{"id":323,"date":"2016-12-14T10:46:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T10:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/?p=323"},"modified":"2024-09-25T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T09:22:00","slug":"daily-devotional-in-i-timothy-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/i-timothy\/daily-devotional-in-i-timothy-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Devotion in I Timothy 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ITim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ITim-300x97.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2173\" style=\"width:437px;height:141px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ITim-300x97.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ITim.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Artwork from a 1611 KJV<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ITim4.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>HEAR the devotion and KJV chapter.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Nugget:<\/strong><br>Many of the problems early churches faced are of much concern today. Those ministries had to deal with many that departed from the faith, followed \u201cseducing spirits, and doctrines of devils\u201d (I Timothy 4:1). Being today are the \u201clatter times\u201d Paul spoke of, this problem is very real today.<br>\u201c<em>Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;\u201d I Timothy 4:1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People, then and now, claim to be Christians. They may be; they may not be. At first, they make a profession of salvation and start doing something for the Lord. It is not long, and they are nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why did they wander away from trying to live for the Lord? They may not have been saved and only went through \u201creligious\u201d motions. If they were truly saved, they are still children of God, but they may have been \u201cseduced\u201d by demonic spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps those spirits caused their feelings to be hurt or offended their pride. \u00a0They may have faced an overwhelming temptation and succumbed to it. There are thousands of ways a person can be trapped into running in the opposite direction of obeying God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Satan and his devils cannot get anyone unsaved. Still, they certainly can make sure one\u2019s testimony is so destroyed that they are of little use for the cause of Christ. That is one of Satan\u2019s goals; unfortunately, millions have succumbed to his trickery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None of the reasons a saved person gives for not serving the Lord are legitimate. Nowhere in the Bible is there one reason any should stop living for and obeying God\u2019s commandments. All rationales for not doing what a Christian should are not of God!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWell, you don\u2019t understand. So-and-so in church said mean things to me, so I\u2019ll not go anymore.\u201d You may have been seduced, and a non-holy spirit knew where your weak point was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat preacher just doesn\u2019t feed me anymore, so I\u2019m out of there!\u201d \u00a0You may have been enticed, and the wrong spirits are giggling because they \u201cgot another one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not reading my Bible anymore. I just don\u2019t get anything out of it.\u201d A deceiving spirit may have beguiled you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf I live like a Christian, everyone will laugh at me.\u201d You have been seduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Ephesians 6 reminds us, there is a spiritual war going on. Satan and his devils try their hardest to seek one \u201cwhom he may devour\u201d (I Peter 5:8). Be wary in the raging battle and purpose your direction to always do the will of God \u2014 no matter the temptations and trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Thought:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\u201cSeven days without prayer makes one weak!\u201d \u2014 Author Unknown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Words to Understand:<\/strong><br>Expressly: precise; specifically<br>Presbytery:&nbsp;\u201ca body of elders in the Christian church\u201d \u2014 Webster, 1828<br>Seducing: entice, deceive another for one\u2019s own benefit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Reading:<\/strong><br><em>I Timothy 4<br>1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;<br>2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;<br>3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.<br>4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:<br>5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.<br>6 \u00b6 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.<br>7 But refuse profane and old wives&#8217; fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.<br>8 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.<br>9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.<br>10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.<br>11 These things command and teach.<br>12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.<br>13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.<br>14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.<br>15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.<br>16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Nugget:Many of the problems early churches faced are of much concern today. 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