Lesson 2970

Lesson (2970)(02-16-20) 1 Timothy 1:1-7
   “ Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.”

   In today’s quote, Paul wrote to Timothy to warn him about those, within the church, who would attempt to distort the gospel of Christ, thereby leading the weak to stray from the word.
    Those to whom Paul referred were Jews who were still attempting to bind Christianity to the boundaries of the old law.
    Sadly, even today, many of the pompous rituals of the law, that were imposed upon the Jews before the coming of Jesus, are being imposed, by the majority of religious isms, upon what is now erroneously called Christianity.~