(2) Layers of two eras

The New Testament itself, together with the time of the Lord Jesus, reflects the state of the church several decades later. It is a figure of the church from about 50 AD to about 100 AD. In the past half century, there have been problems that have not been seen in the church. The church also had to deal with new issues every time.

First of all, Paul's era 20 to 30 years after the death of the Lord Jesus. From this time on, there will be more and more people in the church. As people gather, somehow new issues emerge and we have to work on them. Even if we live in the same faith, we can not live without each other's weaknesses. In the small church of the time, already the power and faction, the conflict between them, the affair and the slang, the difference between the possessor and the possessor, the difference between the possessor and the possessor, collecting the donation, the subtlety of the people's feelings about it There were movements, misunderstandings and doubts. All this is where Paul laments much in the letter. Paul speaks of discipline.

Paul call out in the letter that because we all live in the faith of Jesus Christ, let's get along with each other little by little, somehow getting along, so totally that's the Truth. It is this outcome in 20 years or so after the death of the Lord Jesus. After that, the number of people who gather in the church increases more and more for tens of years. A certain organization is made in the church, and guidance and management for that become necessary finally. This kind of thing, when only a few people around the Lord Jesus was waiting for collection, there was little need. The problem after this number of people increases is only at the level of the education or the character as for the person who is thoughtful and a splendid man who mutually give it up.