![]() God hates and is opposed to any person or any system that either sinfully ignores or takes advantage of those who are unprotected or susceptible to harm. They were alone, often reduced to poverty, and were easily taken advantage of. Widows were an especially vulnerable group, who often had no means of support and no one to protect them or advocate for them. Why would the church need to care for widows? In short, because God cares about widows. ![]() Only then does Paul begin his instructions on how to care for widows. Why? Because in a spiritual sense, these people really are his family and deserve to be treated as such. He should treat older men with all the respect of a father, younger men with all the affection of a brother, older women with all the devotion of a mother, and younger women with all the purity of a sister. ![]() Timothy is to take family as his starting point and to relate to the members of his church accordingly. ![]() Sponsor Show Your Support Become a Patronīut before he does that, he lays an important foundation by reminding his young friend that church is family. ![]()
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