{"id":27920,"date":"2023-09-12T22:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/1-timothy-3_8-16-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T17:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T00:14:09","slug":"1-timothy-4_1-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/1-timothy-4_1-10\/","title":{"rendered":"The Need to Train Spiritually"},"content":{"rendered":"

1 Timothy 4:1-10\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today’s passage is\u00a01\u00a0Timothy\u00a04:1-10.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 4:1-6 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-6: False teachers were telling people in Timothy’s church that if you really want to be holy and acceptable in God’s sight, you must never marry and you must abstain from eating certain foods (most likely referring to the dietary rules in Leviticus and Numbers of the Old Testament).\u00a0 In response, Paul says 2 things.\u00a0 First, Paul says that these false teachings are inspired by demons and deceiving spirits (v1) and the teachers who teach them are hypocritical liars (v2).\u00a0 Second, Paul affirms that there are no foods that Christians cannot eat since “everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer” (v5). \u00a0 In other words, the dietary regulations we find in Leviticus and Numbers are a useful, figurative analogy of what Christ would later do on the cross, but there is no need to literally observe those dietary rules.\u00a0 For God had already declared all foods clean (Mark\u00a07:19; Acts 10:9-15).<\/p>\n

Paul then tells Timothy to point out these false teachings to the people in his church and to teach them the truth so that they would be well nourished spiritually and not led astray (v6).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this? \u00a0Check the teaching that you hear against what the Bible says and seek help from your spiritual leaders if necessary.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Since we are called to make disciples, we must help those we lead to distinguish what is true from what is false, what is good from what is evil, and what is helpful from what is unhelpful.\u00a0 That’s what good ministers of Christ do. \u00a0Always keep Jesus as the main thing<\/strong>\u00a0(see 1 Timothy\u00a03:16).<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 4:7-8 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 7-8: \u00a0Godliness is not something that comes automatically.\u00a0 We need to train for it.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0If you’re like me and you love exercising and going to the gym, be careful to prioritize above physical exercise the need to train spiritually.\u00a0 For while there is some value in training your body physically, it is even more important to train yourself to be godly.\u00a0 So put your GAME time above your gym time.\u00a0 Curl up with God’s Word before you curl a dumb bell.\u00a0 Bend your knees in prayer before you bend them for a leg press.\u00a0 And jog your memory of Scripture before you take your body for a jog.<\/p>\n

When we train to be godly, we are doubly blessed.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0On one hand training to be godly allows us to enjoy our lives on earth more — we have more love, peace, patience and self-control. \u00a0 At the same time, training to be godly also allows us to store up treasure in heaven.\u00a0 In this way training for godliness “has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” (v8)<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 4:9-10 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>(and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 9-10: God wants, and is able, to save all people.\u00a0 In this way God is “the Saviour of all men” (v10), but it’s still up to each one of us to make that personal choice to believe in Jesus and receive Him into our lives.<\/p>\n

Father, I pray that all of us would be good ministers of Your Son Jesus, able to discern truth from falsehood, what is good from what is evil, and what is helpful for others to hear from what is unhelpful.\u00a0 Help me to train to be godly.\u00a0 In Jesus’ name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2021 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today’s passage is\u00a01\u00a0Timothy\u00a04:1-10.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 4:1-6 (NIV)
\n1\u00a0\u00a0The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.
\n2\u00a0\u00a0Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.
\n3\u00a0\u00a0They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.
\n4\u00a0\u00a0For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving,
\n5\u00a0\u00a0because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
\n6\u00a0\u00a0If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.<\/p>\n

On verses 1-6: False teachers were telling people in Timothy’s church that if you really want to be holy and acceptable in God’s sight, you must never marry and you must abstain from eating certain foods (most likely referring to the dietary rules in Leviticus and Numbers of the Old Testament).\u00a0 In response, Paul says 2 things.\u00a0 First, Paul says that these false teachings are inspired by demons and deceiving spirits (v1) and the teachers who teach them are hypocritical liars (v2).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27923,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27920\/revisions\/27923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}