That the scripture was given by inspiration of God appears from the majesty of its style,--from the truth, purity, and sublimity, of the doctrines contained in it,--from the harmony of its several parts,--from its power and efficacy on the minds of multitudes that converse with it,--from the accomplishment of many prophecies relating to things beyond all human foresight,--and from the uncontrollable miracles that were wrought in proof of its divine original: God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will,Hebrews 2:4. But I can't believe what I see in some of these restaurants over here in the Irvine industrial business center. It is interesting, when Jesus in the Sermon on the mount described the Christian in the Beatitudes, after having described the traits of the Christian in the Beatitudes; you'd say, My, a man like that who is a peacemaker, who is merciful, who is hungering and thirsting after righteousness, who is meek, who is poor in spirit, surely you know the world would respect such a man. It is the sign of a supremely decadent civilization when youth loses all respect for age and fails to recognize the unpayable debt and the basic duty it owes to those who gave it life. "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." Irenaeus draws a vivid picture of the methods of just such a teacher in his day. And may not their freedom from it prove that they have surrendered the principles of their religion, where they should have stood firm, though the world were arrayed against them? But we have also been supplied with many precious promises which reassure us that His grace is sufficient, His strength is perfected in our weakness, that suffering for Christ's sake is a privilege for the child of God, and that no amount of trials, tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, or the sword, is able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.May we grasp this truth in His strength, and remember that in this world we will have tribulation but that if we fellowship in the suffering of Christ, we will also be glorified with Him Who loved us so much that He died for us, that we might live for Him forever. Story of Jonah has provoked a lot of problems for people, only because of their concept of God. His connection with the church, but "of the seed of David," the fulfiller of the promises, and object of the prophecies. You know the persecutions that I experienced, but the Lord delivered me out of them all. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus All that live according to the will of God revealed in his word; and to the glory of God, as the end of all their actions; and which the grace of God in the Gospel, and in their own hearts, teaches them; and who have the principles of a godly life from Christ, and derive the fresh supplies of grace and life from him, to maintain . Now when Moses appeared before Pharaoh and he threw down his rod and it turned into a snake, you'll remember that Pharaoh's magicians threw down their rods and they also became snakes, but Moses' snake swallowed theirs. In other words, there is within the Old Testament so much concerning Jesus Christ that through the understanding and the study of the Old Testament you should logically be led to Jesus Christ. There was the road from the south which centred the trade of the Maeander valley in Ephesus. The coming of the Lord will in no way manifest the faithfulness of the servant; His appearing will. It is the word alazon ( G213) and was derived from the ale, which means a wandering about. Good. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Et tous ceux aussi qui veulent vivre en la crainte de Dieu, Que rien ne luy est advenu que tous fideles ne doyvent aussi attendre. He is sure that God will rescue the man who puts his faith in him. That is why the church which has no Bible Class is a church in whose work an essential element is missing. "Reprobate concerning the faith.". "All scripture is given by inspiration of God. That the man of God may be perfect ( 2 Timothy 3:17 ). I believe God intended that you should enjoy life.There is nothing wrong with having pleasure. The technique would be the same in the days of Timothy as it was in the later days of Irenaeus. Things are very much taking this direction of late, and at the present moment. They choose to lay, again and again, the early foundations of their Christian faith i.e. 2 Timothy 3:12, NLT: Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. Then the apostle puts before them a blessed model of that which he had before his own soul. Well, Jesus has and He told us what to, what it's about in Luke, the sixteenth chapter. To take pains and to endure are requisite even in what pertains to this life. I think we've gone just about as far as we can. You may be able to deceive people for a while, but ultimately, it's going to catch up, even as it did with Jannes. He is now looking at the state of disorder in the house of God, instead of contemplating it in its public integrity, as in the first epistle. Few choose to leave behind the elementary teaching about Christ, and press on into maturity.Sadly many believers, although saved by grace through faith in Christ, refuse to move past the elementary principles of the Christian life. [ See verse text ] Persecution against godly people is to be expected in this world; it's one of the few constants in life (2 Timothy 3:12). Paul goes on to list the things in which Timothy has been his disciple; and the interest of that list is that it consists of the strands out of which the life and work of an apostle are woven. 3:14-17 But as for you, remain loyal to the things which you have learned, and in which your belief has been confirmed, for you know from whom you learned them, and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that will bring you salvation through the faith which is in Christ Jesus. In vain shall we endeavor to detach Christ from his cross; for it may be said to be natural that the world should hate Christ even in his members. And the comfort is that, if prepared to cleave to the will of the Lord alone, we shall have, through His grace, fellowship with the true-hearted. For him the light of eternity already shone strongly on present things, instead of taking him completely out of them. God wants us each to take His power, His love, and His calm thinking and overcome fear, to be used of Him with all the gifts He gives. 3 f I thank God g whom I serve, as did my ancestors, h with a clear conscience, as I remember you i . "He devotes himself specially to women, and those such as are well-bred, and elegantly attired, and of great wealth." So if you want God to use your life, then thoroughly equip yourself in the Word of God, the study, the understanding.That's why we're here tonight. [2.] [Note: Knight, p. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Just to go line upon line, precept upon precept, plodding right straight through the word of God. What we have learned we must labour to be more and more assured of, that, being grounded in the truth, we may be guarded against error, for certainty in religion is of great importance and advantage: Knowing, (1.) (v) Paul makes a final point. And then again "the husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits." He had fought the good fight of faith. VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. Matthew 10:22-23; Luke 21:12; John 15:20; Acts 14:22; 1 Thessalonians 3:4). "But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. At the same time there is not the smallest slight of the only and abiding standard. Now many people have a legitimate and proper desire to be used of God. All that will live godly So opposite to the spirit and practice of the world is the whole of Christianity, that he who gives himself entirely up to God, making the Holy Scriptures the rule of his words and actions, will be less or more reviled and persecuted. false accusers, incontinent ( 2 Timothy 3:3 ). Or it can mean that a man is so dishonourable that he breaks the terms of the agreement he has made. The numbers of people who flocked to the various athletic contests, loving pleasure. Now you get out your, you know, your green and blue pens and for the inspired ones, we'll underline those with blue and we'll use red, maybe, to underline those that are not inspired, you know and, and so here I am, I'm the authority.Well, the next liberal comes along and he says, Well, no, no, no, he was wrong on that one. Thus he looks not to the coming of the Lord to receive him to Himself, but to the "appearing of the Lord," which is the usual side of the truth taken in these epistles. The Christian leader will never lack his opponents. It answers all the ends of divine revelation. Traitors . The age of children is the age to learn; and those who would get true learning, must get it out of the Scriptures. Now it is interesting that as Paul is referring to the Scriptures here, he is, of course, referring to the Old Testament Scriptures. He was wrong on that you know. God had made Jesus to be Lord and Christ, preached Peter on that day of power, when as yet much lay hid, and the great instrument of the revelation of the mystery was still shrouded in the darkness of midnight. He was driven from Antioch in Pisidia ( Acts 13:50); he had to flee from Iconium to avoid lynching ( Acts 14:5-6); in Lystra he was stoned and left for dead ( Acts 14:19). We have the practice and treatment of true Christians: they live godly in Jesus Christ--this is their practice; and they shall suffer persecution--this is the usage they must expect in this world. Then are we Christ's disciples indeed, John 8:31. Edited by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, this new commentary series, projected to be 48 volumes, takes a Christ-centered approach to expositing each book of the Bible. (1) To exhort Timothy in his ministry at Ephesus; (2) To warn Timothy of trouble both inside and outside the church; (3) To request Timothy to come to Rome to visit him in prison and bring certain personal effects to him (4:5-13; 21); and (4) To instruct all the churches in Timothy's territory. The Platonic Definitions defined the corresponding noun (alazoneia, G212) as: "The claim to good things which a man does not really possess." 2. Now here observe. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. The man who is anosios ( G462) offends against the fundamental decencies of life. Word Studies in the New Testament. There were those who would revenge themselves on an enemy by informing against him. True, he is telling of something which happened later than this, but the wretched story would be the same (Irenaeus: Against Heresies, 1, 13, 3). Right out of the gate, Second Timothy presents itself as a conservative letter, understanding "conservative" in the most literal sense of the word. There is no godliness (Greek, "piously") or piety out of Christ. There is just a certain natural love that would keep people from doing a lot of the things they are doing today. I can base my beliefs upon what God has said because it is indeed God's word.I have great difficulty with these people who develop doctrines that are contrary to what Jesus said, as though they understand more than Jesus about what's happening in the future. In the days between the Old and the New Testaments many Jewish books were written which expanded the Old Testament stories. At that time Timothy was just a very young boy, probably in his mid-teens and yet he was attracted to Paul the apostle because of the message that Paul bore. After considering his own life, Paul speaks of others desiring to live godly lives as he has done, a life of piety toward God that will always be opposed by the world. "Men of corrupt minds. That the man of God may be perfect,2 Timothy 3:17; 2 Timothy 3:17. They will be inflated with a sense of their own importance. Even a dog may be sorry when he has hurt his master, but there are people who, in their treatment of others, can be lost to human sympathy and feeling. We don't have the time to devote to it this evening but I would suggest that you get a good Greek lexicon and do a word study on these particular Greek words that Paul uses to describe the attitudes and the actions of people in the last days. And so there comes that point where they will proceed no further: "their folly becomes manifest to all men", as Jannes and Jambres also was. 2 Timothy 3:12 New International Version 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, Read full chapter 2 Timothy 3:12 in all English translations 2 Timothy 2 2 Timothy 4 New International Version (NIV) Observe, Timothy must continue in the things which he had learned and had been assured of. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." Timothy was from Lystra. But we, so often, make the mistake of going out ill-equipped or running without a message. It was thus Paul treated the proud reasonings and speculations of man; withal briefly touching on those that had gone entirely astray Hymenaeus and Philetus. It can never cease to be a Christian's duty to maintain the unity of the Spirit; but it is not maintaining the unity of the Spirit to couple with the name of the Lord that which is fleshly and sinful. This world is in rebellion against God. And leaving guilelessness, will draw near to malice; And forsaking the commandments of the Lord. In the first part of this chapter 2 Timothy 3:1-8, Paul reminds Timothy of the great apostasy which was to be expected in the church, and states some of the characteristics of it. and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution ( 2 Timothy 3:12 ). "Men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God." (3.) At the same time he shows also his sense of the kindness of a particular individual and his family. Do you have a hard time accepting that man can build a great fish that can swallow men and keep them under water for several days and deposit them later at a port?Hey, hey, wait a minute then. Confrontation and conflict become inevitable (cf. Help me totake this verse seriously, that I will suffer persecution if I live godly in Jesus Christ. (i) He says that the Scriptures give the wisdom which will bring salvation. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men." Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. You're a stranger. Assuredly he would rejoice to scare Timothy from the field of serving Christ, and would shrink from no means to secure it. If they had been more faithful, and more like their Master, would they have always escaped? It is not the question of discipline dealing With evil ways; but here we are in a state of things where we are in danger of being mixed up with vessels unto the Lord's dishonour. There is slander enough in many a church to make the recording angel weep as he records it. Difficult is the Greek word chalepos ( G5467) . It may flourish for a time, but when it is exposed to the light of truth it is bound to shrivel and die. Look at the lack, lackness. Friday evenings, you know, everybody out looking for their weekend companion, incontinent, no sexual restraints. This shows in a clearer light the difference between the true teacher and the false. 6. And for a person to take advantage of a child is unthinkable. It is given by inspiration of God (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 3:16), and therefore is his word. For all scripture is given by inspiration of God ( 2 Timothy 3:16 ), Not as some would lead you to believe, some scriptures are given by inspiration of God. The same tone of mercy is equally promised in this #epistle as in the last. Again he said, "Lo, I have come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God" ( Hebrews 10:7 ). It would all be over, where, you know, the miseries would all be gone.What's the first thing God said to Job? That will = Who will live ( ) to desire, to want to, to wish. Don't start messing with it. The history of the Christian Church teaches us that falsity cannot live. If Timothy would adhere to the truth as he had been taught it, this would arm him against the snares and insinuations of seducers. There is peril when men assess prosperity by material things. "Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.". And they were able to imitate the workings of God up to a point and then they came to the place where they were backed down by Moses, but "men of corrupt minds, they are reprobate concerning the faith. That's proper and you should have that desire. And why read them anyhow if they're not inspired? Paul completes the story of the things in which Timothy has shared, and must share, with him, by speaking of the experiences of an apostle; and he prefaces that list of experiences by setting down the quality of endurance. In the Jewish pictures of these last terrible times we get exactly the same kind of picture as we get here.
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