Monday, November 16, 2009

1 Timothy 2

I noticed three things in this chapter as I read this time. One is, Christ desires all men to be saved. Not a few. All men. Evangelicals will tell you that a person is condemned to hell if they do not, in this life, confess Jesus as their Savior. This means that the vast majority of God’s children will end up in hell under the domination of Satan. That would make God a failure and Satan a success. I cannot accept that. It doesn’t make sense spiritually and it doesn’t make sense logically.

Second, Paul says there is “one God and one mediator between God and men… Jesus Christ.” Two separate beings. Not one.

Third, men are to be prayerful at all times. Women are, according to the Greek, to be modest and not dress in an immodest fashion. They should dress (adorn) themselves with godlike works. I will always maintain that the most spiritual members of the church, the ones who do the most important work and are the most godlike, are the women. The priesthood provides the administration and the ordinances, the women minister to the needs. Men tend to seek position and authority. Women tend to seek out those in need of help.

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