Specific statutes and persevering principles

Just as scientists study the pathology of physical disease in order to better address the disease, we must spiritually discern and diagnose deviations from truth, ie, diseases of doctrine.

What role do the Ten Commandments play in the lives of New Testament Christians today?

We sometimes think in terms of "secular" and "sacred"; however, for the believer, all work is a sacred service. Whether we eat, or drink, or whatever we do, we do it as to the Lord (1 Cor. 10:31; Col. 3:17).

1 Timothy 5 addresses the treatment of one another in the family of God: - older and younger men and women (vv 1-2) - widows who have need (vv 3-16) - church elders (vv 17-25)

God's special care for widows is a recurring theme in Scripture (Deut 14:29; Ps 94:6; Mal 3:5). God issued special instruction for the care and protection of widows in the Old Testament (Deut 10:18; 24:17; Is 1:17). Similarly, in the New Testament, God has given the church a responsibility to care for widows in need (1 Tim 5:3-16; James 1:27).