FROM SUCH WITHDRAW THYSELF
By Dick Ware
Scripture Reading: I Timothy 6:3-5
The Apostle Paul told the
overseers of Ephesus (in Acts 20:28-30) that savage wolves would come
in among them, not sparing the flock. He said they would speak
perverse things, to draw away disciples after themselves. Paul warned
Timothy, in this letter, about those who would teach any other
doctrine, or fable (1:3). He also told him there would be those who
would give heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking
lies in hypocrisy (4:1,2).
Who are the "such"
Paul tells Timothy to withdraw from in 6:3-5? No doubt, they are some
of the same ones Paul has had in mind all along. In 6:1-2, they
aren't teaching the saints submission and humility but to rise and
rebel, to assert their rights. These teachers aren't acknowledging
that God committed to Paul "wholesome words," "the
words of our Lord Jesus Christ," and "the doctrine which is
according to godliness" (verse 3). They are ignorant and proud
at the same time and are obsessed with arguing and debating over
words (verse 4). These are "destitute of the truth" and
teach that Godliness is a means of gaining this world's goods (verse
5). "From such withdraw thyself!"
Timothy was supposed to
save (deliver) himself and his hearers (4:16). He was supposed to
establish the saints in "the faith" (the body of truth for
the Body of Christ). To do this it was, and still is, necessary to
"withdraw" from those who cause the saints to "depart
from the faith" (4:1), who cause God's Name and doctrine to be
blasphemed (6:1) and those who bring about envy, strife, evil
suspicions, constant friction, and confusion (6:4,5) among the Body
of Christ. From such withdraw thyself, because we're talking about
eternal truths and eternal souls!
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