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🗓️ 18 December 2021
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.2 | Our New Testament readers finished their 17th book today and our full Bible readers finished |
0:17.4 | their 56th book. |
0:19.6 | Today and tomorrow, Paul is writing letters to the young new leaders of relatively young |
0:23.5 | churches. |
0:24.5 | One of the things that's interesting to notice is which information he shares with both |
0:28.1 | leaders and what is specific to just one leader. |
0:31.6 | That can help us as we try to learn more about the context of each church's problems and |
0:36.1 | or which instructions and counsel are universal to all churches. |
0:40.6 | Timothy is one of the leaders of the church in Ephesus, which Paul planted. |
0:44.4 | Ephesus is the town where they worshiped so many false gods, specifically the goddess |
0:48.1 | Artemis, that the Silversmith Union started a riot over the gospel. |
0:52.7 | The Ephesians are so steeped in their culture of pagan worship that Timothy has a real battle |
0:56.8 | on his hands when it comes to good doctrine and orderly practice. |
1:00.2 | They are wheels off. |
1:02.5 | So Paul's letter is bookended by his desire for them to have good doctrine. |
1:06.6 | They're proud and unteachable and to make matters worse, they want to be teachers and |
1:11.1 | leaders. |
1:12.1 | But good leaders are first and foremost good followers. |
1:15.5 | You can imagine how intimidating this scenario could be for Timothy. |
1:18.6 | He's the new guy in town and he's younger than most of the church members and here Paul |
1:22.5 | is telling him to rebuke the locals who want to be leaders but who aren't even obeying |
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