Tuesday, May 19, 2009

1 Timothy 2 "Huh"

Paul talks about worship in this chapter, about prayer and specifically about how we should pray for those who lead pray they are guilded by God and that their way is right, God wants everyone to trust in Him.

What caught my eye in this chapter was something that I had seen before but not really thought a lot about.  Paul many a times says he is the messanger for those who are not Jews, his task is to tell them about Christ.  What is interesting is that Paul is very straight forward in his teachings and speaks as if what he says is the truth (which it is) but what is interesting is that those he preaches to are non-Jews, those who do not have faith or a faith inconsistant with the God Christians believe in, certainly not inline with Jesus' teaching.  

Today we spend so much time trying not to offend, when we need to speak the truth, though we do need to do it in a non threatening way(not the same as offending).  But how is the hard part.

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