Paul's Seventh Charge to Timothy
This is a charge to to beware of Roman Catholic teaching already creeping into the local assemblies in the first century and has continued strong right up even into the local KJV assemblies today.
I Timothy 4:1-11

According to verse 6, in order for me to be considered a good minister of Jesus Christ, these things must be 'reminded' to you.
 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things,
thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ,
nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine,
whereunto thou hast attained.
I have continue to be nourished up in the words of faith, etc. and so it is my 'duty' to pass on this stuff to you, as well.
II Timothy 2:1,2
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses,
the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

In regards to the Roman Catholic teaching being full of seducing spirits and full of doctrines of devils, that can be investigated rather interestingly and completely in the Satan's Garage section of this web site.  AS time wears on, it becomes more and more obvious of the poisonous teaching tentacles of the Catholic Church monster reaching further and further into people lives.

Speaking lies in hypocrisy is very obvious when you watch the catholic hierarchy operate.  Seared consciences can be blamed back to the catholic church bunch, as well.  Forbidding to marry and commanding to abstain from meats?  Boy, how obvious can you get in regards to being the Catholic system that God is talking about here!  The whole works comes from the Devil who has parked his seat in Rome - the seat of Satan!

This web site is full of information regarding our consciences being seared by doctrines of devils and seducing spirits.  No need to rehash it all here.  Just surf through the Touchet Baptist Church site.


vs 3
Forbidding to marry
What hypocrisy they teach.  (They don't preach, they just spill their love and vomit to open mouths)  Marriage is honorable in all Heb 13:4 and especially so among pastors and Bishops I Tim 3:2  A bishop then must be...the husband of one wife.  Forbidding anyone to marry on any grounds but those given in II Corinthians 6:14-16 is of the devil.

All Catholics are told that Joseph was a perpetual virgin, even though married; and Mary was a perpetual virgin, though married, and that therefore any priest serving mary should be a perpetual virgin - Clerical Celibacy.

The Catholic Church lists several reasons for this requirement:
First, celibacy leaves the priest free from marital responsibility that he might more fully devote himself to his (or her, in the case of nuns) ministry.
Second, celibacy allows the priest to expose himself to dangers without thought of a family.
Third, as a type of Christ in servant hood, the priest (or nun) should forsake marriage as a willing sacrifice as Christ did.
Fourth, celibacy is an example of virtue in a wicked world.
Fifth, by celibacy priests and nuns identify with the poor people of the world by voluntarily giving up a natural pleasure of life (The Theologians Answer Your Questions, pp. 189-190; Any Questions?, p. 154).

Biblical Response:
1. Peter and most of the other apostles of the early church were married men. 1 Co. 9:5.
2. God's standards for church leaders call for marriage, not celibacy!  1 Ti. 3:1-4; Titus. 1:5,6.
3. Marriage is an area of personal freedom before God. In I Co. 7 the Apostle Paul gave instructions about marriage among Christians. He left the final decision to the individual rather than dictating absolutes in this area. It is strictly an area of personal freedom and calling, not something to be dictated by church laws.
4. Any teaching which forbids marriage is demonically inspired. 1 Ti. 4:1-3.
5. Marriage is as holy as virginity. "Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge" (He. 13:4). Here we see that it is not more virtuous to remain unmarried. Marriage is holy and honorable.
6. To forbid marriage is to endanger believers of falling into immorality. 1 Co. 7:2-5,9,36. Catholic history is filled with the chronicles of priests and nuns--yea, even popes--who lived in adultery and fornication. One reason for this is the wicked Roman law of celibacy.
7. The Bible commands married couples to live together and not to forsake the marriage bed. We saw this in the quote above from 1 Co. 7:3-5. Roman Catholic tradition demands that married men and women disobey God's Word in this matter if they desire to be church leaders. The Lord Jesus Christ says to the Catholic Church what He said to the hypocritical Jewish leaders. He answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?. Ye have made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men (Mt. 15:3-9).


vs 3
commanding to abstain from meats
The Lord was clear here that this is talking about spiritual application regarding not eating meat.  The Bible warns that false teachers will promote dietary restrictions Romans. 14:15-20; 1 Co. 8:8-13; 1 Ti. 4:3; Col. 2:16.

Consider this comment:  When Adam and eve walked with God, they were in a protected environment. There was no need, until they ate of the tree, to decide between good and evil. But it is a proven fact that most, even bible believing vegetarians will go off the deep end spiritually. Why? Because the amino acids that we get from our meat protein, not just plant protein, gives our brains the ability it would not be able to do without that protein. Without meat protein, we would not be able to make proper decisions on what is right and wrong. That is why most of your occults will take away a persons meats!

Here is the eating program:

God ok's food in the garden - herbs!  Genesis 1:29,30; 2:9.  Man ruins it!
God ok's food after the flood - meat!  Genesis 9:3,4.  Man ruins it!
God ok's spiritual food - Manna in OT and the Word of God in the NT!  Luke 4:4, etc (honey, bread, milk, meat, apple)  Man ruins it!  I Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding ... oppositions of science falsely so called...

God solves the problem!
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused,
if it be received with thanksgiving:
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
I Timothy 4:4,5

Ask God to bless everything that goes into your mouth!
1.  Be thankful for it!
2.  Ask God to sanctify it!
    a.  by the word of God (line up with or read during?)
    b.  with prayer

I'll bet your table 'grace' falls a bit short of the solution, eh?


Now to physical exercise - even more flesh concerns?
vs 7b-9
...exercise thyself rather unto godliness!
For bodily exercise profiteth little:
but godliness is profitable unto all things,
having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.

Note:  Bodily exercise is not being prohibited; but it profits little!  The real profit the big profit, is in godliness, for bodily exercise profits only in THIS life!

Godliness applies to that life which is to come as well as the temporal life here.  Godliness can keep you out of trouble and physical strength can often get you into it.  Godliness causes you to sow to the spirit; physical exercise can cause you to sow in the flesh.

The Lord ...taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man Ps 147:10, so the strong man is not to glory in his strength Jer 9:23 ... neither let the mighty man glory in his might...

However, physical training and physical fitness are required of a Christian.  I Corinthians 9:26,27 if he is able to take it. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Even with a thorn in the flesh, Paul was 'up and at em' all of his life.  With whatever infirmities he had, they required a practicing physician with him during much of his life:  (Luke - see Col 4:14 and II Tim 4:11), he carried on like a trained athlete I Cor 9:24-27 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.  Paul even professed to be engaged in that kind of activity Heb 12:1-3 ...let us run with patience the race that is set before us,.  So, physical training and physical fitness are required of a Christian, as well, but not more than spiritual exercise!

Two types of exercise
I.  Bodily exercise
a.  keeps the major organs functioning properly
b.  Rests the mind and relaxes the nerves.
c.  adds years to the physical life
d.  aids in the digestion process
e.  tends to stop depression and discouragement

II.  Spiritual exercise
a.  keeps the individual from sin!
b.  strengthens the 'inner man' in the faith!
c.  enables prayers to be answered!
d.  keeps the individual in fellowship with God!
e.  lays up treasure in heaven!
f.  guarantees a millennial inheritance!


Just remember...
There are far better blessings coming in the future then are here now!

Why can't we wait for the gold? - and of that which is to come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Colossians 3:1,2
We are risen with Christ, why can't we seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Why can't we Set our affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

I Corinthians 9:24-27
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,
but one receiveth the prize?
So run, that ye may obtain.
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.
Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection:
lest that by any means, when I have preached to others,
I myself should be a castaway.

Philippians 3:13,14
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I John 3:2
Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him;
for we shall see him as he is.

II Timothy 2:12
If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

Romans 8:17
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;
if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.


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