Discerning Seducing Spirits and Doctrines of devils were part of Timothy's work. He was Paul's Son in the faith, a faithful minister to those in Ephesus. In these Pastoral Epistles the Apostle Paul relays direct revelation on the end of days. In the early days of the church, the temptation, persecution, and hedonism of Rome was everywhere. The Kingdom of the Romans and the Kingdom of God were separate and different, yet those who were believers had to be found in Christ Jesus to survive.