The Beautiful Diamond

1 Timothy 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, Christ is the one who gives us the abilities, on our own we can't do anything (Philippians 4:13).  When we try, we may end at the same point, but we are nothing but angered and frustrated.  We wasted all our energy walking when we could have been riding.  In addition, He gives us gifts according to where He plans on putting us in the ministry.  Paul goes into detail in 1 Corinthians 12 about how gifts from God work.  We don't need to compare ourselves and our gifts to each other because we have been given a specific purpose that is not greater nor weaker than that of another member of the body of Christ.  Yes some gifts and positions require more responsibility (such as the pastor and teachers), but those who are to be encouraging are just as needed (many times a word from them are needed for that moment more than a lecture f...

1 Timothy 1:8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, If we use the law as it is suppose to be used, everything works well and it accomplishes what it needs to.  Notice that it doesn't say the law is good all the time, just when it is used legally.  So when the people used to do lynchings in the name of the "law," it was not good law.   1 Timothy 1:9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for the murderers of fathers and the murderers of mothers, for manslayers 1 Timothy 1:10 for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is anything contrary to sound doctrine The law wasn't given to show the righteous how good they are (by not "breaking" it [this could be by definitions or "loop holes"]), but for those who break it to show that none of us are good and all ne...

1 Timothy 1:7 desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm. The people from verse six who left the path God has set in place think they know everything (or at least more than those who have stayed on the path).  They want to teach others what's right and wrong, be put in a position of authority.  However if they don't see why the path (from which they strayed) was put in place in the first place, their own rules have no value and they tend to contradict themselves.  They don't even understand the consequences of what they are believing and backing. One example that comes to my mind in the latter part of this verse (understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm) is the idea of the big bang theory and evolution to greater forms of a species.  I am a biochemist, but I am foremost a Christian who believes in creation.  In physics and physical che...

1 Timothy 1:6 from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk, When we leave the path God sets up and stop living out of love, a mask is formed and everything we say is for nothing (and no one cares about what we say).  Jesus tells us in Matthew 12:36, "But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it on the day of judgement."  Although saying something 'jus cuz' doesn't exempt it from having consequences. We need to be mindful of the things we say.  We don't need to set aside giving encouragement to someone to chase after the latest news of the town.  Words that don't have a purpose should be thought over before being said.  I write these things, not as someone who has mastered this art, but rather as someone who is convicted about how much I talk and the relevance of those words.    <3 God Bless