Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 Timothy 5:1-8
by: Jerry Johnson.
This section of Scripture teaches us the importance of taking care of those who are not able to meet their own needs. But first we need to honor our elders by listening to their years of wisdom—treating them with the respect they are due. Then we have an obligation to meet their physical needs. Sometimes there are no children available to meet these needs, so the church must play a part. Overarching all of this teaching is the principle from verse eight, which tells us that failing to meet our family financial obligations is in a sense worse than being an unbeliever.