Issue 11 - Day 5

1 Timothy 1

1 Timothy 1:6-9
6)  From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7)  Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8)  But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9)  Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Have you ever sat in a sermon and afterward realised that, though a nice moral message there was no content, and no bible involved? I used to sit through exactly that in my school assemblies. The headmaster, a minister of the church of England, wanted to teach, even to teach the law, that is good conduct from the bible, yet he had no understanding of what it was all about.

Even today I have to control myself from vain jangling. Many times I am talking to friends at work and it would be easy to spout good words about whatever subject they are discussing, however how much more powerful, two words from the bible. Recently discussion turned to evolution, and I could have argued eloquently against it but stayed silent. In the end they asked my opinion, even saying, “what do you think as a minister”. My reply was short, “The bible tells us that by God were all things made (Colossians 1:16). All of man’s theories of evolution are theories, God supplies facts.” Effective, and no argument.

The law, the moral teaching of the bible, tells sinners when they are sinning. The rest of scripture tells Christians how to live. So challenge unbelievers with truth from the word of God, and live by the commandments God has given you.