1 Timothy 6:6-19

Ageless Wisdom

If you are reading this as a pastor, teacher or preacher, I want you to jot down how old you are here _________.  If you wrote a number less than 30 know this letter and this passage was written for you.  You are approximately the same age as Timothy himself, and moving in the same vocational direction as he was.  Pay close attention.  The three paragraphs we consider today obviously come at the end of Paul’s instructional letter to his dear young friend Timothy, yet contain some of the apostle’s most critical advice to a young pastor.  Believers of all ages will find these words invaluable.

Ancient Lens

What’s the historical context?

One word permeates this letter, where it is used…