524 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 4 Book 44 - I Timothy 1: 1-16 - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 44 I Timothy 1:1-16 - Part 2 Let’s go right back into I Timothy chapter 1. We’ll start the program with verse 13, where Paul, of course, is still writing to this young man, Timothy, during this time that he’s out of prison. I Timothy 1:13 “…a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: (In other words, to Jewish believers who would embrace Jesus as the Messiah.) Again, remember that the Grace of God was poured out on this man without merit. Saul lived and breathed his religion. Saul thought that Jesus was something that went against Judaism. Now verse 14: I Timothy 1:14a Now no writer of Scripture uses that word as often as the Apostle Paul. I Timothy 1:14 “And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.” Now verse 7: Acts 26:7 Now verse 8: 9. I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth (Paul is admitting.).” Now verse 10: Acts 26:10 Now I know the King James uses the word voice. Rome! All right, reading on in verse 11. Now then, if you’ll come back to I Timothy chapter 1 verse 14 again. I Timothy 1:14 “And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.” You will never find the term the Body of Christ any place but in Paul’s writings. Never did Jesus refer to it. It is a Pauline revelation – the Body of Christ. So I feel, and I don’t condemn people if they don’t agree with me, that Paul must have been at the head of the line. Verse 15: I Timothy 1:15 that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; (That is for sure.) of whom I am chief.” The word chief in Scripture doesn’t mean the worst. It means the first, the head man. Turn with me, if you will, to Luke chapter 22, and we’re going to look at the word chief. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom Paul is thechief. All right, but what’s a chief? Luke chapter 22 and verse 26 and Jesus is speaking. Wicked? Sinful? All I’m showing is that the word chief does not mean sinful or wicked. Acts 14 verse 12. Paul and Barnabas are now up in Asia Minor. It simply means the head man, the beginning of the line. Verse 7 of Acts 28: Acts 28:7 Now verse 7: Acts 28:7 Now was Publius the most wicked man on the island? No! Probably the governor, the head man. He was the chief man on the island. Never does chief mean worst. All right, now one more—Romans chapter 3 verse 2 and, again, Paul is showing the advantage that the nation of Israel had. Let’s read verse 1 so we can pick up the flow. Romans 3:1-2 The number one reason was they had the Word of God.) All right, now I hope I have established that the word chief doesn’t mean the most sinful, or the most wicked. All right, back to I Timothy chapter 1. “…that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; (That is by Grace.) of whom (Paul says) I am chief.” Now verse 16: Was there ever a greater manifestation of the Grace of God than when God saved Saul of Tarsus? Never! Never! All right, he obtained the Grace of God, His unmerited favor that in him first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering—in other words, His patience, His love, and again, His mercy, His Grace. Now the rest of the verse: “…Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern…” What’s a pattern, for goodness sakes? What’s a pattern, ladies? The pattern! The Apostle Paul is the original!! A verse just comes to mind. Back to I Corinthians, Honey, chapter 4 verse 16. I Corinthians 4:16 Turn over to I Corinthians chapter 11 verse 1. I’m going to follow Jesus.” I Corinthians 11:1 Now back to I Timothy chapter 1 verse 16. Verse 16 reading on: I Timothy 1:16 “Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should (What’s the next word?) hereafter…” To the pattern! We follow the one who is the pattern of the Grace of God. I Corinthians chapter 3 and I hope I’ve got enough time. Now remember, he’s the head of the line. He’s the chief man. Everybody comes into the Body of Christ, I feel, after the Apostle Paul. I Corinthians 3:9 “For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, (Like a vineyard as Christ used the parable. But Paul also uses another analogy.) ye are God’s building.” All right, verse 10: I Corinthians 3:10 Isn’t that right? Jesus and the Twelve laid the foundation and built the first floor, and now here comes Paul and he adds to it. Jesus didn’t lay it. I Corinthians 3:11 which is Jesus Christ.” That’s the foundation on which Paul’s Gospel rests. We bring in other believers, and all these believers together are making up what Paul alone calls the Body of Christ. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible