Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove before everyone, so that the others may take warning.
Summary: An elder who sins is a serious situation for the leadership of a Christian church.
What kinds of sin do you think an elder might commit? How would a person responsible for being an elder deal with being ‘reproved before everyone’?
Continue reading “1 Timothy 5:20 – A Warning to Others”
Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge.
Summary: This passage is an extremely blunt warning against turning our back on the Lord.
One of the things that I find interesting about the Bible is not so much what it says, but what is not said. For example, an Old Testament prophet might be given a prophecy, but we, the readers, are not told what it is. Then later, when the prophet delivers the message, we hear the rest of the story (1 Kings 14:1-20).
Continue reading “1 Timothy 5:12 – Serious Stuff”