We will now begin a study of the book of first Timothy. It was written by Paul to Timothy who was a bishop in the church and Paul calls him his own son in the faith. The two were very close and had worked together much. Timothy was staying in Ephesus in the place of Paul. It is obvious that the church there was facing many difficulties. Even the early church had false teachers who were intent on destroying God's church. Throughout history there have been those people who have only wanted the church to fall into sin and fail. These people wanted to be teachers, but they first needed to learn the truth. They enjoyed arguing about pointless things. Paul calls it vain jangling. It didn't profit anyone. It only undermined the faith. They claimed to be teachers of the law, but they didn't even understand what they were saying.
How often are we guilty of the same thing. We may be discussing fine points of doctrine or prophecy that have no real affect on our everyday Christian lives when we should be focusing mostly on things of greater importance. May God help us to have love for each other as Paul tells us to. Let's love each other instead of arguing with each other.
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