Tag: 2 Timothy

[:en]In his final letter to Timothy, Paul gave this charge:  Preach the word, be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction (v. 2).   He warned him that time will come when teachers will not preach sound doctrine and instead twist the truth and say… Continue reading [:en]2 Timothy 4[:]

[:en]GODLINESS IN THE LAST DAYS (vs. 1-9) “Last days” refers to the time when Jesus was resurrected and the Holy Spirit came upon the believers at Pentecost.  It will continue until Christ’s second coming.  That means we are now living in the “last days”. Paul gave a list of society’s behavior as follows: Lovers of… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Timothy 3[:]

[:en]We should trust God to give us strength in doing His work.  Equip disciples to pass on their faith and make disciples of others. Paul gave 3 comparisons for us to achieve our goal of gloriying God and winning people to Christ  As a soldier – one has to give up worldly pleasures and endure… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Timothy 2[:]

[:en]Paul wrote the second letter to Timothy on how to lead a church and warned him to stay away from false teachers. ENCOURAGEMENT TO BE FAITHFUL (vs. 3-18) Timothy’s mother Eunice  and grandmother Lois were early Christian converts in their home city of Lystra. (Acts 16:41)  They had communicated their strong Christian faith to Timothy… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Timothy 1[:]

[:en]Final message of Paul to Timothy:  Preach the word, be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage — with great patience and careful instruction. (v. 2)  Keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. (v. 5) Paul farewell… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Timothy 4[:]

[:en]In the last days, people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having a form of godliness but denying its power. … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Timothy 3[:]

[:en]  Be a good soldier of Christ Jesus that endures hardship (v. 3) Be an athlete that receives a victor’s crown (v. 5) Be a farmer to be the first to receive a share of the crops (v. 6) Be a workman who correctly handles the Word of truth (v. 15)( Be a instrument for… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from 2 Timothy 2[:]

[:en]”For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline” (v. 7) “I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day” (v. 12)[:]