Unity In Substance and Unity In Purpose

# 4 Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 1Ti 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ, our hope, (1 Tim 1:1) God the Father and the God the Son...inseparable. They worked together in Creation, as we read in 1Co 8:6, “yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.” And they worked together in creating the Apostle Paul. It was by Their commandment that he was made, just as sure as creation was commanded into existence. Ps 33:9 says, “For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.” It's interesting that God is spoken of here as our Savior. We usually reserve that term for Jesus, but then, it is as Jesus said, “I and the Father are One!” (Jn 10:30) Jesus is referred to as our hope. We need both! We need salvation and hope. These two terms, “Savior and hope,” are key focal points of this letter to Timothy. False teachers abounded in the days of Timothy and they will abound until our Lord's return. These false teachers can sidetrack us and rob people of their hope and dash their very salvation! Paul writes this letter to Timothy to help him stand against any and all who would seek to rob the churches of their blessed salvation and hope! This letter then, will be most helpful to us today to fight false teaching. May it cause us to pause and consider what is right and true in Scripture, and may it shore up our confidence in the salvation of our God through the hope of Jesus Christ! May we always keep grace and faith the main thing! Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.