Cheryl

Don,
This proves my point that a heretic is not a heretic in one secondary issue. The term heretic must be kept for those who are distorting the gospel of Christ. We do not have partial terms for heretics because heretics are heretics not brethren in Christ. I do not see how Matt can call me a godly woman and a sister in Christ and then berate me as a heretic and let others do the same. One simply cannot be a Christian and a heretic at the same time. Which is it?

Paul went from stopping the deceived teachers in 1 Timothy 1 to saying in 1 Timothy 2 that prayers are to be made for all men. If one is deceived then logically one should pray for that person not call them condescending names. Paul spoke about this controversy in 1 Timothy 2:8

1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.

Paul had already told Timothy that men are to pray for all people and now he says that they are to pray without wrath and dissension. Our love for our brothers/sisters in Christ will cause us to pray for them not to call them names. Name-calling is a divisive ungodly way to deal with these issues in the Christian faith. Anger and dissension are not God’s ways but man’s ways.