533 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 1 Book 45 - Order in the Local Church

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 1 * BOOK 45 Order in the Local Church I Timothy 2:8 - 6:20 Let’s start where we left off in the last lesson and that would be I Timothy chapter 2 and verse 8. And in order to pick up the "therefore" in verse 8 I’m going to read verse 7 as an introduction to it. I Timothy 3:7 Now all the rest of Scripture is profitable because it’s all the Word of God. Even though it’s still the Word of God, it’s was not written for us today in this Age of Grace. Our Lord gave that responsibility to the Apostle Paul. All Paul really addresses in these pastoral epistles are probably best put in I Timothy 3:15. I Timothy 3:15 "But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God,…" What’s Paul saying? These letters are written to show people how to function in the local church - how they are to be organized, because remember, God is a God of order, and not a God of confusion. Now we’re ready to come back to chapter 2 and verse 7 again. I Timothy 2:7-8a 8. I will therefore that men pray every where,…" Now, up until the Age of Grace, and the writings of the Apostle Paul, how was prayer for the most part practiced? So under the Law of Moses there was designated time to pray. The Jews were instructed that there was a designated time and place for prayer, and since Peter and the disciples were representatives of Israel they too were under the Law. But you see Paul doesn’t tell the believer in the Church Age, be sure to keep your hour of prayer, be sure to pray three times a day, in such and such a place. I Timothy 2:8a I will therefore that men pray every where…" If you’re at the work place, and come up against something that is mind boggling, you can pray. That’s our privilege under Grace. I Timothy 2:8 Do you ever get bitter with God? I’ve given the account on the program before about a young man who thought that God had given him a raw deal. "doubting." What good does it do for you to pray if you don’t think God can do it? Philippians 4:6a Philippians 4:6 "Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God." Philippians 4:7a "And the peace of God,…" "…which passeth all understanding (now here comes the promise) shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Paul is not a hater of women as he is so often described, but rather he is in total accord with the overall Sovereign working of God, and never forget that. Paul does not write what Paul thinks, but rather Paul writes what God has inspired him to write, and never lose sight of that regardless of how you may feel or how this affects you one way or the other. So in verse 8, men were to pray, and in verse 9: I Timothy 2:9a Pray without doubting, and without any anger or wrath, and the women should do the same thing. Women have just as much access to the throne room as men do today. Of course this is one of Paul’s basic elementary, fundamental, letters to the Churches. Galatians 3:26-27 "For ye are all (not just the men) the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27. For as many of you as hast been baptized into Christ have put on Christ." Galatians 3:28 Now coming back to I Timothy chapter 2, verse 9: I Timothy 2:9a "In like manner also, (with that attitude of believing prayer and peace of God) that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety;…" I Timothy 2:9b Now to show that this isn’t just Paul’s idea, we’re going to go to I Peter chapter 3, for a moment. A lot of you already know those verses. So putting these two portions together and you realize that this is God speaking. First through the Apostle Paul who is writing to Timothy, but also through the Apostle Peter in his little epistles. I Peter 3:1-2 "Likewise, ye wives, be subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, (in other words the husband is an unbeliever) they also may without the word be won by the conversation (or the manner of living) of the wives: 2. (so that this unbelieving husband) while they behold your chaste conversation (in other words your pure manner of living)coupled with fear. In verse 3 this is telling how the wife or the women of the Church in Timothy are to dress. I Peter 3:3 Then verse four says it all. I Peter 3:4 Genesis 12:10-11 (of Israel) 11. So what kind of woman was Sarai? The number one priority is, the "hidden women of the heart." So coming back to I Timothy chapter 2, in verse 9 Paul is using the same language that Peter used, and then in verse 10 he also uses the same language. I Timothy 2:10 "But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works." #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible