Timothy, as the pastor of the church at Ephesus, ws having some issues and one of the issues was how the church takes cares of their widows. Paul is helping and encouraging Timothy with how to get things back in order regarding this issue. During biblical times, it was a male dominated society; women could not get work or get educated. So when the husband ceased to exist, the challenge was for the church to absorb the difference. Paul brings qualifications of a woman who needs support and not one who gets support by default (Part 2 of 3)

Timothy, as the pastro of the church at Ephesus, ws having some issues and one of the issues was how the church takes cares of their widows. Paul is helping and encouraging Timothy with how to get things back in order regarding this issue. During biblical times, it was a male dominated society; women could not get work or get educated. So when the husband ceased to exist, the challenge was for the church to absorb the difference. Paul brings qualifications of a woman who needs support and not one who gets support by default.

Most of us if not all of us at some point have acknowledged "we want all of you Lord" and we want to preach the full gospel. We say "It's Your will, Lord, not mine." We don't understand the magnitude of what we say when we say "Lord, I want your will." Some of God's will should bring tension to our lives because His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. He sees our lives through a different lens than we do. To fulfill His will, our lives have to adjust ot His way. (Part 3 of 3)

Most of us if not all of us at some point have acknowledged "we want all of you Lord" and we want to preach the full gospel. We say "It's Your will, Lord, not mine." We don't understand the magnitude of what we say when we say "Lord, I want your will." Some of God's will should bring tension to our lives because His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. He sees our lives through a different lens than we do. To fulfill His will, our lives have to adjust ot His way. (Part 2 of 3)

Most of us if not all of us at some point have acknowledged "we want all of you Lord" and we want to preach the full gospel. We say "It's Your will, Lord, not mine." We don't understand the magnitude of what we say when we say "Lord, I want your will." Some of God's will should bring tension to our lives because His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. He sees our lives through a different lens than we do. To fulfill His will, our lives have to adjust ot His way. (Part 1 of 3)

Are you Calvinist? Arminiast? Are you Complementarian? What we don't realize is what we all bring to the table: we all bring some theological perspective that might not necessarily be biblical. The question many of us have to ask is what theology have we brought to the church? Without thinking, we try to implement our theological framework but we haven't taken the time to see if it's even biblical. What we've done is learned applications of theology without understanding theology (Part 3 of 3).

Are you Calvinist? Arminiast? Are you Complementarian? What we don't realize is what we all bring to the table: we all bring some theological perspective that might not necessarily be biblical. The question many of us have to ask is what theology have we brought to the church? Without thinking, we try to implement our theological framework but we haven't taken the time to see if it's even biblical. What we've done is learned applications of theology without understanding theology (Part 2 of 3).

Are you Calvinist? Arminiast? Are you Complementarian? What we don't realize is what we all bring to the table: we all bring some theological perspective that might not necessarily be biblical. The question many of us have to ask is what theology have we brought to the church? Without thinking, we try to implement our theological framework but we haven't taken the time to see if it's even biblical. What we've done is learned applications of theology without understanding theology (Part 1 of 3).

As a believer, do you know what God's love comprises of? Is your view of God's love tainted due to issues within your own heart? In 1st Timothy Paul shares some insightful truths with his spiritual son. Within the church of Ephesus, false teachers crept in, seeking to bring instruction to believers, but with ill motives. Paul shared with Timothy that the purpose of their instruction is out of love, from a pure, undefiled heart (Part 3 of 3).

As a believer, do you know what God's love comprises of? Is your view of God's love tainted due to issues within your own heart? In 1st Timothy Paul shares some insightful truths with his spiritual son. Within the church of Ephesus, false teachers crept in, seeking to bring instruction to believers, but with ill motives. Paul shared with Timothy that the purpose of their instruction is out of love, from a pure, undefiled heart (Part 2 of 3).