1 Timothy 4:10
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10 For [gar] therefore [eis] [touto] we [kopiao] both [kai] labour [kopiao] and [kai] suffer reproach, [oneidizo] because [hoti] we trust [elpizo] in [epi] the living [zao] God, [theos] who [hos] is [esti] the Saviour [soter] of all [pas] men, [anthropos] specially [malista] of those that believe. [pistos] KJV-Interlinear
10 For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. NASB
Why do we teach or study doctrine? Because it is our hope, our present hope and our future hope, of achieving the highest level of spiritual growth that we can possibly achieve, namely spiritual maturity.
Why? Because it is there where our spiritual life is maximized and completed, and it is our maturity on which our future rewards and blessings are based.
One day, we will stand before Christ, at the Judgment Seat of Christ, 2 Cor. 5:10, and it is at that point in time that we will receive our eternal reward. Those who achieve spiritual maturity, combined with production, will receive phenomenal rewards and blessings.
Those who ignore their spiritual life, pretend to pursue a spiritual life, make up their own rules of spirituality, ignore instruction, reject the teaching authority of a legitimate instructor, become an authority unto themselves, think that they know better than you, and so forth, will be very disappointed when they stand before Christ.
Therefore, it is for this future hope, that we endure, that we labor, that we suffer during this life, because of the promise of the next life.
This is not inordinate suffering, above and beyond what others are exposed to in life. Life in this world comes with suffering regardless of your circumstances.
One of the biggest reliefs that a person can have comes when they die, and the burdens of this world are immediately lifted from them. But we endure, and continue in this life because there is a huge reward available in the next life.
One of the most used examples in this life to symbolize the potentials of the next life is wealth. That is what most people can understand. Would you prefer to be a billionaire or a peasant? And again, most ‘normal’ folks would rather be the rich dude. Who among you would turn down a billion dollar inheritance? Not one of you. Unless you are a fool of course. Many of the parables speak to this example.
But our hope is more than just wealth, it is wrapped up in many things that bring us an eternal life without burdens, without disappointments, without all of the negatives that exist in this world.
The words for labor, and suffer or strive, refer to working to the point of exhaustion, to struggle against huge odds. And that is what life is. It is a huge uphill battle just to gain an inch in life, and when you have that inch you will probably lose it. With but a few exceptions in this world, the vast majority of people struggle with finances, with just trying to make a living, with trying to keep caught up as best they can.
But there is no shortage of folks out there, who will go overboard to bring you down, who will try to make you stumble, who will gossip against you, who would love to see you fail. And for what reason? Simply because they are nothing more than the agents of evil. This we studied not too long ago.
If you have been following along in the Revelation study, then you are well aware of the phenomenal, repeat, phenomenal rewards that are available to those who advance to, and maintain, their spiritual maturity status. The rewards of simply pursuing truth, are mind boggling. And those who refuse to pursue truth, pursue what? Lies.
We pursue a living God, 1 Sam 17:26; 2 Kings 19:4, 16; Ps 42:2; 84:2.
We do not pursue a dead god, an idol, a made up god, an invented god, an invented philosophy, or things that cannot and do not provide anything except lies. We do not respect anything that promotes lies. We tolerate the opinions of others and their beliefs, but we do not respect them. Why would you respect something that will send someone to the Lake of Fire, and/or destroy their entire eternal future?
There are far too many folks out there who think you are intolerant if you do not allow them to enter their compromised beliefs into your beliefs. There are folks who think you intolerant if you do not agree to disagree. There are folks that believe that all beliefs (all roads) lead to the same pearly gates and beyond.
You are to be pure in your spiritual life, and that means free of all taints and flaws and falsities that others have. Your entire future depends on your objectivity and discernment, and your adherence to truth.
And for that, you will be exposed to all sorts of burdens from life, burdens from your own thoughts, from other people, from bureaucracies, from the natural events and circumstances of the world.
Jesus Christ is the savior. This verse is the most abused and distorted verse of them all. Other religions will tell you that everyone is saved, simply because of this verse, but they only do this to tease you and to twist truth.
The Bible must be read in its entirety, not by cherry picking a verse or two for convenience, or making the words to mean what you want them to mean.
And this verse does not say that all people are saved, only that Jesus Christ (God), is the savior. And the savior of who? He went to the cross and paid the price for the sins of the entire human race. Therefore, making salvation available to all people. It is for people to believe in Him, and thus accept the salvation promise, before they are saved.
The Bible clearly teaches that those who reject Christ will be sentenced to hell, Rev 20:11-15. That the duration of that punishment will be eternal, Matt 25:41, 46.
Christ spoke of the extreme danger of hell, Matt 8:12; 13:41-42, 49-50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Luke 13:28.
Therefore, salvation is available to everyone, but it is only possessed by those who actually believe in Christ.
And that is why this verse says, especially believers. For it is only they, who have accepted, through faith, the work which Christ did on the Cross, who will be saved.
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1 Timothy 4:10
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10 For [gar] therefore [eis] [touto] we [kopiao] both [kai] labour [kopiao] and [kai] suffer reproach, [oneidizo] because [hoti] we trust [elpizo] in [epi] the living [zao] God, [theos] who [hos] is [esti] the Saviour [soter] of all [pas] men, [anthropos] specially [malista] of those that believe. [pistos] KJV-Interlinear
10 For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. NASB
Why do we teach or study doctrine? Because it is our hope, our present hope and our future hope, of achieving the highest level of spiritual growth that we can possibly achieve, namely spiritual maturity.
Why? Because it is there where our spiritual life is maximized and completed, and it is our maturity on which our future rewards and blessings are based.
One day, we will stand before Christ, at the Judgment Seat of Christ, 2 Cor. 5:10, and it is at that point in time that we will receive our eternal reward. Those who achieve spiritual maturity, combined with production, will receive phenomenal rewards and blessings.
Those who ignore their spiritual life, pretend to pursue a spiritual life, make up their own rules of spirituality, ignore instruction, reject the teaching authority of a legitimate instructor, become an authority unto themselves, think that they know better than you, and so forth, will be very disappointed when they stand before Christ.
Therefore, it is for this future hope, that we endure, that we labor, that we suffer during this life, because of the promise of the next life.
This is not inordinate suffering, above and beyond what others are exposed to in life. Life in this world comes with suffering regardless of your circumstances.
One of the biggest reliefs that a person can have comes when they die, and the burdens of this world are immediately lifted from them. But we endure, and continue in this life because there is a huge reward available in the next life.
One of the most used examples in this life to symbolize the potentials of the next life is wealth. That is what most people can understand. Would you prefer to be a billionaire or a peasant? And again, most ‘normal’ folks would rather be the rich dude. Who among you would turn down a billion dollar inheritance? Not one of you. Unless you are a fool of course. Many of the parables speak to this example.
But our hope is more than just wealth, it is wrapped up in many things that bring us an eternal life without burdens, without disappointments, without all of the negatives that exist in this world.
The words for labor, and suffer or strive, refer to working to the point of exhaustion, to struggle against huge odds. And that is what life is. It is a huge uphill battle just to gain an inch in life, and when you have that inch you will probably lose it. With but a few exceptions in this world, the vast majority of people struggle with finances, with just trying to make a living, with trying to keep caught up as best they can.
But there is no shortage of folks out there, who will go overboard to bring you down, who will try to make you stumble, who will gossip against you, who would love to see you fail. And for what reason? Simply because they are nothing more than the agents of evil. This we studied not too long ago.
If you have been following along in the Revelation study, then you are well aware of the phenomenal, repeat, phenomenal rewards that are available to those who advance to, and maintain, their spiritual maturity status. The rewards of simply pursuing truth, are mind boggling. And those who refuse to pursue truth, pursue what? Lies.
We pursue a living God, 1 Sam 17:26; 2 Kings 19:4, 16; Ps 42:2; 84:2.
We do not pursue a dead god, an idol, a made up god, an invented god, an invented philosophy, or things that cannot and do not provide anything except lies. We do not respect anything that promotes lies. We tolerate the opinions of others and their beliefs, but we do not respect them. Why would you respect something that will send someone to the Lake of Fire, and/or destroy their entire eternal future?
There are far too many folks out there who think you are intolerant if you do not allow them to enter their compromised beliefs into your beliefs. There are folks who think you intolerant if you do not agree to disagree. There are folks that believe that all beliefs (all roads) lead to the same pearly gates and beyond.
You are to be pure in your spiritual life, and that means free of all taints and flaws and falsities that others have. Your entire future depends on your objectivity and discernment, and your adherence to truth.
And for that, you will be exposed to all sorts of burdens from life, burdens from your own thoughts, from other people, from bureaucracies, from the natural events and circumstances of the world.
Jesus Christ is the savior. This verse is the most abused and distorted verse of them all. Other religions will tell you that everyone is saved, simply because of this verse, but they only do this to tease you and to twist truth.
The Bible must be read in its entirety, not by cherry picking a verse or two for convenience, or making the words to mean what you want them to mean.
And this verse does not say that all people are saved, only that Jesus Christ (God), is the savior. And the savior of who? He went to the cross and paid the price for the sins of the entire human race. Therefore, making salvation available to all people. It is for people to believe in Him, and thus accept the salvation promise, before they are saved.
The Bible clearly teaches that those who reject Christ will be sentenced to hell, Rev 20:11-15. That the duration of that punishment will be eternal, Matt 25:41, 46.
Christ spoke of the extreme danger of hell, Matt 8:12; 13:41-42, 49-50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:30; Luke 13:28.
Therefore, salvation is available to everyone, but it is only possessed by those who actually believe in Christ.
And that is why this verse says, especially believers. For it is only they, who have accepted, through faith, the work which Christ did on the Cross, who will be saved.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
1 Timothy 4:9
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1 Timothy 4:9
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9 This is a faithfulsaying and worthy of all acceptation. KJV-Interlinear
9 It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance. NASB
Paul follows verse eight with this statement, ‘This is a self evident truth.’
The fact that emphasis on the spiritual life is more profitable and more beneficial, than any emphasis on the physical body should be keenly obvious to everyone.
The physical side of life will last only as long as your lifespan, and then is ends.
The spiritual side of life runs concurrently with your physical life, but continues on into the next life and will run forever, without ever ending. That means for all of eternity.
So, this is a short study today, because the emphasis is on the importance of your spiritual life. To live your life now, with little or no attention paid to your spiritual life, is the decision of a fool.
Your destiny exists in eternity, and not in this present life. Whatever it is that you do in this life (work, school, play, etc.), is merely filling the role of logistical support for your life now, such that you will have the means to spend time on your spiritual life.
Concurrent with your physical life, you have the opportunity to learn fundamental principles of life, such as responsibility, accountability, honesty, and so forth.
Most folks unfortunately place emphasis on their current life, and ignore their spiritual life. They pursue their education, their work, their accumulation of wealth or hobbies or whatever, and they give little or no attention to their spiritual life. And those who do have some semblance of a spiritual life, generally make only a courteous gesture toward their spiritual life when it is convenient. And unfortunately their spiritual life is nothing more than a pretense.
What God has waiting for each person, is a vast blessing and reward package for eternity, but in order to receive it, you have to advance to spiritual maturity.
Unlike in this world where vary few can achieve great wealth, in eternity everyone has the opportunity to receive vast wealth, beyond ones wildest dreams, beyond ones imagination. And it is there just for the taking, so to speak.
Wouldn’t you love to be a multi-billionaire or multi-trillionaire now? Well, most folks certainly would not turn down that paycheck. However, by ignoring the spiritual life, you are doing just that.
Therefore, place emphasis on your spiritual growth to maturity, do not ignore it, and your life now, and especially in the next life, you will be very glad you did.
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1 Timothy 4:9
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9 This is a faithful
9 It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance. NASB
Paul follows verse eight with this statement, ‘This is a self evident truth.’
The fact that emphasis on the spiritual life is more profitable and more beneficial, than any emphasis on the physical body should be keenly obvious to everyone.
The physical side of life will last only as long as your lifespan, and then is ends.
The spiritual side of life runs concurrently with your physical life, but continues on into the next life and will run forever, without ever ending. That means for all of eternity.
So, this is a short study today, because the emphasis is on the importance of your spiritual life. To live your life now, with little or no attention paid to your spiritual life, is the decision of a fool.
Your destiny exists in eternity, and not in this present life. Whatever it is that you do in this life (work, school, play, etc.), is merely filling the role of logistical support for your life now, such that you will have the means to spend time on your spiritual life.
Concurrent with your physical life, you have the opportunity to learn fundamental principles of life, such as responsibility, accountability, honesty, and so forth.
Most folks unfortunately place emphasis on their current life, and ignore their spiritual life. They pursue their education, their work, their accumulation of wealth or hobbies or whatever, and they give little or no attention to their spiritual life. And those who do have some semblance of a spiritual life, generally make only a courteous gesture toward their spiritual life when it is convenient. And unfortunately their spiritual life is nothing more than a pretense.
What God has waiting for each person, is a vast blessing and reward package for eternity, but in order to receive it, you have to advance to spiritual maturity.
Unlike in this world where vary few can achieve great wealth, in eternity everyone has the opportunity to receive vast wealth, beyond ones wildest dreams, beyond ones imagination. And it is there just for the taking, so to speak.
Wouldn’t you love to be a multi-billionaire or multi-trillionaire now? Well, most folks certainly would not turn down that paycheck. However, by ignoring the spiritual life, you are doing just that.
Therefore, place emphasis on your spiritual growth to maturity, do not ignore it, and your life now, and especially in the next life, you will be very glad you did.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
1 Timothy 4:8
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1 Timothy 4:8
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8 For [gar] bodily [somatikos] exercise [gumnasia] profiteth [esti] [ophelimos] little [pros]: [oligos] but [de] godliness [eusebeia] is [esti] profitable [ophelimos] unto [pros] all things, [pas] having [echo] promise [epaggelia] of the life [zoe] that now is, [nun] and [kai] of that which is to come. [mello] KJV-Interlinear
8 for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. NASB
In our present day, there is a great deal of emphasis on the physical aspects of ones life. The airwaves are saturated with physical fitness marketing plans, diet plans, body shaping clothing, wellness of the heart and body and bones and on and on.
And not that there is anything wrong with keeping oneself physically fit, for it is certainly recommended for us all, but any and all physical activities are limited as to their extent (you can only do so much for or to yourself), and their duration (it all ends when you die).
And what happens to that beautifully sculptured body of yours when you die? It goes into the grave and becomes far less than pleasant in just a matter of hours. Eventually it disintegrates altogether.
However, Bible doctrine is good both now in this life, but it will also last forever. Bible doctrine is permanent.
Bible doctrine is the basis for your spiritual growth and overall health.
Health? Will it cure your ailments? No. But a peace of mind certainly contributes to ones inner peace and tranquility verses the stresses and worries of the world. So, spiritual growth overflows to the peace of the physical body, whereas, the physical body exercises will not and cannot overflow into the spiritual realm of the soul.
You cannot hum, reflect, meditate, or think your way through spiritual tranquility or growth. You cannot pump iron or run or do anything physical that will promote your spiritual life.
Your most valuable and precious possession in your spiritual life. It not only will last you forever, but it is the basis for your eternal rewards, which are potentially (for mature believers) vast and beyond imagination.
And as for this life, God guides the spiritually mature believer through life, regardless of the hazards that we will all come face to face with during our lives.
When you get the chance you might want to review the Col. 3:11 study here is that link
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1 Timothy 4:8
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8 For [gar] bodily [somatikos] exercise [gumnasia] profiteth [esti] [ophelimos] little [pros]: [oligos] but [de] godliness [eusebeia] is [esti] profitable [ophelimos] unto [pros] all things, [pas] having [echo] promise [epaggelia] of the life [zoe] that now is, [nun] and [kai] of that which is to come. [mello] KJV-Interlinear
8 for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. NASB
In our present day, there is a great deal of emphasis on the physical aspects of ones life. The airwaves are saturated with physical fitness marketing plans, diet plans, body shaping clothing, wellness of the heart and body and bones and on and on.
And not that there is anything wrong with keeping oneself physically fit, for it is certainly recommended for us all, but any and all physical activities are limited as to their extent (you can only do so much for or to yourself), and their duration (it all ends when you die).
And what happens to that beautifully sculptured body of yours when you die? It goes into the grave and becomes far less than pleasant in just a matter of hours. Eventually it disintegrates altogether.
However, Bible doctrine is good both now in this life, but it will also last forever. Bible doctrine is permanent.
Bible doctrine is the basis for your spiritual growth and overall health.
Health? Will it cure your ailments? No. But a peace of mind certainly contributes to ones inner peace and tranquility verses the stresses and worries of the world. So, spiritual growth overflows to the peace of the physical body, whereas, the physical body exercises will not and cannot overflow into the spiritual realm of the soul.
You cannot hum, reflect, meditate, or think your way through spiritual tranquility or growth. You cannot pump iron or run or do anything physical that will promote your spiritual life.
Your most valuable and precious possession in your spiritual life. It not only will last you forever, but it is the basis for your eternal rewards, which are potentially (for mature believers) vast and beyond imagination.
And as for this life, God guides the spiritually mature believer through life, regardless of the hazards that we will all come face to face with during our lives.
When you get the chance you might want to review the Col. 3:11 study here is that link
http://www.dailybiblestudy.org/biblestudy/basic/your-story.html
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
1 Timothy 4:7
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1 Timothy 4:7
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7 But [de] refuse [paraiteomai] profane [bebelos] and [kai] old wives [graodes]' fables, [muthos] and [de] exercise [gumnazo] thyself [seautou] rather unto [pros] godliness. [eusebeia] KJV-Interlinear
7 But have nothing to do with worldly fables fit only for old women. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; NASB
Pursue truth, not false things. Fables, is a reference for stories, tales, things made up, whether from years gone by or contemporary popular views.
Fables serve only to distract from truth, only to perpetuate discussions or arguments.
This is not a reference to childrens stories or things that serve to symbolize principles of truth and honor.
Fables, ‘muthos,’ refers to myths, fiction, ideas that pretend to be wise, false instruction as in false principles or norms or standards.
Many a person who pursues religion or cults in its many forms, or politics, or social engineering concepts, will approach life and these subjects as though they are all open to discussion or debate, if only to exercise an open minded approach to life. To explore other views or ideas. To appear as though one is progressive or wise in life.
These things are all wrapped up in the word, fables.
Remember there are only two views in the universe, Gods and Satan's. Truth is from God, everything else is from Satan. Truth stands on its own. Lies have to have discussion otherwise they would never stand up in anything.
Truth is always apparent to those who possess knowledge or the desire to learn it.
Lies have to be veiled in deceptive phrases, and appeal only to those who are naïve or ignorant of truth. Lies find their followers only in the fools of the world.
How does the saying go? ‘Show me the followers of false things, and I will show you fools.’
Old women, ‘graodes,’ is an expression which has been popular since time immemorial. It is used as a criticism, or in a derogatory or insulting sense.
In ancient times, women were denied the many advantages of men. They grew up without education or training. And this is the background of the general sense of the expression. Lacking education, they grew old and came up with the most bizarre of notions about life. Thus wives tales or fables or myths come from this expression of invented viewpoints. They are beliefs based on gossip and lies.
For example:
An acorn should be carried to bring luck and ensure a long life.
Pull the petals off of a flower saying with each pull, he/she loves me, he/she loves me not. The last petal pulled decides your love fate.
Spit on a new baseball bat before using it for the first time to make it lucky.
To protect yourself from witches, wear a blue bead.
If a woman is buried in black, she will return to haunt the family.
And so you can look up wives tales online and discover the many gems of wisdom that you have been missing in your life.
However, people will make things up out of nothing, and believe them, but they will read the Bible which has phenomenal truth and history and reliability, and they will not believe it. They will even go so far as to make up arguments that they say discredit the Bible, which is a popular approach against truth for people of other religions. But, if you analyzed their arguments closely, then you would see that they are made up of the same things that wives tales are made up of, namely invented or tainted data.
And this is of course not limited to cute stories, but extends into more serious topics such as government policy, social norms, and especially views of what is or is not important in life.
Everything, every view in this world, is designed to distract you away from God, Christ, and doctrine. Why? Because, do you remember what the ultimate source, of all of these lies, is? Doctrines of demons or Satan.
Life in this world is not restricted to our immediate environment, but ultimately controlled or under a strong influence from evil out of the angelic conflict.
Do you remember what your ultimate destiny is? Not to be focused only on this life, but to be prepared for the next life. One day this world will end, just as one day your life will end. And you need to be prepared for that future.
And that preparation comes from, ‘exercise in Godliness.’
Exercise is the repetition of motion or action which builds up and tones and hones the body. Godliness is your spiritual life.
Therefore, your mandate is to tone up, hone up, your spiritual attributes, your spiritual life. And there is only one way to do that. Study, listen, learn, and grow up in your spiritual life. That comes from doctrine, not from fables, not from the opinions of this world.
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1 Timothy 4:7
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7 But [de] refuse [paraiteomai] profane [bebelos] and [kai] old wives [graodes]' fables, [muthos] and [de] exercise [gumnazo] thyself [seautou] rather unto [pros] godliness. [eusebeia] KJV-Interlinear
7 But have nothing to do with worldly fables fit only for old women. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; NASB
Pursue truth, not false things. Fables, is a reference for stories, tales, things made up, whether from years gone by or contemporary popular views.
Fables serve only to distract from truth, only to perpetuate discussions or arguments.
This is not a reference to childrens stories or things that serve to symbolize principles of truth and honor.
Fables, ‘muthos,’ refers to myths, fiction, ideas that pretend to be wise, false instruction as in false principles or norms or standards.
Many a person who pursues religion or cults in its many forms, or politics, or social engineering concepts, will approach life and these subjects as though they are all open to discussion or debate, if only to exercise an open minded approach to life. To explore other views or ideas. To appear as though one is progressive or wise in life.
These things are all wrapped up in the word, fables.
Remember there are only two views in the universe, Gods and Satan's. Truth is from God, everything else is from Satan. Truth stands on its own. Lies have to have discussion otherwise they would never stand up in anything.
Truth is always apparent to those who possess knowledge or the desire to learn it.
Lies have to be veiled in deceptive phrases, and appeal only to those who are naïve or ignorant of truth. Lies find their followers only in the fools of the world.
How does the saying go? ‘Show me the followers of false things, and I will show you fools.’
Old women, ‘graodes,’ is an expression which has been popular since time immemorial. It is used as a criticism, or in a derogatory or insulting sense.
In ancient times, women were denied the many advantages of men. They grew up without education or training. And this is the background of the general sense of the expression. Lacking education, they grew old and came up with the most bizarre of notions about life. Thus wives tales or fables or myths come from this expression of invented viewpoints. They are beliefs based on gossip and lies.
For example:
An acorn should be carried to bring luck and ensure a long life.
Pull the petals off of a flower saying with each pull, he/she loves me, he/she loves me not. The last petal pulled decides your love fate.
Spit on a new baseball bat before using it for the first time to make it lucky.
To protect yourself from witches, wear a blue bead.
If a woman is buried in black, she will return to haunt the family.
And so you can look up wives tales online and discover the many gems of wisdom that you have been missing in your life.
However, people will make things up out of nothing, and believe them, but they will read the Bible which has phenomenal truth and history and reliability, and they will not believe it. They will even go so far as to make up arguments that they say discredit the Bible, which is a popular approach against truth for people of other religions. But, if you analyzed their arguments closely, then you would see that they are made up of the same things that wives tales are made up of, namely invented or tainted data.
And this is of course not limited to cute stories, but extends into more serious topics such as government policy, social norms, and especially views of what is or is not important in life.
Everything, every view in this world, is designed to distract you away from God, Christ, and doctrine. Why? Because, do you remember what the ultimate source, of all of these lies, is? Doctrines of demons or Satan.
Life in this world is not restricted to our immediate environment, but ultimately controlled or under a strong influence from evil out of the angelic conflict.
Do you remember what your ultimate destiny is? Not to be focused only on this life, but to be prepared for the next life. One day this world will end, just as one day your life will end. And you need to be prepared for that future.
And that preparation comes from, ‘exercise in Godliness.’
Exercise is the repetition of motion or action which builds up and tones and hones the body. Godliness is your spiritual life.
Therefore, your mandate is to tone up, hone up, your spiritual attributes, your spiritual life. And there is only one way to do that. Study, listen, learn, and grow up in your spiritual life. That comes from doctrine, not from fables, not from the opinions of this world.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
1 Timothy 4:6
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1 Timothy 4:6
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6 If thou put [hupotithemi] the brethren [adelphos] in remembrance [hupotithemi] of these things, [tauta] thou shalt be [esomai] a good [kalos] minister [diakonos] of Jesus [Iesous] Christ, [Christos] nourished up [entrepho] in the words [logos] of faith [pistis] and [kai] of good [kalos] doctrine, [didaskalia] whereunto [hos] thou hast attained. [parakoloutheo] KJV-Interlinear
6 In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following. NASB
God evaluates teachers, instructors, leaders, anyone who possesses some form of authority over others, whether they be armies or nations, social organizations or church organizations, business organizations or children in a family.
Most of your life is utilized in fulfilling some role in teaching others, whether academically or by example, whether observed by those you know, or by those who you do not know.
The sum total of your life is evaluated by God and only God, and is based on the content of your soul. That is the foundation for all of your thoughts and actions in life.
If you are only impressed by credentials, by lavish architecture, by portfolio’s, by social status, by education, and so forth, then your eyes are on the wrong things.
Here Gods evaluation of the successful teacher, is in his message. And his message must be accurate and present the things that we have just been studying. Namely the principles of Christianity verses the false doctrines out there which attempt to destroy truth.
Anyone who is in it for the pomp or attention, for the power or the authority, for the approbation or the things that drive the ego, has missed the whole point of life.
God provides you with everything that is important to Him, and necessary for you. God has placed everyone on this earth not to acclimate to and bond with this world, but to prepare for the next and greater life, of eternity.
Those who have a lot, and use it only for their earthly gratification, have failed. Those who have a little and complain or blame, have failed.
Only those who invest in their spiritual life (as defined by God), will succeed with a success that will last forever, and will far surpass any success recorded in human history.
Those who look only to this world for their satisfaction, will lose it all when they are called out of the world. Then their eyes will open and they will see their error. But why wait until after you have left the world before you figure it all out?
Paul is writing to Timothy, but he is also writing to you and me. If we pursue sound doctrine, and he used the word ‘constantly,’ then you will acquire the faithful servant title, just as Paul has described here for Timothy.
You have an obligation to learn doctrine and to keep on learning it. If you study the Bible objectively for all of your life, you will never learn it all.
And if you remember in our earlier study, the truth that is available to us in this world is only the tip of the iceberg of knowledge that exists. We will have to wait until we are in heaven, and have accomplished spiritual maturity in this life prior to that, in order to have access to that greater blessing of knowledge.
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1 Timothy 4:6
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6 If thou put [hupotithemi] the brethren [adelphos] in remembrance [hupotithemi] of these things, [tauta] thou shalt be [esomai] a good [kalos] minister [diakonos] of Jesus [Iesous] Christ, [Christos] nourished up [entrepho] in the words [logos] of faith [pistis] and [kai] of good [kalos] doctrine, [didaskalia] whereunto [hos] thou hast attained. [parakoloutheo] KJV-Interlinear
6 In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following. NASB
God evaluates teachers, instructors, leaders, anyone who possesses some form of authority over others, whether they be armies or nations, social organizations or church organizations, business organizations or children in a family.
Most of your life is utilized in fulfilling some role in teaching others, whether academically or by example, whether observed by those you know, or by those who you do not know.
The sum total of your life is evaluated by God and only God, and is based on the content of your soul. That is the foundation for all of your thoughts and actions in life.
If you are only impressed by credentials, by lavish architecture, by portfolio’s, by social status, by education, and so forth, then your eyes are on the wrong things.
Here Gods evaluation of the successful teacher, is in his message. And his message must be accurate and present the things that we have just been studying. Namely the principles of Christianity verses the false doctrines out there which attempt to destroy truth.
Anyone who is in it for the pomp or attention, for the power or the authority, for the approbation or the things that drive the ego, has missed the whole point of life.
God provides you with everything that is important to Him, and necessary for you. God has placed everyone on this earth not to acclimate to and bond with this world, but to prepare for the next and greater life, of eternity.
Those who have a lot, and use it only for their earthly gratification, have failed. Those who have a little and complain or blame, have failed.
Only those who invest in their spiritual life (as defined by God), will succeed with a success that will last forever, and will far surpass any success recorded in human history.
Those who look only to this world for their satisfaction, will lose it all when they are called out of the world. Then their eyes will open and they will see their error. But why wait until after you have left the world before you figure it all out?
Paul is writing to Timothy, but he is also writing to you and me. If we pursue sound doctrine, and he used the word ‘constantly,’ then you will acquire the faithful servant title, just as Paul has described here for Timothy.
You have an obligation to learn doctrine and to keep on learning it. If you study the Bible objectively for all of your life, you will never learn it all.
And if you remember in our earlier study, the truth that is available to us in this world is only the tip of the iceberg of knowledge that exists. We will have to wait until we are in heaven, and have accomplished spiritual maturity in this life prior to that, in order to have access to that greater blessing of knowledge.
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