Guard the Deposit: Paul's Final Charge to Timothy
An apostolic dictation showing Paul's final charge to Timothy: flee money-love, pursue righteousness, fight the good fight, guard the deposit. Includes the great doxology to the blessed and only Sovereign and practical instructions for the wealthy. The letter closes with urgent simplicity: guard what's been entrusted.
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Paul returns to the false teachers. He can't leave the subject alone. They are the presenting problem, the infection that threatens to spread, the reason Timothy stays in Ephesus while Paul moves on. And so, as the letter nears its end, Paul circles back. "If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, they are conceited and understand nothing."…
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