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Whereas 1 and 2 Thessalonians where the first of Paul’s letters, 1 and 2 Timothy are the last of Paul’s letters.
We first met Timothy in Acts 16. When Paul came to Derby and Lystra on his second missionary journey he met Timothy, a young man who was well spoken of by the brethren. His mother was a Jewish believer and his father was a Greek. Paul saw the spiritual zeal and the great potential of Timothy and invited him to join them on their missionary journey. This all took place just before they planted churches in Philippi, Thessalonica and in Corinth.
Paul sent Timothy on several important missions, including delivering some of his letters to the churches. With Paul as his mentor, Timothy grew to great stature in the early church and after Paul’s death, became the Bishop of the churches in the city of Ephesus.
Paul writes this first letter while Timothy was in Ephesus. Paul hoped to join him there, but wrote this letter to guide Timothy on how to deal with the problems there and how to lead the churches into greater spiritual maturity.
Paul had spent two or three years in Ephesus and while he was there a major revival broke out. It was like the early days of the Calvary Chapel movement, many thousands were coming to faith in Jesus Christ and the whole city was in turmoil because the gospel was changing so many lives that people were leaving their old lifestyle and was even making a huge impact on the local economy. Many who practiced magic brought their books of incantations and threw them into a bonfire. Others were getting rid of their expensive statuettes of the goddess Diana. It was one of the greatest revivals of the early church.
But as the church grew and the gospel made an impact on the city, spiritual warfare also grew. First there were attacks against the church and a great riot broke out in the stadium. More than once Paul found himself in serious danger.
Then, some Jewish elements of the church started introducing strange doctrines, trying to teach that believers must be followers of the Old Testament law if they wanted to be true followers of Jesus who, of course, was also a Jew. They tried to blend in various myths and the pursuing of endless genealogies which were so important to the Jews, but Paul saw them as fruitless debates of no lasting consequence that could cause the church to get off course.
It will take good leadership to keep the church from straying into the weeds and to keep them growing spiritually. Timothy is there right in the middle of it, given the task of being the leader that God would use to strengthen that church and to keep spiritual adversaries at bay.
Paul writes this letter to Timothy to help him confront the issues and problems in Ephesus and to strengthen him personally as a leader. This book has great spiritual application for anyone interested in growing personally as a man or woman that God would use for His purpose.

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