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“Dealing With Controversial Passages In The Bible”

1 Timothy 2

2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, ² for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. ³ This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, ⁴ who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ⁶ who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. ⁷ For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸ I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; ⁹ likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, ¹⁰ but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. ¹¹ Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. ¹² I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. ¹³ For Adam was formed first, then Eve; ¹⁴ and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. ¹⁵ Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.

The Problem:

-To often we argue over the unclear and ignore the crystal clear.

-We don’t know how to agree to disagree

How A Good Start Goes Sideways… (1 Timothy 1:18-20)

• We stop trusting God and obeying God

What We Pray For An Why It Matters…(1 Timothy 2:1-7)

• Everyone and everything
• Peace and quiet
• So that its easier to know Jesus

What’s A Man To Do…? (1 Timothy 1:8)

• Holiness and harmony

What’s A Woman To Do…? (1 Timothy 2:9-15)

• Background
• Is this for then or for now
• How I see it

What To Do When We Disagree…

• If It’s black and white and crystal clear – divide over it

Galatians 1:8-9

⁸ But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.⁹ As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

• If its not, unity is more important than uniformity

1 Corinthians 13:2

² And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.