Monday, July 9, 2012

Bible Reading Challenge Week 28 Day 1

Our reading challenge for the day is 2 Timothy 1-4. I’ll hit a few highlights. You make comments too and fill in the gaps. What strikes you as specially significant?

2 Timothy 1 - Timothy, who has lived in the Christian faith, is to stir up the fire of the gifts he has been given, sharing in the apostolic work of suffering for the Gospel. God is able to keep us in his will, working through us until the end.

2 Timothy 2 - The labor of Timothy and other saints is to pass on the true apostolic Gospel. See the multiple generations in verse 2 as Paul taught Timothy, who is to teach other men so they can teach. The great message of chapter 2 is that God’s servants must keep themselves on the message of Christ crucified for sinners. When we deviaate from the apostolic message we work in vain.

2 Timothy 3 - Unlike the false teachers, Timothy is to be devoted to the Scriptures, which guide us to Jesus.

2 Timothy 4 - The Christian minister is to be faithful to God’s Word no matter what. How many so-called ministers spend time explaining away or even ignoring the Scripture rather than proclaiming it?

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