1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER1

1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1: Do we need laws to govern us? Practically speaking, yes. The whole world and its governments are run by rules and laws. It is good if we follow these laws sincerely. Apostle Paul in this chapter says laws are meant for people who are breaking them and not for the righteous people. Because righteous people will follow the laws whether it is implemented or not. Hence only criminals need these laws. He tells this point because some people were preaching doctrine other than the gospel by stressing the importance of following the rigid old testament rules and laws to attain salvation and not preaching the true love of Christ. Jesus Christ by sacrificing his life for our sins has nullified these laws and rules. Because ,once we sincerely believe and accept Christ as our savior ,the holy spirit will sanctify us to be a righteous person. So then there will be no need for any laws and rules to govern us
In this chapter Apostle Paul advises his spiritual son Timothy to correct those false teachers because they did not know what to preach and were brainwashing the people with their own theories and stories. He wanted Timothy to teach them that justification of each person's sins comes only through unfailing and unflinching faith in Jesus Christ and not by old testaments rules. The end result will be the true love arising in our heart from good conscience and purity.
Apostle Paul says Christ came to save the sinners .He gives example of himself ,how before converting to Christianity he persecuted the Christians by torturing and killing them. But because he did these things in ignorance he was saved by the Lord's infinite grace. The Lord had enabled him to be the chief apostle in propagating the ministry. Even though Apostle Paul was an ultimate sinner he still got mercy from Lord Jesus. This sets an example for the rest of the human race. Lord Jesus has infinite patience. He is ready to accept any sinner whatever may be his deeds, if he truly repents and asks forgiveness and accepts Him as Lord and Savior .Once saved the rules and laws of this world will not matter for him, for he then will become truly righteous in the image of Christ