1 Timothy 6:13
13 I give [paraggello] thee [soi] charge [paraggello] in the sight [enopion] of God, [theos] who [ho] quickeneth [zoopoieo] all things, [pas] and [kai] before Christ [Christos]
Jesus, [Iesous] who [ho] before [epi] Pontius [Pontios] Pilate [Pilatos] witnessed [martureo] a good [kalos] confession; [homologia] KJV-Interlinear
13 I charge you in the presence
of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the
good confession before Pontius Pilate, NASB
I charge you, are
words spoken by Paul to Timothy, but this is the Word of God, whose words in
total are spoken to each one of us individually.
In the next verse, we
will see what we are being charged with, namely the entire content of the
scriptures, the truths which God has given to us all, but for now the word for
charge, paraggello, is a dramatic order, a command,
a declaration.The
prefix, para, meaning before all things, the first
in priorities, and the main body, ago, and aggelos,
meaning to drive forward, or to lead.
In one sense, the
pastor or teacher is to lead his listeners forward, and in another sense, the
listeners are to drive themselves forward through self motivation, with regard
to their spiritual lives.
For most folks, self motivation
is severely lacking. They do not bother to crack open the Bible let alone
search out its message.Life is filled
up with far too many distractions that replace the importance of ones spiritual life, with the many worldly activities,
wants and desires that fill up most folks lives.
And yet here we have a
command, an order, of which if we disobey it, we will suffer the harsh
consequences of that disobedience loss or death. In the military, when an order is disobeyed
(a lawful order), then the soldier is shot.
In the spiritual life, when Gods commands are disobeyed, then the person, suffers the consequences.
And this is how you can
determine just how important God, Christ, doctrine and your spiritual life, are
to you.Do you have to have someone
place it in front of you day after day, otherwise you would ignore it? Or, do you have the motivation, the self
motivation, and discipline to enter into a daily study, and want to learn and
grow to become the most that you can be.
Some people in
professions are successful because they have imagination. They see themselves within their minds, they imagine themselves performing in their vocation
or activity.They practice and prepare
certainly, but more than that, they use their imagination and dream, so to speak,
to visualize themselves in doing with perfection, that thing they want to
do.And then when they actually go out
into the world and perform (whatever it is), they use that inner review, to
help them to succeed.They are
motivated.They have a passion for what
they do.They pursue it because it files
up or completes their life.
You too, can use this
method to improve your chosen activity, but more important, you should use it
to help establish your, self-motivation, for your spiritual life.
The Bible has made many
promises for you, but they will not apply unless you do your part, and that
part is stated in these two verses.
Paul states before
God, and in the sight of Jesus Christ.
God is the source of
all life, quickeneth. And Jesus Christ testified before Pilate, as
to His true identity.
The Bible is this same
testimony for you.
Will you believe it, or
will you dismiss it as Pilate did.
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