Your pastor, your church, etc are NOT the “one” mediator. “The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.” – John Calvin
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I Tim 2:5 “For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” Leave a comment
I Tim 1:4: Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith to do so. Leave a comment
Watch out for the weird stuff.
I Tim 3:15: But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth Leave a comment
The church of the New Testament speaks, which is the pillar and ground of truth, had no buildings, a minimum of organizations, and was almost more a movement at times than an institution; moreover, it is not the institutional church but the truly ultimate church, which is Christ’s mystical body, which is truly and fully [...]
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I Tim 1: 5: The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Three things listed which are the ingredients for love. I Tim 1: 9: We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the [...]
I Tim 2:8-10: I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. Leave a comment
The lifting up of hands is an ancient sign of prayers being offered to heaven. It represents our lifting up our prayers to a God that dwells on high, who is not earthly. Holy hands denotes holy hearts, minds, consciense ready for worship and prayer. Isaiah had told the Hebrews that God would not hear [...]
I Tim 5:8: “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” Leave a comment
In an age when the bread winning function is often shared by husband and wife, the thought of living entirely off the husband’s income sometimes seems a completely unattainable ideal. This is not entirely due to the irresponsibility of couch-potato husbands. Political, economic, and cultural pressures have combined to undermine the family wage–a wage high [...]
