The Law reveals Sin but doesn’t take it away

Date: October 28, 2022
Topic: Law
Passage: 1 Timothy 1:1–1 Timothy 1:11

In the opening lines of his letter to Timothy, Paul addresses him (1) as an apostle & (2) as a spiritual father. While we might immediately associate apostleship with authority, Paul here associates it with obedience and patience. Paul was under the command of God, and his hope was in Jesus (v.1) …

The law reveals sin but doesn’t take it away

Date: June 9, 2021
Topic: Law
Passage: 1 Timothy 1:8–1 Timothy 1:11

At the heart of the Jewish Law was the ten commandments. Yet apparently, as dogmatic as these false teachers were, they really didn’t understand God’s law. God’s law is like a medicine prescribed by our doctor. If we use the medicine the way its prescribed, it w …

Paul’s experience on the Damascus road

Date: May 1, 2020
Topic: Gratitude
Passage: 1 Timothy 1:15–1 Timothy 1:17

Perhaps the famous preacher John Newton explained it best when he said, When I get to heaven I shall see three wonders there. The first wonder will be, to see many people there whom I did not expect to see. The second wonder will be, to miss many people whom I did expect to see; …

Paul’s Experience on the Damascus Road

Date: April 18, 2020
Topic: Gratitude
Passage: 1 Timothy 1:12–1 Timothy 1:20

Paul tells how grateful he is that God had confidence in him when he had been so opposed to God’s Son (vv. 12-14). He had cursed Jesus, called Him a fake, and went after his followers. He had not deliberately acted against what he knew was right but had blindly and mistakenly thought he was …

Like it or not we are in warfare

Date: August 26, 2019
Topic: Warfare
Passage: 1 Timothy 1:18–1 Timothy 1:20

It is sometimes helpful to pick out certain verses of a biblical passage which summarize in concise terms what the passage is all about. The phrase that, perhaps, best summarizes this entire letter is “Wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience” (vv. 1 …

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