 morning everyone and welcome to class before we continue looking at 1st Timothy chapter 4 can one of you please lead us in prayer please can I ask Stephanie to lead us in prayer sure ma'am thank you let's pray heavenly and gracious Father God Almighty we are so very thankful to you for this time of learning we thank you father for leading us from glory to glory and we have brought us to this day father when we will be diving deeper into your word we will be diving deeper into your truth Lord Father Lord enrich us today father let your word richly dwell in us help us to walk in in your word Father and see your glorious Lord ways being revealed to us father so that we can use this word we can walk in this word and Lord do a good service to the kingdom of God Father and and bring many to the knowledge of your truth for anoint past Selena as she is imparting the truth to us father bless her in all the ways and walks of life continue to hold her protect her keep her safe and sound and healthy father in all your ways bless all the students who are part of this ministry and group father bless everyone anoint us father to receive the word in its fullness and glorify your name through our lives we give you glory honor and praise for this platform thank you for leading us and guiding us in Jesus's name we ask can we pray amen amen thank you Stephanie okay so continuing from you know versus 10 11 that we stopped last one day we're looking at first Timothy chapter 4 versus 10 to 11 where Timothy is basically writing sorry Paul is basically writing Timothy instructing him on how to be a good minister of Jesus Christ he says you know you need to be nourished in the faith and good doctrine and carefully follow it not giving to you know teachings that are false teachers false doctrines and then he continues on in verses 10 and 11 he says in verse 10 for this end we both labor and suffer the approach because we trust in the living God who is the savior of all men especially of those who believe these things come on and teach so Paul is reminding Timothy that as ministers of God you know we labor towards this we labor towards establishing God's people in words of faith and sound doctrine so this is what you need to labor towards he's saying you need to labor towards work towards faith and sound doctrine and also towards exercising holiness in our own lives and when we exercise holiness in our own lives you know it will automatically lead people to live in holiness and uprightness and righteousness before God and he says as we labor towards this you know we will suffer reproach so he's basically the minding Timothy about what is his call what is his responsibilities what is his duties what is the calling the responsibility of you know of a good minister in Christ Jesus and you know he's reminding him about all of these things and he's saying hey even as you go about doing all of these things yes you will suffer reproach as you are suffering now you will you know you will be spoken bad about you will be despised you'll be hated you'll be criticized and you know he knows that Timothy is facing all of these things and because he's facing this he does not want to remain anymore in Ephesus he wants to come back to be with with Paul because his role here at Ephesus is very challenging very difficult but Paul is reminding him who he is what this is calling what is spoken into his life to the prophecies that he has received through his ordination and also who is a good minister of Christ and he's saying that even as you go about doing all of these things you will suffer reproach but he says we trust in the living God and he says it is God who will strengthen you God who would you know help you God who would you know enable you to do what he has entrusted you to do and what he has called you to do because he is faithful and he says you know because we trust in the living God who is the savior of all men so basically you know this phrase savior of all men you know even as we preach and teach our priority should be on the message of Jesus Christ it should a priority should be the gospel a priority should be about the person and the work of Jesus Christ what he has accomplished what he has did and how he lived his life here on earth the phrase savior of all men does not mean that all men will be saved you know in a universal way in a universalistic sense that's not what it's meaning here but it means that there is only one savior for all men and that one savior is Jesus Christ so many people take this and this phrase and say he's a savior of all men which means you know because Jesus died on the cross you know automatically everyone will be saved everyone will go to heaven no it's not talking about that it does not mean that all men are saved in a universalistic way or in a universal sense but it means that there is only one savior for all men and that savior is Jesus Christ and Paul is encouraging Timothy as he writes in verse 11 these things command and teach so we look at this this word command is actually can is translated as order so you know what Paul is telling Timothy is when you enter the pulpit or you stand in the pulpit to preach don't do it with speculations and opinions and theories of men but you are to fearlessly proclaim God's word you have to fearlessly proclaim the truth you have to fearlessly proclaim the the doctrine and proclaim it as and command is an order there is no other alternative this is the set thing and this is what should be done and don't give into the fear of man don't give into the fear of man thinking what would you know other leaders other people who are older to me were preaching wrong doctrines say if I talk about doctrines that correct their doctrines their false doctrines but he says fearlessly proclaim the truth fearlessly proclaim the doctrine even as you enter the pulpit don't do it with now just speak about opinions and theories of men but teach the truth of God's word the solid truth of God's word and the doctrine and what does he mean when he says you know command and teach these things so what does this two words of this phrase these things refer to it's basically talking about you know all the instructions that Paul has given Timothy versus one to ten where he warns him about false teachers he tells him to protect the flock of the sheep from false teachers and to avoid this Paul teaching himself and how he should discipline himself to godliness and also you know train others in godliness so you know he's saying these things which I have just mentioned to you about all of those things which I've talked about you know you know teach it you know command and say it as a command as an order okay and even as Paul is writing this letter to Timothy this instructions were not just for Timothy but it was also for the church at Ephesus because this letter will be read by Timothy to the people in the various house churches at Ephesus so here in this in this two verses verses 11 and 12 we see again the quality of a good minister so the quality of a good minister here is to preach and teach the truth of God's word preach and teach the doctrine God's word with authority and with the power that comes from the Holy Spirit okay we move on to verse 12 can somebody read verse 12 please quickly let no one despise your youth but be an example to believers and conduct in love in faith in purity thank you so amen so he says no don't let anyone despise your youth but be an example to believers in word in conduct in love in spirit in faith and in truth so you know Timothy was young you know just big 33 34 years old and Paul is encouraging him to be an example to the believers and he's saying as a leader he needs to set the standard he needs to be the role model and when he is you know living in godliness and holiness and reverence towards God and in everything that he does you know no one will look down on him because he is young you know they will not stop him and say hey you're young you don't know anything they're much older to you we have much experience you know they will just listen to you because you are you know conducting yourself in a way your lifestyle the way you do things at all things at all times you're doing it with holiness in godliness in reverence to God and it's alongside what you're preaching and teaching and what the word of God the truth of God's word is admonishing us or telling us or instructing us so he says be an example in word which means in speech what you say and how you say it it's also not just for Timothy but we can also learn as some of us we say hey I'm not a minister of Christ I'm not a pastor or I'm not a teacher I'm not a minister not an evangelist missionary I'm just a lay person but who we all irrespective of who we are if we are born again we belong to the family of Christ you know our identity now is that we are a royal priesthood of holy nation right we all are priests unto God is serving God in whatever in whichever area so it this applies to us as well we need to be an example set an example in our word in speech what we say how we said in our conduct in the way we live our lives the way we behave the way we act because people are constantly watching us you know conduct basically refers to our behavior our lifestyle it also refers to how we handle our time how we spend our time how we handle our money our family our friendships you know the way we dress the way we work our entertainment every aspect of our life you know we need to have a godly conduct in every area you know even when it comes to handling money it comes to our entertainment the personal appearance the way we look the way we dress our work our friendships the places that we go to for our entertainment all this you know it should be in a way that is godly that is you know is holy and but you know is shows our reverence towards a holy God like Paul says in 1st Corinthians chapter 10 was 31 you know whether you eat or drink whatever you do do it all for the glory of God so he says whatever you eat whatever you drink you know do it all for the glory of God sometimes we think hey it's okay for us to eat this or also for us to you know drink this but when people are watching us Paul is saying you know I might as well not eat certain things even though it's not going to affect my conscience it's not going to make me a sinner before God if I will not drink certain things even though it for me it's not going to break my conscience make me feel guilty or make me feel as a sinner before God but he's saying I'm going to do it because others are watching me and I don't want to be a stumbling block to others I don't want to be a hindrance to others so sometimes you know we need to watch our life and conduct so closely because you know you might you're a parent you're an older adult in your family there are younger children your knees nephews younger ones in the family are watching you in church you know if even if you're not teaching in children's churches Sunday school you're just attending church there are children who are watching you there are teens who are watching you there are young adults who are watching you and then learning from the way you dress the way you act how you come to church how you worship God they're just looking at you and they are learning so whatever you do whether you're even eating or drinking dressing you know the way you speak do everything for the glory of God so we need to model godliness in our daily conduct even in the areas of eating and drinking and everything else like for example Daniel right Daniel even in the area of food he it might seem very insignificant and very small for us but even in that area of food he wanted to honor God he wanted to obey God's commands and laws now he could have made an excuse saying hey you know we are in another country we have follow their laws their culture we can't go by our laws we are now slaves to them if you don't obey it you know we'll be killed why should I lose my life he could have had a thousand reasons to say yes to the food that was offered from the King's table but he chose not to and we see that you know God was God honored that God honored what he did and gave him wisdom and he was you know made an officer in the Babylonian court and was able to impact that nation for God in a very powerful way so we need to model godliness in our conduct in all things and at all times the next thing he says is in love we need to love God's people irrespective of who they are the culture their their status their social status their education background just love people basically because the basic commandment the important commandment is that you know we need to love our neighbors just as we love ourselves as Jesus said the next thing he says is in spirit us the spirit is you know the kind of person you are it's basically who you are your nature your characteristic your character that is who you really are so we need to you know practice godliness and reverence even in that area and in faith you know in our faith with faith walk with God in us just trusting God in in times of challenges and difficulties and at all times as well you know having faith in God and the last thing he says is a purity and holy living and this is specifically very important especially important for Timothy even as he pastored and was a spiritual overseer at Ephesus because you know Ephesus was was a location for the temple of diner and she had a lot of temple prostitutes there was a lot of immoral sex that was happening and and immoral sex that was taking place was a major way or means they used to please this goddess and they sought prosperity from her so sex and sexuality was something that was very exalted in the city was something was very prominent in the city the whole culture world around this and also kind of you know impacted the the Greek the Greek and the Roman world as well and so Timothy you know needed to know that he had to model purity both in his conduct in his life the way he lived his life his nature his characteristic and also in the way that he related with young woman he goes on to talk about this in the next chapter in first Timothy chapter 5 verse 2 and he says he needs to you know model purity both in his conduct with young woman and you know it throughout his life and in every aspect of his life the purity is actually not just an outward issue it is something that is a heart issue which translates into us living a pure life so if our minds our thoughts are pure our heart is pure then the actions that you know result or our behavior or a character will be a pure and holy so you know this is what is he says is very important that you need to be godly you know to set an example in word in conduct in love in spirit in faith and in purity okay so as ministers of God as those who are called as a royal priesthood we too need to model godliness in every area of our lives and when we model you know godliness in every area of our lives you know it will lead to you know provoking others also to godliness okay we'll move on to verse 13 can somebody read verse 13 please Susan you like to read verse 13 yes ma'am till I come you attendants to reading to exaltation to doctrine amen thank you Susan so Paul is telling Timothy till he comes and meets him again you know pay attention to reading to exaltation to doctrine so basically reading means the public reading of scriptures exaltation means preaching teaching encouraging inspiring and come bring comfort from scripture and doctrine means you know teaching and instruct instructing from the word of God so he says you know read public reading of scriptures exaltation is basically preaching and encouraging inspiring and comforting from scripture and doctrine is teaching and instructing from scripture so when Paul tells Timothy you know to be devoted to public reading of scripture to preaching and teaching you know it this was something that was very relevant or important in that culture because many people were illiterate and very few of them owned manuscripts not like us we have so many different versions of the Bible some of us have not just have one Bible we have many different versions of the Bible but in those days you know not many of them put own manuscripts so you know the Old Testament Torah was read to them and after it was read you know Timothy it was to preach to exalt which means to challenge people to apply God's word in their own lives and also you know to pass on the doctrines in the Bible by teaching them about those doctrines and we see that this this method of you know of propagating God's word was practiced in Judaism in the synagogue's Jews would stand up and read God's word then somebody would explain and apply the text in their context for example in Nehemiah chapter 8 where Nehemiah goes to Jerusalem to build the walls of Jerusalem we see after he builds the walls you know Ezra and the Levites read the Old Testament laws for six hours and explain it to the Israelites who are standing for six hours and in chapter 8 verse 8 of the book of Nehemiah says they read the book of God's law explaining it imparting insight that's the people gained understanding from what was read so this is a culture this was something that was practiced in Judaism and we also see that Christ did this he when he went to the temple he he read the scripture he explained to them look chapter 4 verse 16 and we also see Paul doing it when he goes to synagogue he reads the scripture explains it we read about this in Acts chapter 13 verse 15 so you know in the context of our present day in the context of our local church today we need to see these three things happening we need to read God's word we need to preach God's word and we also need to teach the doctrine in God's word okay so that was was 13 what he tells him to do any questions so far any doubts any thoughts yes Divya just had a like a comment first actually there was in 2022 I believe there was it's called Creation Research Institute and they held a one week Bible memorization the whole of New Testament people I think there were a couple of people around seven to eight people who memorized books of the Bible and they would just come to this this stage and they were just just out of memory they are they are saying the Bible it was very such a something great to watch so the public reading of the scriptures like so good there are ministries that in that really practice this they publicly read the scriptures and this this was where it's such a beautiful thing to really behold because it's it was awesome yeah one the fun whole week like that all the books of the Bible they were just remember just out of memory they were reciting yeah it was called the Bible recital yeah nice thank you for sharing Divya anyone else has any questions okay if not then we will move on to verse 14 verse 14 it says to not neglect the gift that is in you which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elderships of Paul is again here encouraging Timothy not to neglect the gift that is in him the calling that is in his life you know the laying on of hands is basically what Paul had in mind was Timothy's ordination service when the church leaders you know church elders laid hands on him and recognize God's call upon his life to serve in full time ministry to serve the Lord full time and also this event you know there were many people who prophesied over Timothy and and short Timothy remembers those prophecies the members that time and he was ordained and so he says you know don't neglect the gifts you know and he goes on to talk about in second Timothy says tear up the gifts that is in you and he says you know don't neglect the gifts you know you need to put them into use you know spiritual gifts spiritual things can be imparted can be received to different ways to teaching to sharing it can also be imparted to our association with men and women of God even as we relate to people or associate them with them fellowship with them you know impartation can happen from one person to the other spiritual things can be imparted to us but you know in irrespective of how we receive the impartation how we receive spiritual things it's important for us here to exercise them if we don't exercise the spiritual gifts you know they will remain dormant and you know will be of no use you can just say hey I'm baptizing the spirit I can speaking tongues I know that I have I can flow in all the nine gifts to spirit but what's to use if you're not going to use it you know to you know to make Christ known or to reveal his presence in the and his powers that people can can know that he is God and experience his presence and power and just enjoy you know who this God is and what he can do for them so even though we receive spiritual things through impartation you know to various means it is important that we exercise them if you don't exercise our gifts whatever it is not just the the gifts of the spirit you know other gifts like that it's teaching preaching writing you know or writing songs or whatever you know if you don't exercise them they will remain dormant and would not be of any use in extending or building the kingdom of God and bringing glory to him okay what's 15 can one of you please read verse 15 please Amen thank you he says meditate on these things give yourself entirely to them that your progress may be a bit inch too old now meditate on these things is basically not talking about you know the eastern kind of meditation where we empty our mind no but when we're talking about meditation in the in the in the Christian context when we're talking about meditating on God's word it is filling our minds with the truth in God's word it's filling our mind with God's word so Paul here this encouraging Timothy to meditate on these things one of the things he's asking him to meditate on the first thing is meditate or seriously ponder think about things that you know think about these things that he's writing to the him give himself entirely to doing these things and he says if we do these things you know you would you would grow and there will be progress you will see these things happening in other so Paul is encouraging Timothy to meditate or seriously ponder about all the things that he's speaking to his poking to him is going to speak to him about and give himself entirely to doing these things and also if he does so you know he will see growth and there will also be progress that he will see in the lives of others and yet he says give yourself entirely to them which means you know Timothy was encouraged to give you know everything that he has give to the work of the ministry or give it all you know to the to the calling that God has called him to put you know his maximum effort and when he puts his maximum effort gives us all you know that's everything that is required of him in doing so you know he there will be his progress and it will be evident to all you know people will see his progress people will see godliness and holiness and it will also you know will bring about change in the lives of others as well so you know sometimes you know often you know progress is not evident because we don't give ourselves entirely to pursuing God his will or to what he has called us to but here the word of God teaches us whatever God has called us to whatever field he has called us to you know we need to give ourselves entirely to it you know so that we can do what God has called us to do and do our very best and do things with excellence for the glory of his name and for the glory of his kingdom look at what Paul says in 1st Corinthians chapter 15 verse 10 he says but by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace toward me was not in vain but I labored more abundantly than they all yet not I but the grace of God that was with me so Paul here is talking about you know he he knows who he is but he knows his experience God's grace even though he was someone who persecuted him and he's you know and he's brought him to the position that he is now in because of his grace of God's grace on his life but he does not take God's grace for granted he does not make him feel comfortable and you know complacent and just sit back and enjoy that grace but he says even though I have this supernatural abounding exceedingly great grace he says you know but I labor more abundantly you know than they all because Paul is saying hey I'm here like you know an apostle I've done so much I don't have to do anything more but he says even then I labor more than all my co-workers were younger to me so Paul knew that spiritual growth just did not happen like that it is even though he knows a gift of God it's a grace of God but even though it's given to him you know as a gift and grace you know he needs to actively pursue it he needs to labor okay so some of us in the especially as Christian ministers we can get very laid back complacent lazy in the things of God administering in doing things you know we don't do anything that is new innovative they're not working hard because you know nobody's challenging us we don't have any deadlines to meet like in the corporate world we don't have to face targets and all of those things so things become very very easy for us and we can get into a mode where we can become lazy and complacent but you know as God's word says we need to labor we need to work hard you know we shouldn't have a passive attitude because Jesus God rebukes that in the parable of the talents we see that Jesus warned us against having a passive attitude with that servant who did nothing about that one talent that he received so we need to give ourselves entirely to the work whatever Ede God has called us to and you know progress in it do things with excellence so that our progress will be evident to all and you know and we can honor God the way we do things and bring glory to his name and also extend his kingdom okay we look at verse 16 and one of you please it was 16 please 16 verse 16 take heed to yourself and to the doctrine continue in them for in being this you will save both yourself and those who hear you amen amen thank you Charles so this is his you know the the last words in this chapter but it's not his last words it for Timothy but this is something very very important Paul is instructing Timothy to watch over his own life and what he is teaching he says take heed that means you know Timothy and every pastor or every leader a spiritual you know leader in the churches at Ephesus must examine constantly two areas you know which are of importance all of great concern one is their own life and the other is doctrine so he's bringing this whole discussion to a close in this chapter he's saying you know Timothy and all of the you know bishops or deacons the elders in the church you must examine constantly examine two great areas of concern one is their own life and the other is the doctrine okay and he says if you fail to do this it would bring danger both for yourself and for the sheep for the people the flock under your care for the congregation you know if you don't give heed to our own life the way we are living our life or if Timothy does not give heed to his own life his conduct his character his nature his and never life that is godly it might he might suffer shipwreck you know like he mentioned in the first Timothy chapter 1 verse 19 when talks about Hymenia's and Alexander you know these two people who suffered shipwreck of their faith they went away from the teachings a true to the of the word of God from the doctrine and also you know their life was you know went away their their entire whole thought process their whole life you know was away from God they were not living lighted but Godly so it says give heed to your life others you know you might suffer shipwreck and also he says give heed to the doctrine because if you don't give heed to the doctrine it can shipwreck your own faith you can go away and destroy your own life and also if you don't heed give heed to the doctrine no you will lead others astray and leave them shot of God's salvation so even as you know all of us as believers you know now studying God's word in detail we have a greater responsibility you know to take heed of the doctrine and to take heed of our own life if we don't take heed for the doc of the doctrine the truth in God's word you know it will you know shipwreck our own faith it will destroy our own life and also destroy others to lead others astray lead them away from the faith and will also you know leave them shot of God's salvation okay so Timothy's primary call here is to watch his life closely and watch the doctrine that he's talking about so you know he says even as you are preaching and teaching don't preach to entertain people amuse people and even just talk about practical things you know prosperity gospel feel good gospel or positive gospel so to say but you know he's saying present the biblical doctrine and the truths in God's word give heed to that doctrine even as you are teaching it and preaching it apply it in your own life live it out and then teach it and then you will not shipwreck your own faith and others faith so this is not something that is just for Timothy's for us as well you know so we need to study the doctrine study the word of God you know not just study it for knowledge sake but you know let it become so much part of our lives that we're living it and you know and teach it to others and not just teach what you make people happy make them feel good prosperity gospel feel good gospel talking about practical things all those are important as well but you know need to teach them the solid truth adoptions from God's word so as spiritual leaders you know all of us you know Timothy and the others and us as well we need this ability of self-governing you know with the help of the Holy Spirit we need to watch over our own lives and also watch over what we teach and preach and that is why it's so important for y'all you know for all of us you know not just to come to class and listen to lectures but go back and study those notes study the like what you heard in the lecture read God's word so that you're so well grounded in the doctrine so that you're able to impart it you're able to teach it to others correct the false doctrines that are there in your own countries your own nations your own places churches and when you do so you know it will just protect yourself it protect your life and also those who listen and learn from us again so this is what he closes this chapter by telling Timothy that he needs to give heed to these two important things his own life and what he teaches and that applies to us also you know as believers today any questions on chapter 4 yes Divya just based on this words right our own life to be an example so especially when there are people who are leading who are teaching they tend to teach maybe that you know the truth of the word but their life doesn't reflect it so is that an indicator for us to yeah if you go down the path you might end up there is it an indicator maybe it's the right things that they're saying maybe it's the right things from the word and all but you we get to see some things that do not match up so is that an indicator yes it's also learning for us that you know we are we be very careful what we teach because people are watching our lives just like you are watching that person's life it's an indicator hey people are watching my life so I just be very careful what I'm preaching and teaching I better not preach and teach what I am not doing or practicing and if I'm going to preach and teach let me practice that and then you know then do needs also an indicator that you know that person needs prayer so just pray and you know that his eyes are his eyes are open and they're able to see and not be blinded you know thinking that it's okay for them to live a certain way but you know it's not okay to come to that realization and that truth so they also need our prayer support because you know we are vulnerable we are all weak without perfect and also maybe need help can be spoken to by elders you know in a very encouraging way can be pointed out too so that person learns yeah yeah thank you thank you ma'am it's just like saying that those who teach will be held to greater like greater like standards right accountability yes but that's not me that we come to a place where I say hey I'm not going to preach and teach now because I'm not my life is not there and you know I'm not I'm not godly I have my own weaknesses people know my past blah blah blah should not stop us you know but should come to a place where I say yeah God you know I'm preaching this I'm teaching this but you know I've not been living it myself and I'm just asking for forgiveness and I'm going to make it a you know a practice to do this from this day on and you know do it so you're also learning we're all learning right so even as I preach and teach there are many things that I don't do and I ask God for forgiveness say God I'm gonna preach and teach this and I don't be doing it I mean slack in this area please forgive me I'm going to do this I'm going to make a conscious effort to do it and I make a conscious effort to do this so we're all learning we're all progressing and it's God's word that rebukes and corrects and trains us in righteousness and obedience but coming to a place where we over look at them we're just preaching and teaching is because our conscience is slowly being dead and we need to do something to revive that person's conscience yeah to speak to that person tell that person. Thank you Ramit, it really helps thank you. Thank you Divya. Anyone else has any questions? Okay if there are no questions we'll go on to chapter 5 can somebody read chapter 5 for us please and the others can all open to first Timothy it'll be nice if all of you can please open in your Bibles to first Timothy chapter 5 and can one of you please read first Timothy chapter 5 for us clearly and slowly. Yes thank you Rupa. Do not rebuke an older woman but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as brothers, younger women as sisters in all purity. Honor widows for truly widows but if widow has children or can children let them first learn to show how godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents but this is pleasing in the sight of God. She who is truly a widow left all alone has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. Command these things as well so that they may be without reproach but if anyone does not provide for his relatives and especially for members of his own of his household he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. Let every door be enrolled if she is not less than 60 years of age having been the wife of one husband and having a reputation for good works. If she has brought her children as shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted and has deported herself to every good work but refuse to enroll younger widows but when their passions draw them away from Christ they desire to marry and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith besides that they learn to be idlers going apart from house to house and not only idlers but also gossips and busy bodies saying what they should not. So I would have anger widows marry their children, manage their households and give the adversary no occasion for slander but some have already strayed from sin, strayed after sin if any believing woman has relatives who are widows let her care for them let the church not be burdened so that it may care for those who are truly widows let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor especially those who labor in preaching and teaching but the scripture says you shall not shall not muzzle an ox when it dreds and out the grain and laborer deserves his wages. Do not admit a chart against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses as per those who persist in sin, reduce them in the presence of all so that so that the rest may stand in fear in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep those these rules without prejudging doing nothing from partiality. Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands or take part in the sins of others keep yourself pure no longer drink only water but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. The sins of some people are considered just going before them to judgment but the sins of others appear later so although good works are considered yes and even those that are not they're not remained we did. Thank you. Amen. Thank you Starupa for reading Quastimony chapter 5. Now for purpose of our study we will divide this chapter into five sections. We divide it based on you know what is being addressed here so in verses 1, 2 and 3 you know it's talking about relationships within the church verses 4 to 8 it's talking about believers responsibility towards their own family verses 9 to 16 it's talking about churches responsibility towards widows verses 17 to 20 it's talking about leading spiritual leaders verses 21 to 23 it's talking you know it's personal to a spiritual leader and verses 24 and 25 it's talking about the outcomes okay so we look at verses 1 to 3 where Paul is basically talking about relationships within the church here in this verses he's instructing this young man Timothy how to relate to people of different ages even as he leads them all spiritual okay even as he's writing this in a specific context to a specific person and to churches at Ephesus you know these instructions can also apply to our own lives you know even as we relate to various people even as we relate to one another in the house of God we will learn how you know we should treat one another how we need to honor one another in the family in the body of Christ or in the house of God and he begins this section by saying do not rebuke an older man so this word do not rebuke the word rebuke the ancient Greek word for rebuke is not the normal word for rebuke in the new testament that is used here in the other places a different Greek word is used for rebuke but here you know it's not the same word rebuke that is mentioned elsewhere in the new testament this is the only place here where he uses the different Greek word for rebuke and so this word rebuke here in this in 1st Timothy chapter 5 verse 1 is basically meaning you know or it's literally saying know to strike at so he's telling Timothy you know do not attack older men with words but treat them with respect even as he would treat younger men with respect as brothers okay so here rebuke does not mean that you know it's a normal word that is used elsewhere in the Old Testament it's a different word here used specifically here in this passage in this verse it means to strike at so he's saying don't attack older men with words but treat them with respect even as you would treat younger brothers okay we'll stop here we'll go for a break and then we'll come back and look at the rest of chapter 5 okay thank you