AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB DESCRIPTION!

 

Thursday, January 7, 2021

 

AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB DESCRIPTION!

 

1 Tim 6:13-14

13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: KJV

 

1 Tim 6:14

14 To keep all His precepts unsullied and flawless, irreproachable,

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           Continuing with Paul’s final words to young Timothy, we see the aged master delivering to his young neophyte a seemingly impossible job description. “Keep all of God’s precepts unsullied and flawless.” All Timothy was required to do was to be PERFECT.

 

           Squinting myopically, because we suspect we didn’t catch the full meaning, we see that it reads just as we first saw it. We are fearfully amazed at the spiritual and emotional “suicide mission” that is the Christian life and character. We sense that it simply can’t be done. We shall truly fail unless the teacher is kind and merciful in His method of grading. We search for easy answers for extra points.

 

           Looking a third time, we see that the Greek is ho entole, which means the entire injunction of God, or the whole of the teachings and doctrines. The purity of the Word of God, plus nothing and minus nothing, is indicated here.

 

           Verse 20 is a broader explanation.” O Timothy, guard and keep the deposit entrusted [to you]! Turn away from the irreverent babble and godless chatter, with the vain and empty and worldly phrases, and the subtleties and the contradictions in what is falsely called knowledge and spiritual illumination.      1 Tim 6:20 AMPLIFIED. Timothy! Know God’s book inside and out. Meditate upon them [1 Timothy 4:15].

 

           Do you know why a “tape measure,” as we call it, has a belt clip? It is so the carpenter may have it always close at hand. Many will be the times he will need it to ensure his cuts are the proper length and breadth. Paul was insisting that young Timothy have the Bible always at the ready.

 

1 Tim 4:16

16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. KJV

 

Thank you, Lord for the Bible and your Holy Spirit which makes it possible to live a life well pleasing to you. Thank you for your grace that covers our failures. AMEN