1 Timothy 6.12 - Pick Your Fights

1 Timothy 6.12 - Pick Your Fights

“Fight the good fight of the faith” (1 Timothy 6.12) - not a punch below the belt or kick in the shins fight! Paul used words, “he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead” (Acts 17.2,3). He carefully “spoke the truth in love” (Ephesians 4.15) – but he was not a wimp. There are two ‘faith fights’ – family and foes. God’s ‘foe’- not ours - does not honor Him as Lord, nor submit to His Word as their highest authority. We ‘fight’ for their conversion, praying they’ll become His child and enter His family by repentance and faith. Within the ‘family’ there are ‘fights’ for clarity - to rightly interpret God’s Word. We need to believe AND properly understand the Bible. We must help our family members more carefully read the Scriptures and more faithfully follow the Savior.