11 But you, Timothy, are a man of God; so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses. 13 And I charge you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a good testimony before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you obey this command without wavering. Then no one can find fault with you from now until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. 15 For,
At just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords. 16 He alone can never die, and he lives in light so brilliant that no human can approach him. No human eye has ever seen him, nor ever will. All honor and power to him forever! Amen.
17 Teach those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which is so unreliable. Their trust should be in God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment. 18 Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to those in need, always being ready to share with others. 19 By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life.
20 Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so-called knowledge. 21 Some people have wandered from the faith by following such foolishness.
May God’s grace be with you all.
Tori's Comments:
We are supposed to RUN from evil things. Not tolerate them. Not dabble in them.
And in doing so, we should run to righteousness. To God.
"use their money to do good" How am I spending my money?
"always being ready to share with others" The ALWAYS is pretty convicting.
Terrie's Comments:
One of the things that is repeated in this particular letter often is the discussion on words. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you... I feel like many times the first thing that comes to mind when Christians think about "evangelism" is being able to debate, or have all the answers for the person that they are talking with. We are called to be ready to give an answer for our hope, not debate our faith. We are called to love each other with an unselfish love, not oppose one another within the body.
It is shocking to me that the Bible seems to be seeing into the very soul of our church, society and lives of the current time... NOTHING HAS CHANGED! The church hasn't got any better in relating with one another and we still argue and debate with brothers, sisters and unbelievers alike. When will this change? How often do I get caught up in "defending" myself or what I believe? How should we be responding in a Biblical way so that we do not end up in debates, argument or foolish conversations with others?
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