1Ti 1:6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
Swerving from--
1Ti 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned
Swerving from--
Love.
Swerving from love-- some have turned aside unto vain jangling. They want to hear themselves speak. Their vanity forces them to speak words that are not edifying, not loving from a pure heart. This means they can speak as if they do love, but it's not real, it's not from a good conscience, it's not from faith unfeigned.
These people-
1Ti 1:7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
They desire to teach the law- but they aren't teaching it from the love of God as it was given.
1Ti 1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully
The law does what? It reveals sin. Without the law there is no sin, right?
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
If you are committing no sin, you are not transgressing any law and if you are not transgressing the law you are not using it, are you? The LAW was made for the lawless.
1Ti 1:9 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,
1Ti 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine.
That sure does describe the lawless, doesn't it?
People who desire to teach the law must know what is at the heart of the law. Love.
Some may only see the letter of the law without any love at all. Many use it without love. In fact it is probably safe to say that many teachers, preachers, students, hearers, of the law would say love has NO place in the law, because love is emotion and you have to be impartial, not swayed by emotion but the law. Do you see the conundrum? They've strip the law of love. They've stripped God's law, and man's law of all love, preferring to hear themselves speak, to judge on their own without any thought of God.
Love is EVERYTHING, but GOD is LOVE.
Caring for everyone, caring for them in a way that goes well beyond the superficial. Caring for them in the way our Savior cared.
He knew the laws of God, He was part of those laws, His hand was in those laws of love. He knew why He wrote them - the moral laws that will never be forsaken, and yet He forgave the adulteress and told those around her who didn't want to forgive but wanted her blood to be spilled as their law outlined- he told them to only kill her if they had no sin. Did that do away with the law?! NO! It brought the LAW to life! The LOVE was reintroduced to the law. The men were forced to acknowledge their own sins worthy of stoning, worthy of death and yet they lived in no danger of being called to task for their own sins. They realized that while they were in no danger from each other, God knew their hearts and all their sins, they couldn't hide their sins from Him. They could NOT kill that adulteress without admitting they desired to be killed themselves.
Does this mean sins shouldn't be punished when they are found out? No. But it means compassion should be the rule, not the exception to the rule.
They judges that sit upon the benches all across America they have their own sins, and occasionally they are found out. The juries, the lawyers, everyone has their own sins they have to answer for, sins they need to repent of if they seek the forgiveness of our Savior Jesus Christ. Do they need to prosecute those that commit the blatant sins? Yes, it is a necessity, but they can do it from a place of love if they have God in their hearts. All too often they forsake God rather than love Him, and those they are prosecuting are judged without any love at all whatsoever.
This world is messed up we know that and it's not fixable, not this world. We live for the world to come, not this one.
As we go through our lives maybe not judges, or lawyers, or anything at all to do with our civil law, we do go through our lives needing to be in obedience to the moral law of God. We need to live righteously through CHRIST, and we need to LOVE others in that LOVE of Christ's, not our faulty, sinfilled, love, but HIS sinLESS love!
All by HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY, HIS LOVE!
Swerving from--
1Ti 1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned
Swerving from--
Love.
Swerving from love-- some have turned aside unto vain jangling. They want to hear themselves speak. Their vanity forces them to speak words that are not edifying, not loving from a pure heart. This means they can speak as if they do love, but it's not real, it's not from a good conscience, it's not from faith unfeigned.
These people-
1Ti 1:7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
They desire to teach the law- but they aren't teaching it from the love of God as it was given.
1Ti 1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully
The law does what? It reveals sin. Without the law there is no sin, right?
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
If you are committing no sin, you are not transgressing any law and if you are not transgressing the law you are not using it, are you? The LAW was made for the lawless.
1Ti 1:9 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,
1Ti 1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine.
That sure does describe the lawless, doesn't it?
People who desire to teach the law must know what is at the heart of the law. Love.
Some may only see the letter of the law without any love at all. Many use it without love. In fact it is probably safe to say that many teachers, preachers, students, hearers, of the law would say love has NO place in the law, because love is emotion and you have to be impartial, not swayed by emotion but the law. Do you see the conundrum? They've strip the law of love. They've stripped God's law, and man's law of all love, preferring to hear themselves speak, to judge on their own without any thought of God.
Love is EVERYTHING, but GOD is LOVE.
Caring for everyone, caring for them in a way that goes well beyond the superficial. Caring for them in the way our Savior cared.
He knew the laws of God, He was part of those laws, His hand was in those laws of love. He knew why He wrote them - the moral laws that will never be forsaken, and yet He forgave the adulteress and told those around her who didn't want to forgive but wanted her blood to be spilled as their law outlined- he told them to only kill her if they had no sin. Did that do away with the law?! NO! It brought the LAW to life! The LOVE was reintroduced to the law. The men were forced to acknowledge their own sins worthy of stoning, worthy of death and yet they lived in no danger of being called to task for their own sins. They realized that while they were in no danger from each other, God knew their hearts and all their sins, they couldn't hide their sins from Him. They could NOT kill that adulteress without admitting they desired to be killed themselves.
Does this mean sins shouldn't be punished when they are found out? No. But it means compassion should be the rule, not the exception to the rule.
They judges that sit upon the benches all across America they have their own sins, and occasionally they are found out. The juries, the lawyers, everyone has their own sins they have to answer for, sins they need to repent of if they seek the forgiveness of our Savior Jesus Christ. Do they need to prosecute those that commit the blatant sins? Yes, it is a necessity, but they can do it from a place of love if they have God in their hearts. All too often they forsake God rather than love Him, and those they are prosecuting are judged without any love at all whatsoever.
This world is messed up we know that and it's not fixable, not this world. We live for the world to come, not this one.
As we go through our lives maybe not judges, or lawyers, or anything at all to do with our civil law, we do go through our lives needing to be in obedience to the moral law of God. We need to live righteously through CHRIST, and we need to LOVE others in that LOVE of Christ's, not our faulty, sinfilled, love, but HIS sinLESS love!
All by HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY, HIS LOVE!
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