2 Tim 1:13-14
Already-and-not-yet
Keeping (φυλάσσω) the deposit
Faith and love
How Timothy maintained orthodoxy was as important as the content of orthodoxy itself
The foundation of all Christian life is what God has already done, and Paul makes it clear that all that Christians are asked to do is to live out the consequences of p 581 God’s saving act
19 However, the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and “Everyone who names the name of the Lord must abstain from unrighteousness.”
Observe how he everywhere speaks of the shame, and not of the danger, lest Timothy should be alarmed
Three ways to guard the deposit, entrusted to an pastor
Tremble at God’s Word
And my hand has made all these things,
and all these ⌊came to be⌋,”
⌊declares⌋ Yahweh, “but I look to this one:
to the humble and the contrite of spirit
and the one frightened at my word.
2 And my hand has made all these things,
and all these ⌊came to be⌋,”
⌊declares⌋ Yahweh, “but I look to this one:
to the humble and the contrite of spirit
and the one frightened at my word.
Stay with the ship
Guide the truth along a straight line
the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a faith without hypocrisy