A check on Legalism
They will tell you not to get married. They’ll tell you not to eat this or that food–perfectly good food God created to be eaten heartily and with thanksgiving by
A Seared Conscience.
Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. 1 Timothy 4:2 (NIV) We all have an inward knowing of right and wrong
Where is your attention?
But the [Holy] Spirit distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons
The Mystery of godliness.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the
Pray when Praying
Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray–not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. 1
Dressed properly with good works.
I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate
Pray without wrath or doubting.
I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; 1Timothy 2:8 (NKJV) Don’t pray out of frustration and anger whether against people or
One Mediator between God and Man
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 1Timothy 2:5 (NIV) In Christ man who once was estranged from God has been
God wishes that all people be saved.
Who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] Truth. 1 Timothy 2:4 (AMPC) God’s number one
Pray for all people
Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may