Philemon 1:15 (KJV) Perhaps?

Philemon 1:15 (KJV)
For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

The Apostle Paul seems to choose his words very carefully.

He says, “perhaps” giving room for reconsideration.I believe Paul was confident that God had used the departure of Onesimus for the furtherance of the Gospel. By employing the word “perhaps” he allows Philemon a window to dispute the position and thereby think about it and come to the mind of God. If Paul had been too forceful or dogmatic Philemon may have just stiffened up and not given the proposition place to settle in.

He says “departure” rather than to refer to Onesimus as a runaway.Philemon would have been smarting over the loss of Onesimus. His absence would have caused financial loss. It would also have impacted his personal ego. Possession of a slave was a matter of social standing. To have lost one is indicative of irresponsible handling of the slave and might imply abuse (if the slave feels the need to escape).

Paul chose to soften the blow by labeling it a departure and then to reference the possibility of positive consequences.

Perhaps all our trials and difficulties would become softer and easier to rejoice in if we viewed them all as “perhaps used of God for eternal blessing.”

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Titus 3:1 (KJV) Give Him Influence

Titus 3:1 (KJV)
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

There is much content in this chapter but before we get into it the Apostle gives us a principle; the preacher’s job is to put people’s minds in a certain order.

People think about a variety of things:

• Political 
• Social 
• Environmental 
• Economical

Sometimes people think about sports interests or family concerns.

Apostle Paul insisted that the preacher has the responsibility to influence and steer the minds of his congregation.

This leads me to suggest that believers ought to allow their preacher the influence God places upon him.

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Titus 2:4-5 (KJV) Teach “To”

Titus 2:4-5 (KJV)
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

The lesson here is of course to the aged or more spiritually mature women. The encouragement is that they would conduct themselves in such a way that they may teach the younger women.

I notice that they are not told to teach these younger women “how to” but “to.” This is not a classroom setting. We miss the point when we picture a mature woman leading a course lecture entitled “How to love your husband”. She teaches “to” and not “how to.”

The distinction is important because the manner of teaching is different for each. In order to teach “how to” the instructor provided books, class notes lectures and facilitates discussion. In order to teach “to” the instructor provides example.

Maybe the most dramatic illustration of the difference is that of the medical professional advising the patient to stop smoking while the odor of their own clothes betrays that they had just left the doctor’s smoking lounge. It is possible to tell a person they should quit smoking, give them information about the dangers of smoking and provide them with methods on how to stop smoking while at the same time they smoke.

Teaching “to” is an entirely different sort. It likely had no class and surely will not pass out literature. It uses a much more powerful teacher’s aide; example. This teacher has no scheduled course time. There will never be an assembly of students. The teacher doesn’t advertise the program and no grade are issued when it is finished. The teacher probably won’t think of themself as teachers and likely very few view themselves as their student. They are learning nonetheless.

This is the biblical and most powerful way to teach.

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Titus 1:16 (KJV) Contumacious?

Titus 1:16 (KJV)
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

While a person’s profession of faith is important, it is not necessarily proof of a true and vital relationship with Christ. We profess Christ as much by our works as we do by our mouths. Little of spiritual and eternal value is accomplished by a profession of faith followed with works of denial. This passage classes such works as:

AbominableStrong’s Concordance defines this as detestable, especially idolatrous. These are actions that place something else before God.

DisobedientWe all know what this means. Strong’s defines it as “contumacious” a term used most commonly in the legal field to speak of the “stubbornly rebellious”. This is the person who chooses disobedience to God despite judgment against it. We live in a contumacious society these days.

ReprobateThis means rejected or cast away. I think we can apply it from two perspectives:

• They reject and cast away good work. They choose the evil over the good. 
• They are therefore rejected and cast away by God. He will not accept what good they might do. Eternally they are cast away into hell fire. 

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2 Timothy 4:14-15 (KJV) Calling Alexander Out

2 Timothy 4:14-15 (KJV)
Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.

Once again we find Apostle Paul calling a man out by name. Apparently he wasn’t as concerned about lawsuits as people are these days! I see three thoughts of Paul concerning Alexander the coppersmith:

He had done Paul much evilWe know that he had spoken negatively and incited a riot. We know that Paul was forced to discontinue his very profitable ministry in that region because of him. What other evil he had done, we can’t tell.

Paul pronounced judgment against himThis is much like a phrase I use sometimes, “God will get you.” Those times I have said that have not been well received but I believe it to be truth.

Paul warned Timothy about himThough God is keeping account and will do exactly as Paul claimed, for the present Alexander was still alive still evil and still a danger.

I have no doubt that God will reward evil treatment of his people. That doesn’t mean that we, His people will never be persecuted or that we will personally see the judgments of the evil ones.

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2 Timothy 4:14-15 (KJV) Calling Alexander Out

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2 Timothy 3:2-4 (KJV) Lovers Of…

2 Timothy 3:2-4 (KJV)
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

These verses are framed by the words, “lovers of …”

It begins with the accusation that, in the lasts days, “…men shall be lovers of their own selves….”
I wonder if anyone today sees this as the sin God does. Self-love, I believe, is the root that leads to every sin listed below it.

• It is the window through which wicked pride shines out and manifests itself. 
• It is the curtain by which the light of the glorious gospel is shut out and men are left in darkness.

The passage ends with “…lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God.”
This is the conclusion and the final outcome of the first. When self is loved then it is established as a god. Idolatry is never monotheistic so the one who loves and worships self loves and worships pleasure. When once the idol of self is set up other idols are collected with it. Soon the self-lover is so surrounded by false gods that the true and living God is barely a thought.

The most perilous times do not revolve around a vacuum of gods but around the increase of them.

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2 Timothy 2:1 When I Am Strongest

2 Timothy 2:1 (KJV)
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

The all important grace is “in Christ Jesus. “

• It’s not merely of Christ Jesus belonging only to Him
• It’s not in Timothy
• It’s not in Paul
• It is not the product of good works accomplished by any man. 

Grace is in Christ Jesus.

Therefore if I want to experience this grace I too must be in Christ Jesus. I can be strongest in that grace when I am most hidden in Christ. Whenever I come out of hiding I come out of Christ and I come away from this grace.

This is how a believer falls from grace. It is not that they lose salvation but that they are out from the cover of protection Christ provides.

Like the soldier in the armored vehicle, I am strongest when I am hidden in Christ and letting Him be my strength.

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2 Timothy 1:6 (KJV) All Stirred Up

2 Timothy 1:6 (KJV)
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

Timothy had a gift. It wasn’t a mere talent nor was it a skill. It was something that once he did not have, was imparted to him by another and was purchased by another. Timothy’s gift was, I believe, his calling into the ministry and his equipping for that ministry.

It was a gift of GodThe ministry is not a vocational choice. Though if a man desires it he desires a good work, yet, he ought not to enter into it without clear direction from God.

It was given by Paul’s handsThis is where the idea of ordination originates and I grieve that modern day preachers tend to view it as a formality rather than a spiritual operation. One could claim that this work of Paul involved his years of training. I do not doubt that. But it is more than that. It is reminiscent of Elisha’s receiving Elijah’s mantel.

It must be stirred upThe phrase means to re-kindle. Every Christian, including those who are not called into pastoral ministry, has a gift of God. The gift is developed through the ministry of preachers and it requires out personal maintenance.

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1 Timothy 6:12 (KJV) Grab Hold!

1 Timothy 6:12 (KJV)
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

1 Timothy 6:19 (KJV)
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

There is a difference between possessing a thing and holding on to it. I have a number of things in my attic that are possessions, many of them I am attached to and don’t have any desire to be rid of them, but rarely do I really ever give them any attention. On the other hand I had other things that matter so much to me that they are a part of every day life. I see them daily; probably use them daily. Some of them require regular maintenance and, should they break or stop functioning properly I am quick to get them repaired. More than possessing them, I lay hold on them.

The Word of God tells me that eternal life ought to be more than something we store in the attic of our spirit. Eternal life ought to be on the forefront of our minds, at the top of our list of concerns and the priority of our life. Eternal life, if thought of as a tool, should be the first one pulled from our toolbox. If we think of it as an item of daily use, it is the one we would maintain the best and would be the first thing to repair should we find it worn in some way.

The Bible told Timothy to lay hold on eternal life. He needed to do that as a man. Timothy, however, had a further reason to lay hold on eternal life; as a preacher, he needed to teach others to do the same. They could never lay hold on that which their own spiritual leader had not.

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1 Timothy 5:7 (KJV) Blamelessness Defined

1 Timothy 5:7 (KJV)
And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.

It seems to me that the use of the word blameless here helps define the term blameless in chapter three verse two. While many tend to take the hard line with its use in one case, it is obvious that it is not so used in this.

I see this as an excellent example of a place to apply the spirit and not the letter of the law. It is clear that, in this case, blameless means “in regards to” those things instructed in the context. As Gill puts it, “Concerning rebuking persons of a different age and sex, and concerning the maintenance of widows; and particularly that children provide for their parents when helpless; and that widows trust in God, and give themselves to prayer and supplication, and not live in sin.”

This supports the view that the previous passage should be interpreted similarly and that the bishop of a church must be blameless in the sense of those qualifications given in the context.

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Job 19:21 (KJV) How to Give Real Comfort

Job 19:21 (KJV)
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Job had said earlier that his friends were miserable comforters. At first they sat silent. That may be the very best thing they did. But then they opened their mouths and, in a guise of bringing counsel, they really just attacked Job.

Job speaks here and says that whatever attacks they pressed upon him was nothing compared to what had been delivered to him by God.

And then Job offers what I think should be considered the right comfort. His friends would have been wonderful comforters if they had pitied him.

• If they had been kind
• If they had shown compassion 
• If they had prayed 

All of these (which are implied in Strong’s definition of the word) would have been acceptable, helpful and appropriate comfort.

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1 Timothy 4:10 (KJV) Still More

1 Timothy 4:10 (KJV)
For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

The consequences of the apostle’s faith was, according to himself, labor and reproach.

I doubt that many of us would question that reproach is, or at least was, a consequence of faithFor the first seventeen hundred years of Christian history the believers suffered brutally. For that last three hundred years preachers have been telling us about their suffering. While the various denominations of Christianity will put a different spin on the suffering (they have to, their denomination likely contributed to it) few will deny it happened.

Suffering reproach for trusting tithe living God is about the worst any Christian in America and the greater part of Europe ever has to suffer these days. However, reproach against Christ and His faith is increasing in intensity. If Christ does not return soon the reproach may once again turn violent.

The consequence most Christians today may not have considered is laborPaul labored as a Christian for Christ. His faith led to service. His faith was active, vital and alive. It moved him even compelled him to travel thousands of hard miles to take the Gospel to regions beyond. Sometimes in the course of that labor he labored with his hands to provide for himself and his companions.

Not every Christian was or is compelled to travel with the Gospel. They are nonetheless compelled to labor to provide for themselves and for others and to labor in Christian service.

So long as there is even one soul in our vicinity

• Who hasn’t heard a pure Gospel message 
• Who hasn’t trusted in the living God 
• Who hasn’t united with a scriptural church and
• Who hasn’t been fully trained in the teachings of God’s Word

Then there is still labor for us to do.

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1 Timothy 3:2 (KJV) A Bishop

1 Timothy 3:2 (KJV)
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Every word of God is important and is worthy of some consideration. Even simple words like

• A
• The
• Of
• And

can have profound meaning to a text. They should therefore not be ignored and, as the Spirit leads, they should even given meaningful  study.

This text contains a simple word that is easily assumed and therefore seldom really acknowledged. The Bible says, “A bishop then must be…” It is very easy to read the passage casually “A bishop must be…”

Strong’s Concordance gives, as the first two definitions, the words “certainly” and “accordingly”.  For sake of meditation and study purposes then we might read the verse,

Accordingly, a bishop must be ….Because the work of a bishop is a good work, the man who desires that work must be blameless and etc. Given that the work is good work a man might desire it who is not qualified. Many a man has entered the work of the ministry only to trample the name of Christ, ruin the reputation of a ministry and devastate the lives of people in the ministry because, though the work of the bishop is good work, the man who desired it was not. Desire for the work is not the qualification for the work.

A bishop certainly must be ….This gives a positive association with the qualifications provided. These are not suggestions or preferences. It is not, “A bishop preferably must be…” nor is it, “Hopefully a bishop would be…” The verse says, “A bishop then must be….” It’s not up for negotiation or debate. There are no excuses and work-arounds.

Accordingly a bishop certainly must be…Let’s just believe the Bible for what it says. Those who desire the work of the bishop (pastor of a local church) must meet these qualifications. Period.

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1 Timothy 2:5 (KJV) Just One

1 Timothy 2:5 (KJV)
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

This passage is notable for its singular nature:

• One God
• One mediator
• The man Christ Jesus

For this reason it is remarkable to find such a plurality in the midst of it. Fact is, I think I have misquoted it for years saying, “between God and man”. The verse says “men”. Plural=more than one. I believe in fact it means “all men”.

One mediator is sufficient for all men. God, who is one, is appeased not by the multiplicity of mediators:

• Mohammed for the Muslims
• Buddha for the oriental people’s
• Spiritism for the animists

There is but one mediator necessary and only one mediator that is acceptable to God, the man Christ Jesus.

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1 Timothy 1:9-10 (KJV) The Antagonist to Sound Doctrine

1 Timothy 1:9-10 (KJV)
Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

Doctrine is instruction, teaching; delineated points of truth.  Notice here that doctrine is contrasted not against lies and falsehoods but against wicked acts of behavior or practice. That doesn’t suggest that doctrine is behavior but that doctrine induces behavior. It also suggests that practice can be an antagonist to doctrine.

It is common these days to hear a progressive preacher say something like, “We’re changing the methods, not the message.” This statement cannot be true for it is impossible but that the message will dictate the methods or else the methods will influence the message.

Behavior, lifestyle and practice must compliment sound doctrine, not be contrary to it.

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Job 17:15-16 (KJV) That’s Just Perfect

Job 17:15-16 (KJV)
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

Through his trials God brought Job to a place that I believe to be spiritual perfection[1], that is to the place where earthly hopes died and were entirely replaced with heavenly hope. Earthly hope is always

• Shallow
• Fleeting and 
• Tends to covetousness

Heavenly hope is eternal, certain and tends to contentment.,

God was not finished with Job in this world but Job wasn’t looking for anything worldly. All of that was laid in the grave. His hope was for what awaited him. And having this hope he could more perfectly glorify God in the world.

[1] Not that Job became sinlessly perfect for no man can attain that before heaven. But if a man could attain this it would be spiritual perfection.

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2 Thessalonians (KJV) 2:3 By Any Means

2 Thessalonians 2:3 (KJV)
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Satan, and those influenced by him, will employ any means to deceive the child of God.

• They will pretend to be spiritual 
• They will use persuasive speech 
• They will produce books and letters claiming some authority

Though the devil will deceive in every area of spiritual truth, the subject addressed here has to do with the last days and Christ’s appearing in answer to God’s promise.

On this subject Albert Barnes writes, “…there is almost no subject on which caution is more proper, and on which men are more liable to delusion. The means then resorted to for deception appear from the previous verse to have been either an appeal to a pretended verbal message from the apostle, or a pretended letter from him. The means now, consist of a claim to uncommon wisdom in the interpretation of obscure prophecies of the Scriptures. The necessity for the caution here given has not ceased.”

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2 Thessalonians 1:4 (KJV) Worth Speaking About

2 Thessalonians 1:4 (KJV)
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

Paul was honest to this church in telling them that he spoke about them in other churches. Our focus is never to be men but God. However it is completely appropriate to speak about what God is doing or has done in men.

Sometimes that thing is judgmentAs we see examples of those whose faith was made shipwreck.

More preferable is that which is graciousI would say that even God’s judgment is gracious in that it could always be worse and is intended to bring repentance. In this case though the grace has to do with the believer’s steadfastness, spiritual growth and patience even though suffering.

The challenge is to be an example worthy of mention. I do not believe any of us should be looking for a mention. But we should desire to be such a Christian that, if someone does speak of us, what they have to say is glorifying to God.

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1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 (KJV) Peace Among Members

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 (KJV)
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

The Bible presses the believer toward two actions regarding their pastor:

To know themThis of course implies much more than merely knowing their name and recognizing their face. Gill fairly turns it around and claims that the members know their pastor so that he may know them. The pastor can only do his work of laboring among them, leading them and admonishing them if he knows them well. The members of the church need to freely converse with their pastor so that he can know them well enough to adequately teach and direct them in spiritual matters.

To esteem them highlyThis has to do with their submission to him. To see the Pastor’s role as one of importance, to honor him as a man dedicated to the study of the Word so that he might more faithfully provide mentor ship and counsel, to esteem his work as a high one even if his personality is not agreeable to an particular individual; these are things the Bible beseeches us to do

I believe these two actions will lead to one consequence; peace among the members of the church.

It is telling that the Bible makes so many references to unity in so many different epistles to so many different churches. Unity is not and has never been the natural thing. It is always something that requires purposeful effort.

Here we find a significant key to such unity.

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