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Series –

The Church in the Pastoral Epistles
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Articles in this Series
The Church in the Pastoral Epistles – Introduction
Among the mysteries committed to the apostle Paul was that of the Church, Col. 1. 25-27. In the Epistle to the Ephesians he expounds more the great truth of the Church as the body of Christ, but in th…
T. Ernest Wilson
1968 Volume 19 Issue 6
Exposition
The House of God, The Church of the Living God
The key verse of the first Epistle to Timothy, and indeed one of the basic statements of the New Testament concerning the local church, is found in chapter 3. 15. Paul says that he is writing these th…
T. Ernest Wilson
1969 Volume 20 Issue 1
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Church Government
It is evident that at the close of Paul’s life he was particularly concerned about leadership in the church. The function of elders is barely mentioned in his earlier Epistles, but in the Pastoral Epi…
T. Ernest Wilson
1969 Volume 20 Issue 2
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Collective and Individual Prayer
In our key verse Paul says, “These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly”, i Tim. 3.14. “These things” would naturally refer to the four great subjects of the first three chapters…
T. Ernest Wilson
1969 Volume 20 Issue 3
Exposition
The Ministry of Women
I TIMOTHY 2. 9-15; 5. 2-l6; TITUS 2. 3-5 Prior to the advent of Christianity, the position of women in pagan Greece and Rome was decidedly inferior. As in Islam today, they were forced to lead very se…
T. Ernest Wilson
1969 Volume 20 Issue 4
Exposition
Discipline
Having reviewed the teaching of these Epistles regarding the church, its constitution and the various forms of its testimony, we now come to look at certain perils which threaten its doctrine and its …
T. Ernest Wilson
1969 Volume 20 Issue 5
Exposition
Assembly Finances
In the Acts of the Apostles, where we have the historical account of the foundation and development of the church from its early beginning in Jerusalem until there were many local assemblies planted i…
T. Ernest Wilson
1969 Volume 20 Issue 6
Exposition
Gift – Its Development and Exercise
It has already been pointed out that both Timothy and Titus were Paul’s children in the faith. He calls Timothy his genuine child, 1 Tim. 1. 2, and uses similar terms about Titus, Titus 1.4. It was Pa…
T. Ernest Wilson
1970 Volume 21 Issue 1
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