536 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 4 Book 45 - I Timothy 2:8 - 6:20 - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 4 * BOOK 45 I Timothy 2:8 - 6:20 - Part 2 We are starting this lesson with I Timothy chapter 6 verse 1 and a lot of you are going to say, "Why did you skip chapter 5?" Well, chapter 5 deals with a lot of things that were paramount in Paul’s day but are not that pertinent for us today, because it deals primarily with widows. Well, you see, that was the situation in Paul’s day. I Timothy 6:1a I Timothy 6:1b-6:2a "...that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. Now reading on in verse 2. I Timothy 6:2b Why did God sanction slavery in the first place? Now verse 3. I Timothy 6:3 "If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;" The Golden Rule. Jesus spoke it. False teachers again. Do you realize how much of the New Testament denounces false teaching? The whole chapter of II Peter chapter 3, II Timothy chapter 3 all denounce false teaching. Alright, here is another one, these false teachers are proud, as we see in verse 4. I Timothy 6:4-5a Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds,..." I Timothy 6:5b "... and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness;..." I Timothy 6:5c I said, "Run! No, you run from it because that is what Paul tells us! Reading on, verse 6. I Timothy 6:6 Now, verse 7. I Timothy 6:7 Let’s remember that. There is nothing wrong with wealth. We know a lot of wealthy people. There is nothing wrong with wealth. Now verse 9. I Timothy 6:9 We know some wealthy people that have beautiful families. Iris and I can just rehearse family after family who came into all kinds of wealth and their kids end up in the drug culture. Alright, then come on down to verse 10, the verse that everybody misquotes. The LOVE of money. Money in itself can be used to glorify God and to enhance God’s kingdom. I Timothy 6:10a "For the love of money is the root of all evil; which while some coveted...." Now why do you suppose the Spirit prompted Paul to use the word covet? Let’s go all the way back to Romans chapter 7 verse 7. Romans 7:7 Is the law (the Ten Commandments) sin? Is it evil?) God forbid. When we were teaching this chapter verse by verse, if you have a real good sharp memory, do you remember the statement that I made? Lust. What law of God can you break without lusting first? When you begin to covet this, you covet that and covet, covet, covet! And, it just overwhelms people. Now back to I Timothy chapter 6 verse 10. I Timothy 6:10 Now verse 11. I Timothy 6:11 "But thou, O man of God, (what’s the admonition? Run! Now verse 12. I don’t know if people even know what I’m talking about any more, but I will use the term "milk toast." Well, what is milk toast.? Fight! You don’t fight if you are letting everybody walk on you. I Timothy 6:12a "Fight the good fight of faith,..." I Timothy:12b You want to remember that everywhere Paul went, he was a marked man. And if Paul was a marked man, who also was? The men with him! Paul was a marked man everywhere he went. Now verse 13. I Timothy 6:13a That word "charge" again, is loaded. Young man Timothy, that is how much I respect your faith. I Timothy 6;13b "...in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;" Paul never alludes to Bethlehem as such. I Timothy 6:14 "That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until (when) the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:" Which again indicates, when did Paul think the Lord would come for the Church? Alright, so he says maintain all of this until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. Now verse 15. Here we see Paul use some Sovereign titles for the Lord Jesus that he does not teach throughout all of his writings. I Timothy 6:15 "Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, (the Supreme supreme) the King of kings, (which you only see in one other place that I am aware of – Revelation 19) and Lord of lords:" Paul puts that same title on Him. I Timothy 6:16 "Who only (as the eternal Creator God) hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, (I will cover this in detail when we get to Hebrews chapter 1, this God that no man has seen. Then we say that I thought Christ was God and people saw Him. Oh, the pre-eternal, the future-eternal God of Glory epitomized in the flesh in the person of Jesus Christ. I Timothy 6:17a I Timothy 6:17b "...but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;" Never. Because that is putting God in debt. That is putting God in a box, and I will never be a part of that. I Timothy 6:18-20 20. O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust,..." #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible