Paul is training Timothy how to install godly leaders. Why? Because they are fighting false teaching. This gives us a biblical look at what it takes to be a godly leader in the church, and it applies in all of life. What is so important in this powerful list of qualifications is that there is […]
Paul sent Timothy to deal with false teaching, and everything in this chapter connects to that. Paul wants the churches in Ephesus to be orderly, and led in a way that can stamp out the false teaching. He instructs prayer. Prayer for the lost, and for those in power, even if they are against the […]
How much patience should we have with sin – in our own lives, and in the lives of those we love? Should we just “not judge” and let people do whatever they want? Paul was shown a lot of grace by God (vv.13-17) – the Lord was patient with Paul, and rescued him from his […]
Paul is writing a personal letter to Timothy – who he has left at Ephesus to help combat false teaching going on there. This false teaching probably is similar to the false teaching at Colosse – which centered on hidden knowledge for the chosen few. In these verses Paul mentions people wasting time on endless […]
What are you looking forward to next week? Next month? What we look forward to changes how we see life now. That is why God has given us a picture of what will happen. Some of this book is hard to understand – it is like a painting with many layers – but when you […]
This is it – the vision and reality that is coming, and that we long for – God’s creation in order, the way He designed it to be. There is no more crying (over the pain we cause), no more pain (that we inflict on each other), no more death (the result of our actions) […]
Am I living a life that is full of worth? In the end, God will judge the whole earth, everyone who has ever lived. He will judge us based on what we have done. This is not salvation by works, but an evaluation of our faith. We are saved by faith, but dead faith does […]
These verses describe what is known as the “millennium” – the thousand years where Satan is bound and Christ reigns on earth. This is not mentioned anywhere else in Scripture (like this), and so there are some different thoughts on how these verses “fit” in with the Bible. Some say they are just as they […]
The first day of heaven is a wedding feast – God’s people united to Christ forever. We prepare for this wedding by staying pure for Him, and living holy lives – our good actions in Him and with Him become like white garments that we wear on that great day of joy. But evil must […]
How is Rome described in this chapter? And how does that apply to the nations of our world, and our nation? Rome is described as full of luxury – fine linen, food, spices, scents – but also full of violence, wickedness, and murder to the people of God. Most countries flocked to Rome for her […]
