1 Timothy 5:1-2 NLT

Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as you would to your own father. 

Talk to younger men as you would to your own brothers.

Treat older women as you would your mother, and treat younger women with all purity as you would your own sisters.

1 Timothy 5:1-2 NLT

Why would Paul think he needed to write this to Timothy?

Isn't this just common courtesy, manners, how people should see one another and care for one another?

Since this letter is to help Timothy stand against false teachers in the church then that false teaching must've been infiltrating every part of people's lives...a bit like the influence of social media and the ideas that seem to so easily gain traction, or the insidious way that viewing pornography changes the way we see people.

Whatever was going on in Timothy's world, Paul needed to set or reset this baseline.

I'm wondering where my baseline needs to be reset?

Is there language, thoughts, ideas, that have taken root in me that are not in line with our God of Unfailing Love?

#new year

#resetthebaseline

#whatdoesloverequire?

#somethingtochewon