“And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.”
1 Timothy 5:13 KJV
Paul is writing for the Body of Christ - the Church - though mainly pertaining to widows but it applies to men and women who spend their time speaking negatively about others. Here, widows who go around from house to house as busybodies are only learning to be lazy, making their situation even worse by talking too much, gossiping, and speaking things they shouldn’t. They become far too obsessed with empty things that will not bear good fruit. Sometimes it is in the garb of prayer meetings where they offer to pray for others! Sometimes such conversation can delve into the dangerous territory of gaining illegal knowledge of the supernatural. The only knowledge of the supernatural that is available is through the Lord Jesus Christ Who explained, “I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes next to the Father except through union with me. To know me is to know my Father too.” This is our supernatural knowledge, to know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death; if by any means we might attain to the resurrection of the dead. Amen!
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