Archive for October, 2006
Philemon is a letter of Paul’s while he was on house arrest. Paul met a slave named Onesimus that was on the run. Onesimus had stolen from his master (Philemon) and ran away. Paul taught Onesimus that running away wouldn’t make things better. Paul showed Onesimus forgiveness and grace like God shows us. Paul wrote [...]
This passage is full of advice that is “excellent and profitable for everyone“. In order to put it to good use, we need to be purposeful about doing the following:
* do what the boss says (be subject to authorities),
* be ready to do good (I guess that means all the time),
* say only nice [...]
If you’re convinced that all Christians can be ministered to in the same way, take a gander at Titus 2, in which Paul suggests different ministry needs for different groups.
Older men need self-control and soundness.
Older women need reverence, so they can model good behavior for younger women.
These younger women need to be self-controlled, “busy at [...]
The book of Titus is another letter of Paul’s. Paul wrote to Titus, an individual like Timothy that Paul had taken under his wing and lead to preach the Gospel. Paul referred to Titus as his true son in their common faith.
Paul and Titus traveled to an island in the Mediterranean called Crete. There Paul [...]
Pauls charge to Timothy, which started in chapter 3 continues. He reminds Timothy to be actively doing some things: preach, be prepared all the time, correct, rebuke and encourage, be patient, and be careful. I’m thinking the only way to be prepared all the time is to prepare in advance, by knowing [...]
Those who think that Christianity is nice and sweet and comfortable ought to look at 2 Timothy. For example, the first few verses of 2 Timothy 3 are not sweet. The verses speak of the “last days” (whatever that means) as a time of greediness, ungratefulness, unholiness, lovelessness, brutality, etc., etc., etc.
Then Paul stands the [...]
Paul writes to Timothy to be strong in grace. Grace is underserved favor. We have been saved by grace and we should live by grace. Trusting completely in Christ and not trying to do it on our own…
As followers, Paul says we are to be like soldiers and fight for our Commanding Officer (Christ Jesus).
Paul [...]
When Paul wrote I Timothy and Titus, Paul was imprisoned in Rome, living in a rented house on ‘house arrest’ (sorta). The setting from which he wrote 2 Timothy, while it was still imprisonment under Emperor Nero, this time he was in a cold dungeon, chained like a common criminal.————paraghaph————-
Paul greets Timothy as a [...]
(I’m putting some paragraph marks in my text to see if that helps.)
After some random comments at the end of chapter 5, Paul closes chapter 6 by talking about slaves and love of money. Believing slaves should not slack off when serving believing masters; in fact, the slaves should serve them all the more. This [...]
Paul tells the Christian people to treat each other as family and keep their relationships pure.
-an older man as a father.
-younger men as brothers.
-older women as mothers.
-younger women as sisters.
Then Paul goes on to talk about the widows and that Christian families should give recognition to those widows who are REALLY in need. What pleases [...]
