peace to live by

Warning as Regards the Great Need, Part 1 (TMF:2601)

Monday, April 28, 2025
Peace to Live By: Warning as Regards the Great Need, Part 1 (TMF:2601) - Daniel Litton
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       The “everyone” Paul is referring to appears to be the collective group of unbelievers and believers alike. The way he says it in the verse seems to make that connotation. He says first, in the proclamation of Christ, that he goes about “warning.” Warning of what? What is Paul and Timothy warning people about? The need for a Savior, right? The need to be delivered from one’s sins through trust in Christ’s sacrifice of himself on the cross and rising from the dead. The need to trust in that provision of salvation or else. Or else what? Is it that God is going to ‘get’ people if they don’t? Is it trying to come into compliance with an angry God that is out to ‘get’ people. No, really, it is just the stark reality of the situation for everyone. Everyone has rebelled against God in some way, shape, or form, and is therefore separated from God. No real connection to him; no indwelling from the Holy Spirit. That issue needs to be resolved.