Wenstrom Bible Ministries Marion, Iowa Pastor-Teacher Bill Wenstrom www.wenstrom.org

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Wenstrom Bible MinistriesMarion,
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Wednesday June 8, 20111 Timothy 1 Timothy
45-All Foods Are Sanctified By Means Of The Word
Of God And PrayerLesson 78
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Please turn in your Bibles to 1 Timothy 41.
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In 1 Timothy 45, Paul teaches that the reason
why all foods are clean is that the Lord Jesus
Christ taught they were, thus abrogating the
dietary restrictions of the Mosaic Law.
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1 Timothy 41 But the Spirit explicitly says that
in later times some will fall away from the
faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and
doctrines of demons,
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2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in
their own conscience as with a branding iron,
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3 men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining
from foods which God has created to be gratefully
shared in by those who believe and know the
truth.
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4 For everything created by God is good, and
nothing is to be rejected if it is received with
gratitude
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5 for it is sanctified by means of the word of
God and prayer. (NASU)
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1 Timothy 45 is composed of the conjunction gar
(???) (gar), for and the third person singular
present passive indicative form of the verb
hagiazo (??????) (eye-ee-ah-zoe), it is
sanctified and the preposition dia (d??)
(thee-ah), through
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and its object is the genitive masculine singular
form of the noun logos (?????) (loe-goce), the
Word and the genitive masculine singular form of
the noun theos (?e??) (thay-oce), of God and
the conjunction kai (?a?) (keh), and which is
followed by the genitive feminine singular form
of the noun enteuxis (??te????) (in-deffk-cease),
prayer.
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The conjunction gar is causal meaning that it is
introducing a statement that presents the reason
why all foods are clean.
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As we noted, in 1 Timothy 43 Paul described the
content of the Judaizers teaching which
adversely influenced some pastors in Ephesus so
that they taught false doctrine.
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This description was two-fold.
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The first description was that they forbid
marriage and the second is that they command
abstinence from foods, which alludes to the
observance of the dietary restrictions of the
Mosaic Law.
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In 1 Timothy 44, Paul continues to address and
elaborate on this second description.
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In this verse, he presents the reason why the
Judaizers insistence upon adhering to the
dietary restrictions of the Mosaic Law is
demonically inspired, namely all food created by
God is inherently clean.
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He goes on to teach that no food is to be
rejected so that as a result it is to be received
with gratitude.
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The Judaizers prohibiting people from eating
animals, which the Mosaic Law prescribed as
unclean for the nation of Israel is demonically
inspired because everything created by God is
good meaning that it is inherently clean.
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Now, here in 1 Timothy 45, Paul teaches that
the reason why it is clean is that the Lord Jesus
Christ taught that it was clean, thus abrogating
the dietary restrictions of the Mosaic Law.
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Therefore, in verses 4-5, Paul is teaching that
the Judaizers teaching that one must abstain
from eating unclean animals as stipulated in the
Mosaic Law is demonically inspired because
everything created by God is good or inherently
clean because it is sanctified by the Word of God
and prayer.
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The Lord Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God
taught that all foods are clean and thus
abolished the dietary restrictions of the Mosaic
Law for believers.
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His teaching sanctified all foods.
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The verb hagiazo means to sanctify in the sense
of set apart something for the exclusive use of
Gods people.
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Here the words subject is each and every
creature produced by the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The term denotes that the Lord Jesus Christ set
apart each and every creature He created for the
exclusive purpose of benefiting the human race
and especially, those who have trusted in Him as
Savior.
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The noun logos means word and refers to the
Lord Jesus Christs teaching that all foods are
clean.
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The Lord Jesus Christ and His apostles whose
teaching is in the New Testament make clear that
the dietary laws of the Mosaic law did not apply
to the church (Mark 72, 5 14-19 Acts 10).
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The gospels and Acts both record that the Lord
Jesus taught no food is unclean (Matthew
1510-20 Mark 714-19 Acts 101-15).
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Paul taught the churches throughout the Roman
empire that all foods were fit for consumption
(Romans 1414 1 Corinthians 1025 Titus 115).
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The noun logos refers to the Lord Jesus Christs
teaching that all foods are clean from the
perspective that it is a message from the Father
in the sense that by the power of the Holy
Spirit, it is revealing the Fathers will for the
Christian with respect to all foods.
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The noun logos is the object of the preposition
dia, which functions as a marker of means
indicating that the sanctification of all foods
was by means of the Word of God.
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The apostle Paul uses logos in the genitive case
rather than in the dative case to denote means
since the former is closer to a causal idea than
the latter.
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He wishes to emphasize that all foods are clean
not only by means of of the Word of God but
also because of the Word of God.
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The noun theos refers to God the Son and not the
Father since the word was used with reference to
the former in 1 Timothy 43 and 4.
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This is indicated by the fact that the Scriptures
teach that the Son of God is the Creator and Paul
is speaking in the context of the creation of
each and every creature with respect to them
being food for the Christian.
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Also, in verse 5, the noun logos and the
preposition dia express the fact that the Lord
Jesus Christs teaching is the means by which all
foods are sanctified.
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Of course, by the power of the Spirit, our Lords
teaching revealed the Fathers will for the
Christian with respect to all foods.
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Theos is a genitive of source which means that
the noun logos originates from God the Son.
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The noun logos refers to the teaching of the Lord
Jesus Christ that all foods are clean.
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Therefore, as a genitive of source, logos denotes
that this teaching that all foods are clean
originates from God the Son.
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The noun enteuxis refers to prayer offered up to
the Father in a general sense without reference
to whether or not this prayer is intercessory or
a simple petition for oneself.
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The context indicates that the word is a
reference to thanksgiving offered up to the
Father in prayer by the Christian before, during
and after eating food of all types.
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In verse 4, Paul taught that the Judaizers
strict adherence to the dietary restrictions of
the Mosaic Law was demonically inspired because
each and every creature produced by God the Son
is undefiled.
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In other words, absolutely nothing is rejected
(by the Lord) consequently it is always to be
received with thanksgiving.
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Therefore, enteuxis is referring to the Christian
offering up thanksgiving to the Father in prayer
as a result of partaking of any type of food
whether it is designated as unclean by the
ceremonial aspect of the Mosaic Law or not.
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The noun enteuxis is also the object of the
preposition dia indicating that the Christian
offering up thanksgiving to the Father in prayer
is another means by which all foods are
sanctified in addition to the teaching of the
Lord Jesus Christ.
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If you recall, hagiazo referred to the fact that
all foods are set apart for the exclusive use and
benefit of the Christian.
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This was accomplished by means of the Lords
teaching.
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However, these foods cannot benefit the Christian
if they do not exercise faith in this teaching.
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These foods are set apart for the benefit of the
Christian by the word of the Lord but they dont
benefit the Christian if they do not exercise
faith in the Lords teaching that all foods are
clean.
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Now, a Christian wont thank God the Father in
prayer for these foods if they are not partaking
of them but they will if they do partake of these
foods.
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Thanksgiving therefore, implies that the
Christian is partaking of these foods and is an
expression of faith in the Lords teaching.
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So the sanctification of food has two sides.
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The first is the Lords teaching that all foods
are clean and the second is the response of faith
by the Christian as expressed by thanksgiving to
the Father in prayer for these foods.
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