Hey fam, if we're honest, reading the Bible consistently can be a challenge. But it's never too

late to start, and we're in this together. Thanks for journeying with us. And here's your host, Emma

daughter. Thanks for joining. Pretty soon, we're going to start reading the book of First

Timothy. First Timothy, though it is a Pauline epistle,

it's also a pastoral epistle. And when you think about a pastoral epistle, it's helpful to think

about an older pastor writing to the next generation of church leaders, or more specifically,

the next generation of young pastors. And there are three pastoral epistles, First Timothy, Second Timothy, and Titus.

But today, we're talking about First Timothy. First Timothy was written by Paul to Timothy.

And up to this point in join the journey, we've talked a lot about Paul, but we haven't spent

much time learning about Timothy. So here's what you should know. He was led to Christ by his grandmother

Lois and his mother, Eunice. And when we get two verses into First Timothy, we learn that Paul

considers Timothy his true child in the faith. Paul and Timothy had a close relationship. I mean,

so close that Paul viewed Timothy as a son. Timothy likely started traveling with Paul on mission when he was in his

late teens or early 20s, which I actually find incredibly encouraging. Our society's expectations of

teenagers are pretty low. But Timothy, I mean, imagine a junior or senior in high school being so

well respected for his faith that all the church leaders feel great or felt

great about him moving out early and going into full-time mission work.

That's basically what Timothy did.

And eventually, Timothy became someone Paul would send out to visit churches, like we see in

1st Corinthians 4 and in Philippians 219.

And ultimately, as we read in 1st Timothy 1, verse 3, he later became a pastor in

Ephesus. Oftentimes, 1 Timothy is typically thought of as a book for young leaders, when in reality,

...