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I am not one to boast on my ability.
BUT, I am one to boast on my weakness so that God who gave me the ability will be glorified!
Thank You, Jesus!
When I was asked to teach tonight, I knew I was available and just said yes…God continued to do His best…
Equipped for Future Difficulty
As is often the case, in order to get the first verse of chapter 3 we must read the last few verses of chapter 2
now we continue...
“But…” despite all of this.
Despite people coming to their senses and it seems as though all is good…there will be difficulty in the last days.
“Last days…” This is not necessarily talking about the last days we think of in Revelations.
“The last days is a common New Testament phrase denoting the period immediately preceding the consummation of the present age.”
(Guthrie, D. (1990).
Pastoral Epistles: An Introduction and Commentary (Vol.
14, p. 173).
Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.)
Also refers to… “‘The last days’ is a period of time that actually began with the life and ministry of Christ on earth (Heb.
1:1–2)
(Wiersbe, W. W. (1992).
Wiersbe’s expository outlines on the New Testament (p.
648).
Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.)
“there will be times of difficulty.”
Pauls is speaking in the future tense.
This is important because this will change later on.
“For people will be...” Again, future tense...
Ephesus was an ancient Greek city.
In that, they would have understood and been aware of Philo of Alexandria.
Philo was, as some put it, the founder of religious philosophy.
It was said that he “tried to develop speculative and philosophical justification for Judaism in terms of Greek philosophy” (iep.utm.edu - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
He strove to help Hellenist come to an understanding of Judaism in their language through lists of ethical do’s and don’t’s.
This list is similar to the list we find in Romans 1
This is quite a list and quite sobering.
I feel as though I can not live up to this list or any list for that matter in the Bible.
But, if we were to read on in Romans we would find out that’s the point.
We can’t live up to it.
That’s why Jesus came!
So, we go back to 2 Timothy
“lovers of self,...” it seems as though, as is Paul’s M.O.
when laying out a list, he starts with the main and then defines it.
What does it look like to be a lover of self?
The rest of the list helps define that for us.
“lovers of money,...” remember 1 Tim.
6.10
It is not money that’s the problem it is the craving/desire/lust of money that leads to a wandering heart.
So, again, what does the lover of self look like
“lovers of God...” this is where Paul stops and lays out that there are people that may look like they love God.
But, as we look at their conduct, we see them denying God’s power.
Bringing us again to Romans 1
“Avoid such people…” Again, Paul reiterating what he’s already said to Timothy in the end of his first letter...
And...
And the encouraging charge at the beginning of this letter...
Equipped for the Present by the Past
“always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.”
Then he compares those people to Jannes and Jambres.
Jannes and Jambres are said to be 2 of the “wise” men who also turned their staves into snakes.
But do we remember what happened to their snakes...
“men corrupted in mind...” Similar to what he has already warned Timothy about in...
…where they were consumed by their lust of money and sought godliness, or a fake godliness, for gain.
“disqualified regarding the faith.”
A theme he carries in Titus as well
For those two it was very plain to all as Aaron’s staff/snake swallowed up their snakes...
Then we see Paul flip back to encouraging Timothy...
This seems as though Paul is boasting but in reality he is pointing to how God has brought him through every time.
It is, as we said at the beginning, all about God!
This next verse is sobering...
but...
Equipped to Be
Then Paul brings it back to positive affirmation of who Timothy is in Jesus...
“continue...” be on going and on going and on going....
“in what you have learned” again we look back at Timothy’s calling
Timothy has a family legacy of faith...
“the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”
It is not only through the sacred writings we are privileged to read but it starts with faith in Christ Jesus.
The sacred writings help us have wisdom for our salvation…
That’s why we are here tonight.
And now we come to one of our memory verses...
There’s purpose in the power of the Lord when we accept His calling on our life.
But there are times were we need that reminder and encouragement.
Where we need someone to point us back to what really matters, what’s really important, and how to define those things.
Paul sums it up for Timothy and for us in these last verses.
Now when Paul says all Scripture, he’s not talking about the Scriptures we know, he’s talking about the Scriptures Timothy knows, the Law and Prophets.
Now, we can apply this to all the Scriptures we know and read because God is outside time and His breath breathed out the Scripture from beginning to end.
SIDE NOTE: ever have a hard time understanding the Bible?…don’t forget to ask for understanding from the One who breathed it out.
Who is it that can explain something other than the One who created it!
“profitable” obviously Paul can not be talking about monetary since he condemned monetary gain for fake godliness.
This is a spiritual profitability!
“teaching” instruction; providing instruction
“reproof” it’s a refuting error; make realize what is wrong in lives; not a condemnation.
“correction” while reproof is showing what is wrong correction is a reformation of manners and correcting what is wrong
“training” while teaching is a verbal, training is a instruction to do; how do we do what we learned through the teaching;
to do righteously
This phrase “man of God” is echoes an O.T. expression messenger of God.
Again, reminding Timothy of his calling… “You ARE a messenger of God.”
Why are we “complete”?
for “every good work”
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