I find this one of the best treatments of the way 1 Tim 1:4 is used by some today.
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Originally Posted by Ohio
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What really troubled me about WL’s and the Blended’s insistence here was yanking it out of context. We can argue words, but remember the old adage: Text without context is a pretext for a proof text. This saying never was so true as with these verses. How many times (e.g. “a faithful word”, “shepherding words”, etc to start) have I read LSM articles using God’s Economy as a sledgehammer to beat others down? Concerning LSM and DCP how true is another saying: A little knowledge is dangerous.. Never think that LSM is gifted in knowledge from God because they exclusively teach what others do not. Knowledge merely puffs up. But what was Paul saying here? What was on his heart? What was his burden to convey to Timothy?
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The use of an obscure reading on a single verse to condemn every other teaching other than one's own teaching should be a red flag enough. Grabbing a single word and deciding the entire Bible must be read through the lens of that word as interpreted by a 20th century Bible expositor should be another red flag.
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Originally Posted by Ohio
Paul tells us in plain words: “the goal of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and unfeigned faith.” LSM loves to fight for “God’s Economy,” but they completely miss the goal. The miss love out of a pure heart, a good conscience, and unfeigned faith. How many times have I seen them totally miss out on love, and instead minister a spirit of condemnation which damaged many a heart, many consciences, and the faith of many.
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All the other red flags aside, this here is the only standard by which we need measure the proponents of "God's Economy" as promoted by partisans today: the plain words of the biblical author in context of the touted verse. We need not fear the brow-beating podium thumping partisans demanding fealty to their leadership; we only need to read the "goal of the charge" and discern the real situation with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.