Charity, A More Excellent Way - Part 2

1 Timothy 1:3 ~ As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.

5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:

Why would Bible believing preachers and men not recognize a overwhelming theme in the New Testament? We are the ones obligated to give out pure truth. It's the end of the commandment. It is a New Testament command if I ever saw one. Jesus, Paul, John, and Peter all spoke of it. You can have the truth. You can be bold with the truth. You can preach hard with the truth. But you will be doing it in the flesh if you don't have charity in your heart. Many churches rain down law and letter as if they were actually under it still. We know the law is good, admonishing, and exemplary. However it was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. When we step outside of our dispensation to preach for profit, popularity, or pride, our conduct is more complicit with the Old Testament. This unbalanced spirit has always reminded me of Paul in Galatians 4 and 6 dealing with men and keeping others in some sort of spiritual bondage.

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An addendum to "Why?"

Much of what you will see posted here has been a culmination of many separate Bible studies that were researched and written prior to the development of this blog, some of which were done years ago, and some more recently.

The core question that I kept asking myself is, "Has our current church foundation been laid on other well-intended affairs that have been practiced for the last 150 years in physical church buildings?" Have we been led down wrong paths of men even with the right intentions?

The theme that will be primarily discussed here are the traditions and codes of conduct that are being practiced in our churches that do not represent the New Testament, Jesus Christ or His gospel of grace clearly. This conduct and certain traditional observations often go beyond the intended effect and in the end reproach Him, the gospel, and even His Book. A person can deceptively claim to represent a revered Book, while misrepresenting Jesus Christ and His New Testament.

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