Paul charges Timothy to "wage the good warfare." What is this war he tells Timothy to fight? The surrounding Scriptures tell us it is not a war fought with earthly weapons. It is a warfare that involves "holding faith and a good conscience," and one that God revealed Timothy was equipped and gifted to wage. It is the warfare of

It is important to note that in I Timothy 1:15, Paul says that "Christ Jesus came into the world." The fact that He came into the world shows that He existed before His incarnation - that is, before He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, He existed. Thus, when Paul, after recounting his own

In yesterday's reading, Paul spoke of "the Gospel of the glory of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted." Today, he states clearly what that Gospel is. Paul had formerly blasphemed the Name of Christ Jesus, having opposed His followers as believers in a false Messiah. Ignorant of the truth and blinded to it by his sinful nature,

When Paul, in verse 7, condemns these false teachers who desire to be teachers of the law, he is not condemning God's law at all. On the contrary, Paul affirms God's law is good, but points out that it must be used lawfully - that is the Bible is to be applied not by engaging in wild speculations but according

Yesterday, we saw that some in Ephesus were engaging in wild speculations beyond the teachings of Scripture that were distracting people from the true doctrines of the Bible, which build up Christian faith and bring good order to the Church. Today, we see both the motive and the underlying cause of these speculations. The motive is that those who promote

After greeting Timothy (v.1-2), Paul reminds the younger man of why he left him in Ephesus. When the Apostle and his true child in the faith visited this city, they found that some were teaching doctrines that were inconsistent with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the whole counsel of God found in the Bible. Instead of promoting a deeper

For the next few weeks we will be looking at the book of 1 Timothy using notes written by Rev. Daniel Hemken, minister of Hebron RPCNA. The Book of Acts ends with the Apostle Paul imprisoned in Rome. Piecing together evidence from his letters and from the testimony of the early Church fathers, we learn that Paul was released from

In his dealings with his countrymen in Rome, Paul is both tactful and honest about what had happened at Jerusalem. He proclaims the Lord Jesus as Israel's promised Messiah, and this meets with considerable opposition. He declares them to be like the people of Isaiah's day and under judicial blindness and that the Gentiles will receive that Gospel which they

God preserved Paul from the viper (v.2) as well as on the seas. He had said he must testify at Rome (23:11), and so it must be. On the final journey to the capital of the empire, some of the brethren from Rome came to meet his and accompany him. We read these touching words "…whom when Paul saw, he

They reached the island of Malta. Here they were shown much kindness and hospitality for six months. God shows non-saving mercies to all men as well as saving mercy to His elect. One of these mercies shown to all (often called "common grace") is the restraint of sin so that natural affection shows itself. "Such as willingly delight not in