The first and primary reason that Timothy was to remain in Ephesus was to cause the elders and the people of that local church to understand that they have a solemn responsibility to be good stewards of God’s truth. This is the main thing in Christ’s Church, to preserve the truth and live according to it. And the people at the church at Ephesus were in danger of not making the main thing the main thing. In 1st Corinthians 4: 1, the apostle Paul says this: “Let a man so consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.” “Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.” You and I have been given this solemn responsibility today in this church as well; to be faithful stewards and administrators of God in truth. Well, what will this mean; to be a good steward of truth? To be a good steward of God’s truth, the pastors and people of Christ’s local church must fulfill the following responsibilities: 1st – The responsibility of guarding against all false and strange doctrine. (verse 3) 2nd – The responsibility of focusing on the truths that will really build and grow the church. (verse 4) and 3rd – The responsibility of teaching with the right motives. (verse 5)
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...