535 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 3 Book 45 - I Timothy 2:8 - 6:20

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 45 I Timothy 2:8 - 6:20 The Apostolic church was relatively simple. They were under the control of a group of men who were called elders. Then another group of men who, more or less did the servitude work of the church, which were at that time called deacons. Now in chapter 4, Paul is going to do to Timothy as he did to us as ordinary believers throughout his other epistles, and that is warn against the false teaching that would be coming in. You know, as you look back to the situation in Paul’s day, how much false teaching was always attacking the church. It’s a wonder that we have been able to keep the Word of God! But, of course, God is in control and He has kept it. I Timothy 4:1a "Now the Spirit (the Holy Spirit) speaketh expressly, (no doubt about it) that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,…" We call this apostasy. Where huge blocks of people, denominations and so forth, are rejecting the basic fundamentals, that’s apostasy. I Timothy 4:1b "…in the latter times some shall depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (demons)" "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ." II Corinthians 11:14 Well, Paul was already confronted, certainly on a much smaller scale. Now verse 15 II Corinthians 11:15a So Paul is warning even the Corinthians that it’s no great thing that Satan’s ministers also be transformed as the minister of righteousness. II Corinthians 11:15b Alright, back to I Timothy chapter 4. Verse 2: II Timothy 4:2a "Speaking lies in hypocrisy;... Whenever I see the word hypocrisy when it comes to Biblical things, one man in Scripture always comes to my mind. Judas! What a hypocrite. It’s Satan’s domain. Never forget that! Not the masses. I Timothy4:2b "...having their conscience seared with a hot iron;" Gnosticism.They were a group of people in Paul’s day who were operating in the local churches and the word Gnosticism comes from the Greek word for knowledge. And, those men thought that they had more knowledge. They felt superior to the main run of the believers in the church. Well, that’s exactly what Paul is referring to. I Timothy 4:3 "Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God (Paul said) hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth." Come down to verse 6. I Timothy 4:6 "If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, (in other words, how the false teachers are coming in and they are deceptive. Remember, how long has Paul known young Timothy? Timothy came from the area of central Asia Minor, and was about a man about 17 or 18 years old when he was first saved probably through Paul’s ministry. If Paul was around 40 when he began his ministry and won young Timothy at the age of 18, so in round figures, Timothy is about 20 or 22 years younger than Paul. By the time we get up here to Timothy in about 60-64 AD, that’s the age of the Apostle Paul. Then here is young Timothy now around 38-40 years of age. Coming down to verse 7, he is going to again warn young Timothy so that Timothy can warn the people out there in the churches. I Timothy 4:7 "But refuse profane and old wives fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness." I Timothy 4:8a "For bodily exercise profiteth little:..." We know that good bodily exercise profits. It only helps for a little while in this life. Verse 8 again: I Timothy 4:8a "For bodily exercise profiteth little: but (flip side) godliness is profitable unto all things,…" So godliness is profitable: I Timothy 4:8b We have the knowledge that God is with us every minute of our life. I Timothy 4:9-10 When Christ died he paid the price of redemption for how many? Everybody! When Christ forgave the sins of the world, how many people did he forgive? Everybody! Adolph Hitler was already reconciled in God’s eyes. We begin a life of service, we begin a life of good works, if you want to call it that. Paul makes it so plain that Christ is the Savior. How can people just spurn such a prospect? Now verse 11: I Timothy 4:11-12a 12. Let no man despise thy youth;..." I imagine that is how Paul felt about Timothy. Boy, at 40, Timothy was still in the prime of life. I Timothy 4:12b in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." Again, remember I told you several times. Once when we were back in I Corinthians 13 and again when we started I Timothy, I said, how many times Paul refers to the last three things in I Corinthians 13, now abideth these three: faith, hope and love. I Timothy 4:13a Paul has come out of his first prison experience and he is probably going to meet Timothy at Ephesus, I’m thinking. Then dropped down to Ephesus where he hoped to meet Timothy. I Timothy 4:13b to doctrine." What does the Word of God teach you? #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible