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*DO NOT BE ASHAMED*
Rom.
1:16 says, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes”
I would like to tell you a story I know.
It is not much of a story, but a story nonetheless.
Imagine a young man of about 20 years of age flying home from college.
He is a shy kid, but other than that pretty normal.
He has been saved for around fifteen years.
He is a pastor’s son.
He has just finished taking a course, at the church he goes to when he is not home, on evangelism.
He is determined to share the gospel with the person who was seated next to him.
He sits next to a man in his forties.
After introducing himself and exchanging some pleasantries, the man picks up a magazine and begins to read.
Our protagonist looks at the man several times, trying to come up with something to direct the conversation to the gospel, but is not able to because he is afraid to disturb the man.
After getting off the plain, he beats himself up for not witnessing, and tells God that if He gives him another opportunity he will not waste it.
As he walks down to pick up his luggage, he saw the man waiting on his luggage.
In mental anguish, the young man just walks by and says hello.
In his dad’s car, he beats himself up again and re-commits himself to God.
We can imagine, if this were the case, a man in heaven typing up the events of this young man’s day.
After finishing with the report, he takes it over to the evangelism counter.
The person at the counter looks at it, shakes his head, and plants a big stamp across the page in red ink.
ASHAMED.
Lets put ourselves in Timothy’s shoes-
The year is around A.D. 64.
The Neronian persecution is now in full swing.
Nero, the 5th Roman Emperor, has blamed the Christians for the burning of Rome.
Christians were being dipped in pitch and set on fire for lighting around the city.
They are being thrown into the arena to be torn apart by wild dogs.
Paul is back from his 1st imprisonment in Rome.
T may have been with Paul at the time of the second arrest.
II Tim.
1:4 states that Paul remembered Timothy’s tears.
He may not have been.
If he was we can picture in our minds a dispatch of Roman soldiers marching up to Paul and take him.
We can see Timothy standing there weeping, overwhelmed by felling of helplessness as the one who called him his true son (I Cor.
4:17), mentored him, led him to Christ, befriended him is carried away.
Paul does not struggle with them.
His face radiates with utmost confidence in his God.
As he sees him being taken away, we know exactly what is going to happen to him (he won’t get out of this imprisonment).
What would Timothy be feeling at that time?
Fear, that he was next?
Uncontrollable sorrow for Paul’s sake?
While Paul writes to Timothy what will his words be like?
Would they be words of comfort?
Of fear?
Of disparity?
God has given us a chance to look into what Paul said to Timothy after this experience.
[Announce and read text] II Timothy 1:7-12
[Prayer for illumination]-Father, I thank your for your Gospel.
That it is powerful.
I ask that this man’s feeble words, stumbling tongue, and unimportant ideas and thoughts be forgotten tonight.
May your Word, and only it go out in strength.
When we leave tonight may we be convicted of our sin of being ashamed of you and be willing to suffer for the Gospels sake.
May your Word be preached accurately as you intended it to be.
[Introduction]-
Paul was in his 2nd imprisonment in Rome.
It was not a comfortable imprisonment like before (house arrest).
It was probably a dismal, underground dungeon.
Tradition says that it was the Mamertine Prison which when full of prisoners the flood gates of the sewer from the city were opened to drown the inmates, making room for others.
In chains he was waiting the final trial, not expecting an acquittal.
His death was drawing near.
The shadow of the executioner was on him.
Timothy, on the other hand, was thrust into the position of responsible Christian leadership-far beyond his natural capacity.
According to I Tim., Paul had sent him to Ephesus to combat heretics, order church’s worship, ordain elders, regulate the relief and ministry of the widows, and command and teach apostolic faith
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Now with Paul leaving the scene, the mantel of leadership was being passed on to T. He was the one who Paul had invested time into.
He was the closest to Paul.
He may have been the one everyone was looking to take the brunt of Paul’s leadership.
If so, this would thrust him into the public light, and something very much like what happened to Paul could happen to him.
“Humanly speaking, Timothy was hopelessly unfit to assume these weighty responsibilities of leadership in the church”
Young
Prone to illness
Timid by temperament
Greatness was thrust upon him-like Moses and Jeremiah
Nero determined to destroy the church.
Heretics appeared to increase.
A total Asian apostasy.
“Christianity…trembled, humanly speaking, on the verge of annihilation.”
The situation of the church was bad-comparable to the Spanish Reformation in the middle of the 16th century-it had won numerous adherents, not least among the upper classes.
Yet it was relatively a small thing amidst the great mass of Spaniards.
Then the dominant power, armed with the tremendous Inquisition, took its suppression in hand—and it was suppressed.
In the mystery of God’s permission the dread adverse force “made war upon the saints, and overcame them (Rev.
13:7).
The weak succumbed absolutely to the strong, and for many long generations the Gospel light in its purity was practically quenched in Spain.
Is it any wonder that Paul had to remind Timothy to not be ashamed and to share in the sufferings of the Gospel?
Let us read that key verse of this passage where Paul tells Timothy, “Do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the suffering for the gospel according to the power of God.”
He was not to be ashamed-
-of the testimony of our Lord
-of Paul
-It wasn’t like Paul was saying this without himself following through-(Rom.
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes).
Later on in the passage, Paul will say the same thing.
-It wasn’t like Paul was the only one saying this-(Mk.
8:38-For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in glory of His Father with the holy angels)
He was to share in the suffering for the gospel
“Suffering rather than shame was to characterize Timothy’s ministry”
Bear evil treatment along with (same word as II Tim.
2:3-“You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”)
II Tim.
3:12 (Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution)
Christians should not suffer for doing wrong, ultimately they should suffer from doing right
He was to accomplish it by God’s power, not his own
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