1:8-9 What do we learn from what Paul tells Timothy here?
1:8-9 What do we learn from what Paul tells Timothy here?
We learn from this that before time began God saw ahead that man would fall from grace and that He would have to send a Saviour to save him.
He predetermined a plan for man's salvation and the Saviour through whom it would be accomplished - the Lord Jesus Christ (CP Gen 3:15; Isa 7:14; 9:6-7; 49:1-8; 50:2-11; 52:13 - 53:12; Zech 13:6; Mt 1:18-25; Lu 1:68-75; 2:34; 20:17-18; Jn 1:29; Ac 2:22-23; 4:24-28; Ro 1:1-4; 8:28-30; 16:25-27; 1Cor 15:3; Ga 4:4-5; He 10:1-10; 1Pe 1:2, 18-23; Rev 13:8).
While Jesus died for the sins of all mankind, only those who accept Him as their Saviour will be saved (CP Jn 3:16, 18, 36; Ro 3:21-26; 5:6-21; 10:8-10; Eph 2:1-8; Tit 3:4-8; 1Jn 2:2).
See also comments on Mt 11:28-30, 13:10-11, 20:16, Jn 1:12-13, 3:14-15, 3:36, 6:37, 12:37-40, Ac 2:37-38, 3:22-23, 13:48, 28:23-29, Ro 1:16-17, 3:24-26(A), 8:28-30, 9:7, 9:10-13, 9:14-18, 9:19-21, 9:30-33, 10:12-13, 10:14-17, 11:2, 11:4, 11:7-10, Eph 1:3-6, 1:11-14, 2:8-10, 1Th 1:4, 2Ti 1:8-9, Tit 2:11, 1Pe 1:2, 1Jn 1:10.