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🗓️ 18 December 2019
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:07.0 | Our New Testament readers finish their 17th book today and our full Bible readers finish their 56th book. |
0:19.0 | Today and tomorrow, Paul is writing letters to the young new leaders of relatively young churches. |
0:24.0 | One of the things that's interesting to notice is which information he shares with both leaders |
0:28.0 | and what is specific to just one leader. |
0:31.0 | That can help us as we try to learn more about the context of each church's problems |
0:35.7 | and or which instructions and counsel are universal to all churches. Timothy is one of the leaders |
0:41.5 | at the church in Ephesus which Paul planted. |
0:44.0 | Ephesus is the town where they worshipped so many false gods, specifically the goddess Artemis, |
0:49.0 | that the Silversmith Union started a riot over the gospel. |
0:52.0 | The Ephesians are so steeped in their culture of pagan worship that Timothy has a real battle on his hands when it comes to good doctrine and orderly practice. They are |
1:03.0 | bookended by his desire for them to have good doctrine. |
1:05.9 | They're proud and untechable and to make matters worse, |
1:09.0 | they want to be teachers and leaders. |
1:11.2 | But good leaders are first and foremost good followers. |
1:15.1 | You can imagine how intimidating this scenario could be for Timothy. |
1:18.4 | He is the new guy in town and he's younger than most of the church members |
1:21.8 | and here Paul is telling him to rebuke the locals who want to be leaders but |
1:25.2 | who aren't even obeying the moral laws God laid out and who don't want to listen. |
1:29.1 | But there's hope for these sinners yet. After all, God saved Paul. |
1:33.7 | His story is a canvas on which God's mercy and patience shines. |
1:38.5 | And that's his hope for the too many hands over to Satan |
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