"according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust." (v.11)
Paul ends his urging to Timothy for his church's adherence to sound doctrine and the relationship between its teaching and the law with a praise to God. Paul states that the law is according to, or comes from the Good News, the Gospel. What Paul means is that the Gospel is the fulfillment of the law. Jesus Christ said, "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill." (Matt. 5:17, NKJV). Our wonderful God knew that his created beings would not be able to live by the law. One gives a commndment to another because that person is prone to break it. For instance, when I worked at the YMCA I was contantly 'commanding' my kids to not do certain things. Why? Because, if I didn't they would do exactly what they did not need to be doing. The commandments are there because we need them.
Our relationship with God is a lot like the above example. He created us and He knows what is best for us and so he has given us a map to follow in His law. He has also given us a mirror in that when we look at the law we know that we cannot live up to it. We have all sinned and fallen short of God's glory (Romans 3:23). Therefore, God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to earth to our sinners' death so that we may have everlasing life (John 3:16). How 'blessed' and wonderful our Lord is!
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