He who forsakes the pursuit of a good conscience walks in darkness and enjoys no fellowship with God.

There are no civilians in the spiritual battlefield. The devil opposes all who trust and follow Christ, and we must resist him since we are all soldiers of Christ

If Christ saved a wretch like Paul, there is no one He cannot save. No past is too dark for His light. No past is too dirty for His cleansing blood.

In a story like this, one would imagine this hero to be Ruth, who paid a high price to look after Naomi; but she isn’t. If not Ruth, then Boaz would seem to be it. After all, he is repeatedly called the redeemer, the go’el; but he isn’t. The redeemer is the seed, the ultimate David, the Lord Jesus.

The Lord gave the law for our blessing. It leads us to the Savior to save us, then to train us by revealing Christ in all His righteousness that we may like Him love God and love man.

The church in Ephesus was troubled with distractions. So Paul gave Timothy this charge to put an end to the foolish talk bombarding this church: command certain men not to teach strange doctrines derailing them from the purpose of God to sanctify and lead His people to holy love.