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Instruction about false teachers If any man teaches otherwise, and does not consent to wholesome words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teaching that is according to godliness, he is proud, understanding nothing, but has a morbid interest in debates and quarrels about words, from which come envy, strife, abusive language, evil conjectures, and empty disputations from men of corrupt minds who are destitute of the truth and suppose that financial gain is godliness. Keep away from such people. 1 Timothy 6:3-5 6:3 “If...otherwise”– compare 1 Tim 1:3, 10, 11; 4:1. Here Paul is speaking of those who are Christians in name only, but it can be applied to others as well. He is here emphasizing once again the importance of the truths Christ has revealed to the apostles. Some people say that their intellect and knowledge keep them from believing these doctrines of the Bible. The fact is that what causes men to reject the truth of Christ is not that they know too much but that they know too little. They may be highly educated, but in spiritual matters they have no experience or understanding. They are in darkness and ignorance – John 3:1, 9, 20; 1 Cor 1:18-22; 2 Cor 4:4; Eph 4:18. But even though they do not have even the beginning of wisdom (Prov 1:7) they may be proud and think they are very wise. 6:4 “Morbid interest”– Paul is speaking of the condition of those who are spiritually sick. Instead of accepting the truth of God which is able to make them well they show themselves ready to fight against it. 6:5 “Corrupt minds”– 2 Tim 3:8. A mind that opposes the truth of God is not thinking rightly about spiritual matters. A new mind is one of the great blessings Christ gives to us (Rom 12:2; Col 3:10). “Destitute of the truth”– the truth was before them. They had heard it and professed to believe it. But they had let Satan take away the truth from their minds. Compare Matt 13:18-19. Observe how some who call themselves Christians reveal their corrupt minds – to them their profession of Christianity is only a means to get money or some other benefit. See Acts 8:18-23; John 12:6; 2 Pet 2:15; Jude 11. Instead of leaving everything they have for Christ (Luke 14:25-27, 33; Phil 3:8) they desire to take whatever they can from Christ’s people. It is a horrible thing that people in churches and Christian organizations show this kind of mind. Some are willing to lie, cheat, and deceive in order to get money, or to steal it outright. They have forgotten (if they ever knew) that it is far better to be a poor man than a liar (Prov 19:22). Contentment with what one has But godliness with contentment is great gain. 6:6 Phil 4:11-12; Heb 13:5. Christ’s believers should desire to be rich not in material things but in spiritual. Only in these is their eternal benefit (Matt 6:19-21). Contentment is the result of confidence and trust in God. The way to contentment is believing that God has put us in the place and position and circumstances He knows are best for us and has given us what He knows we should have, neither more nor less. Contentment will keep us from complaining, and from going after greedy desires (which are the same as idolatry – Eph 5:5; Col 3:5). It will keep us from allowing material things to rule us. Contentment is a very important quality in a servant of Christ. Refusing to be contented is the same as criticizing God’s ways and His behavior toward us. It leads to the sin of murmuring against God. Compare Ex 14:11-12; 15:22-24; 16:2-3,8; Num 14:3. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 6:7 Job 1:21; Ps 49:16-20; Eccl 5:15. During our time on this earth the only things we can store up are the things we send to heaven before us (Matt 6:19-21). So having food and clothing let us be content with that. 6:8 Paul means the things that are really essential to life. Here he does not even speak of a house of one’s own – possibly because one can live his whole life on earth without owning a house. 1 Timothy 6:6-8 The danger of loving money But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful desires which drown men in destruction and ruin. 6:9 People (including some Christians) may think that running after money is a very wise thing to do. But such people are terribly deceived, and are in the way that leads to destruction. Desire for riches is a trap laid by the devil, a temptation he puts to ruin us. This desire never brings contentment, but only increases as possessions increase and at last it leads to destruction (Matt 7:13; 2 Thess 1:8-9; Ps 49:20; 73:18-19). Consider some Bible examples of this – Balaam (2 Pet 2:15), Gehazi (2 Kings 5:20-27), Judas (Matt 26:14-16; John 12:4-6). Do we want to end up as they did? If not, let us not permit desires like theirs to rule us. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. Some while coveting it have gone astray from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 6:10 The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil because it turns us away from God and spiritual matters to material things, and lets them have power over us. See Matt 6:22-24. Love of money is actually hatred toward God. If we keep the command in Matt 22:37 there will be no room in our hearts for the love of money. On the other hand if we allow the love of money to possess us there will be no room in our hearts for the love of God. One of the sins (possibly the principal sin) that made Judas Iscariot like a demon was the love of money (John 6:70-71; 12:6; Matt 26:14-16). If we have any spiritual understanding, any sense at all, will we want to follow that path? 1 Timothy 6:9-10 “Gone astray from the faith”– v 21; 1 Tim 1:19; 4:1, 6; 5:8. Those whose God is money will not have any desire to follow the way of Christ, and will go off to wander in their own ways. “Pierced...sorrows”– running after money is the same as chasing after grief and misery. The rewards wealth gives its lovers are sadness, delusion, dissatisfaction, and eternal loss and ruin. See Jam 5:1-3; Matt 19:22; Luke 6:24-25; 12:16-21; 16:19-31. What believers should pursue But you, O man of God, flee from these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness. 6:11 Every servant of Christ, every believer must flee from the temptation to go after money and property. If they do not they are likely to fall into the trap of the devil (v 9). Let every one of us turn our back to all of that and go after the true riches Paul speaks of here – the fruit of God’s Spirit (Gal 5:22-23). If we do so we will not need to worry about the necessities of life (Matt 6:33; Phil 4:19), and will have contentment along with them. 1 Timothy 6:11 Fighting the good fight of faith Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which also you were called, and have made a good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I charge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and in the presence of Christ Jesus who, standing before Pontius Pilate, gave witness in a good confession, that you keep this command without spot, blamelessly, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Timothy 6:12-14 6:12 “Fight”– Eph 6:10-18; 1 Cor 9:26; 2 Tim 4:7. “Lay hold”– God has placed the blessings of eternal life within our reach but we must take them for ourselves. The true Christian life is true life, not merely existing without purpose. God has given us many blessings in Christ (Eph 1:3), but we must realize they are ours, claim them, and make use of them. “Eternal life”– v 19. Note at John 3:16. “Good confession”– compare Matt 10:32-33; Rom 10:9-10; 1 John 4:15. “Gives life”– Acts 17:25. “Pilate”– Matt 27:2. In John 18:36-37 see the good confession Christ gave. 6:14 “Command”– perhaps here Paul means the whole way of life that Christ appointed for His disciples. Certainly that is the theme in verses 11,12. “Appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ”– the second coming of Christ (2 Tim 4:1, 8; Titus 2:13; Heb 9:28; Matt 24:30-31; Acts 1:11). 2 Timothy 4:1 The chief work of Christ’ servants, and how people will be 1 Therefore I give you this charge in the presence of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom: 4:1 How very solemnly Paul now speaks. He has something of very great importance to say. “Judge”– John 5:27; Acts 17:31; Rom 2:16; 1 Cor 4:5; 2 Cor 5:10. “Appearing”– v 8; 1 Tim 6:14; Titus 2:13; Heb 9:28. “Kingdom”– Matt 4:17; 13:11; 19:28; 25:34; Luke 19:11-12; Acts 1:3, 6. 2 Timothy 4:8 8 Now there is reserved for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me in that day📖, and not to me only, but also to all those who love his appearing. 4:8 “Crown”– the Greek word used here (and in Phil 4:1; 1 Thess 2:19; Jam 1:12; 1 Pet 5:4; Rev 2:10; 3:11) does not mean the sort of crown kings wear. It means a wreath made of leaves which was given to the winners in athletic contests in those days. Paul, his race over, looked forward to his “crown”. Compare 1 Cor 9:25. Crown of righteousness means a crown which is the reward of the kind of righteous life he lived, a reward for fighting against unrighteousness, running a righteous race and keeping the righteous faith. Concerning crowns see the references given above. “That day”– 2 Tim 1:12, 18; 2 Thess 1:10. “Love his appearing”– what is the connection between a crown of righteousness and loving Christ’s appearing? Only those who are living righteous lives will long for Christ to come again. And those who want Him to return will purify themselves. See 1 John 3:2-3. It is not enough to know about His coming and talk and preach about it. To earn the crown of righteousness we must earnestly desire it. Titus 2:13 13 as we look for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, 2:13 “The blessed hope”– notes on hope at Rom 5:2; 8:24-25. Christ Himself is our hope (Col 1:27; 1 Tim 1:1) and will be the fulfillment of all we as believers desire. His coming will be a blessed time, a happy time for those who are saved by grace. “Glorious appearing”– this could also be translated “appearing of the glory”. See Matt 16:27; 24:30; 25:31. Observe closely that Paul says that he and other believers looked for the appearance of Christ in glory. This does not suggest a secret rapture. “Our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ”– this translation is in accordance with the Greek here and with the teaching of the whole New Testament concerning Christ. See references at Phil 2:6. In the Old Testament the LORD (Jehovah God) is the Saviour (Isa 49:26; 60:16). In the New Testament the Lord Jesus is the Saviour. In other words, Jesus is the incarnation of Jehovah. See note at Luke 2:11. Hebrews 9:28 28 so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many. And to those who look for him he will appear the second time for salvation, without bearing sin. 9:11-28 The writer takes up again the subject of Christ as high priest and shows how His ministry accomplishes what all the activities of the priests under the old covenant did not accomplish. 9:28 “The sins of many”– Isa 53:11; Matt 26:28. Compare John 1:29; 2 Cor 5:14; John 3:16; 1 John 2:2. Though Jesus died for the whole world only those who receive Him by faith have the forgiveness of sins. “Second time”– see references at John 14:3. In this verse “salvation” means the final salvation of believers, viewed here as something future. It is like an inheritance to be received hereafter – Heb 1:14; Rom 8:23-24; 1 Pet 1:4-5. Believers are saved already from the penalty of sin, from condemnation and hell. They are being saved from the power of sin (Matt 1:21; John 5:24; Rom 8:1-4; 1 Cor 1:21). They will be saved from the presence of sin and its effects, and obtain complete salvation of spirit, soul, and body. Notice the words “Those who look for him” – Matt 24:42-51. This means to look forward with hope for His appearance. Compare Titus 2:13. On the day of atonement (Leviticus chapter 16) after the high priest entered the Most Holy Place the people of God waited outside for His appearance. Jesus has entered the true Most Holy Place, heaven itself. Outside, on the earth, His people wait for Him. This suggests that this entire age between the first and second comings of Christ is like a great day of atonement. Matthew 24:30-31 30 And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in the sky. And then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather his chosen from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 24:31 Compare Matt 13:30, 41-43. “Clouds”– Matt 26:64; Dan 7:13; 1 Thess 4:17; Rev 1:7. Christ's second coming will be quite unlike His first coming. Then He laid aside His glory and came in meekness and seeming helplessness – Phil 2:5-8. “Angels”– Gen 16:7. “Trumpet”– 1 Cor 15:52; 1 Thess 4:16; Rev 11:15. Paul taught that the catching up of Christ's church to meet Christ in the air will be at the “last” trumpet. “Chosen”– John 6:37; 17:2, 6; Rom 8:33; Eph 1:4; Col 3:13; 2 Tim 2:10; Titus 1:1; 1 Pet 1:2. “Chosen” or “elect” is a name for believers now in this Church age (in the Old Testament the whole nation of Israel was “elect”, chosen of God – Isa 45:4; 65:9). Observe that Jesus mentions “winds” and “heavens” in this gathering of the elect, but says nothing of “earth”. Does this suggest that these elect are somewhere above the earth? Not necessarily – compare Neh 1:9; Deut 30:4; Isa 13:5. It seems this was not an uncommon way of speaking then when referring to an event on earth. And compare Mark 13:27, where the word “earth” is used. On “the four winds” see Dan 7:2; 8:8; 11:4. Acts 1:11 11 And they said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same manner as you have seen him go into heaven”. 1:11 These words seem to mean something like this: Jesus was going into heaven and would remain there for a time. He would not immediately come back so there was no reason for them to stand there looking for Him. In the meantime there were things they should be doing. On Christ’s second coming see Matt 24:30; 26:64; Mark 13:26; Luke 21:27; John 14:3.