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The comparison and contrast between Timothy and Titus brings out an interesting fact about the way Paul dealt with each man.Timothy was not bold and tended toward being timid and sickly. Titus was bold and needed less encouragement. When Timothy was sent, Paul asked those to whom he was sent to treat him kindly so he wouldn’t fear. Titus was sent to…
There are dichotomies in scripture. For example, God is a God that forgives sin but in no wise will clear the guilty – but we are all guilty – son how can He forgive sins? Another dichotomy is that we are made subject to vanity, but all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to…
When hard times come into your life, it is usually not the time that you can learn doctrine and become established in the faith. It is important to become established during the normal times, so that you know how to deal with the hard times. Being established in the faith is a process that begins with the gospel. Knowing what the gospel…
Often when Christians speak of God’s will, they will say that the Holy Spirit moved them or God spoke to them. Almost always they will say that when God spoke to them it was not in an audible voice, but in a feeling or a circumstance. But this phenomenon isn’t found in scripture. When God speaks to someone, it is in an…
In 2 Tim 3, Paul tells us what is going to happen in the last days. Included with this prophecy is instructions on how to live in that time. We are told to continue in the things which we’ve heard of Paul. So what are those things? First, the gospel of the grace of God. The understanding and using all scripture, but…
Comedian Jeff Allen’s testimony finds him having an epiphany when he hears a preacher preaching on Ecclesiastes 1: 1-3. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity sayeth the preacher. Living a Christian life without the law also begins with that epiphany. When one realizes that all earthly and fleshly things are at their best state vanity. one can begin to look at what…
Suppose Eve asked Adam what he wanted for dinner. Adam couldn’t decide, but he wanted to stay within God’s will, so he went and asked God: “What should we eat for dinner?” God’s reply was: ‘Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it:…
As Paul was finishing his life, he wrote to Timothy and told him to endure hardness as a good soldier. What exactly does that mean to be a good soldier and endure hardness? One example from Paul’s life involves Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. When Paul first visited these places, he was thrown our of Antioch; he escaped from Iconium before a plot…
Oftentimes folks wait until there is difficulty in their lives before they turn to God. This makes it almost impossible to have any real understanding of what God is doing and to be comforted by the scriptures. One must learn first to be established in the faith before life throws a curve ball. This study looks and how and where we turn…
There was a woman whose son went off to fight in the great war in Europe. His job in that war ended up being the most dangerous job possible: he was a message runner. He literally ran through artillery barrages with messages to those in the trenches. His mother prayed diligently for his safety constantly, knowing the danger he was in. It…