1 Timothy 6:20-21 (ESV)
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent
babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,” for by
professing it some have swerved from the faith. Grace be with you.
With the words above Paul finishes his first letter to Pastor Timothy. He
has warned Timothy of two grave errors. One is the love of riches that distracts
and draws away from the faith. The other is a fascination with arguing over
words and minor details. There is an arrogance in some that separates them from
other believers because others are “blind” to the great insight they have
through the “correct” interpretation of a particular word. I recently read an
article that claimed that our Bible translations were wrong because the
translated Yeshua as Jesus. It implied that if we were wrong
about that, what other mistakes might we have made. It a silly argument. Every
pastor I know will tell you that the name Jesus is Iesous, which is the
Greek version of the Hebrew name Yeshua and means YHWH or Jehovah is savior.
There is no mistake or mistranslation there and arguing over things like that
distract us from the truth of the gospel that has been entrusted to us. Timothy
was to guard the deposit entrusted to him. That deposit seems to be the body of
truth he had been taught, particularly the gospel and the holiness of life that
flows out of it. Let’s not get caught up in trivialities that feed our ego, nor
money and stuff that feed our flesh. Rather let us find our contentment in Christ
and rest in his truth.
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