Day 155: March 21, 2026 – I Timothy 1-6

There are a lot of gems in this book of the Bible, but also quite a few things that are problematic. It is in this Scripture where we read that a woman should keep silent in church, which if we support this then you have to keep reading that it states that she will be saved through childbirth. That’s problematic, not only the keeping silent part but also the part that says she is to be saved through childbirth. How is that grace in any way shape or form? As a pastor I have seen the heartache and lived through others the pain that not being able to have children causes. Now we are adding salvation as part of that equation. It is quite clear that Paul is teaching Timothy how to run his church and this church has issues that are unique to it, that involved some women whom I believe are young widows and don’t know what to do with their time. As a result he comes up with solutions to problems within the church that address specifically those widows in that church and not all women in every church.

But it also contains gems that include not returning evil for evil and reminding us that God is in control and His providence stretches across the earth and the heavens. We are told to fight the good fight of faith, which in his second letter becomes a final acknowledgement of his life, that he had fought the good fight, he had run the race, he had kept the faith. But we are getting ahead of ourselves.