Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-8 I. You finish well by passing on the good news about Jesus to believers and unbelievers. A. Paul begins 2 Timothy 4 with a very serious charge to Timothy. What was that responsibility? Preach the Word (vs. 2). When Paul tells Timothy to preach the Word, he is telling him to preach the Gospel (2 Timothy…

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:10-17 I. When it’s not easy you carry on by remembering. A. Paul begins the second half of 2 Timothy 3 by writing, “You, however.” He is making a contrast between Timothy and the false teachers at the church in Ephesus. “Timothy, you should not live like the false teachers. You should live like me,” Paul…

Scripture:  2 Timothy 3:1-9 I. Christians have difficulty in the last days because of moral decay. A. Paul describes the moral decay of the last days with 19 negative characteristics of people in the last days. The last days began with the death and resurrection of Jesus and the sending of the Holy Spirit on the church. Paul…

Scripture:  2 Timothy 2:14-26 I. You are a worker in the church. A. Verse 15: “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” Workers are working on teaching the Bible to themselves and to others. We are all to make…

Scripture:  2 Timothy 2:1-13 I. You remain faithful by passing on the Gospel to others. A. Paul tells Timothy in 2 Tim. 2:1 to be strengthened for his ministry in the Gospel. Be a man. Where would this strength come from for Timothy? Paul says in vs. 1 to be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus.…

Scripture:  2 Timothy 1:1-8 I. You carry on Christ’s mission by using God’s gifts. A. The first urgent command Paul has for Timothy is in vs. 6: “Fan into flame the gift of God.” What gift had God given to Timothy? 1 Timothy 4:13, 14: “Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do…