2 Timothy 2:11-14
Pastoral Epistles
Lesson 8 (part 7)
2 Timothy 2:11-14
Introduction: We are now come to part 6, in our study on Lesson 8, Pastoral Epistles. In verses 8 through 13 we see a:
- Faithful preaching text (2 Timothy 2:11)
- “It is a faithful saying”
- “faithful saying” used 4 times in scripture
- “Christ Jesus came to save sinners”(1Timothy 1:15)
- “godliness is profitable unto all things” )1 Timothy 4:8-9)
- “dead with him…also live with him” (2 Timothy 2:11)
- “careful to maintain good works” (Titus 3:8)
- These are texts we are to preach, without fear of contradiction.
- God’s words are faithful and pure words (Psalms 12:6, 7; 119:138)
- “faithful saying” used 4 times in scripture
- “For if we be dead with him”
- “old man crucified” (Romans 6:5-7)
- We are crucified with Christ (Galatians 2:19-20)
- “old man crucified” (Romans 6:5-7)
- “we shall also live with him”
- “live with him” (Romans 6:8-12)
- Our life hid (Colossians 3:3,4)
- Yes, weak today, but just wait (2 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:10)
- “It is a faithful saying”
- Suffering rewarded (2 Timothy 2:12)
- “If we suffer”
- Suffering requires endurance by the grace of God (2 Corinthians 12:9)
- Reproached for Christ’s sake (1 Peter 4:13-16)
- “suffer according to the will of God” (1 Peter 4:19)
- Suffering requires endurance by the grace of God (2 Corinthians 12:9)
- “we shall also reign with him”
- Reminder that suffering now condition of reigning then (Romans 8:17-18)
- “well done” (Luke 19:17)
- “If we deny him”
- Why would we?
- The weakness of the flesh in everyday living, sometimes to comfortable.
- Peter’s denial (John 13:36-38)
- Spirit willing flesh weak (Matthew 26:38-41)
- Why would we?
- “he also will deny us”
- Deny us what?
- Cannot speak of our salvation for we are sealed by the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 1:13; 4:30)
- Speaks of loss of reigning in the millennial reign of the Savior.
- Inheritance is a reward, conditional on suffering and serving (Romans 8:17)
- Lost by failure to suffer and serve. (Revelation 3:11)
- Example: Things people do (Galatians 5:19-21)
- Example: What people can be (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)
- Example: What a Christian cannot be (1 Corinthians 6:11)
- Deny us what?
- “If we suffer”
- What about failure in faith (2 Timothy 2:13)?
- “If we believe not”
- The weakness of the flesh under torture.
- The weakness of the flesh through doubting
- “yet he abideth faithful”
- It is the Lord that never fails (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)
- God cannot lie (Titus 1:2)
- “he cannot deny himself”
- We are born into his family (John 1:10-13)
- This is our consolation (Hebrews 6:18-20)
- Jesus is the “author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2)
- He can never say of the believer “I never knew you” (Matthew 7:23)
- For he knows us (John 10:27-29)
- Our salvation is not in question only our inheritance in the millennium.
- We are born into his family (John 1:10-13)
- “If we believe not”
- Remember! (2 Timothy 2:14)
- “Of these things put them in remembrance”
- “these things” to be reminded of:
- The benefit of being dead with the Savior (vs. 11)
- The benefit of suffering for the Savior (vs. 12)
- The knowledge that our salvation is secure in the Savior. (vs. 13)
- “these things” to be reminded of:
- “charging them”
- Orders to be given, not suggestions.
- Instructing, commanding
- Duty to be done.
- Orders to be given, not suggestions.
- “that they strive not about words to no profit”
- A call that is repeated to Timothy and Titus (1 Timothy 6:4, 5, 23; 1:4; 6:20; Titus 3:9)
- Good for us to remember in our day when words are twisted.
- A call that is repeated to Timothy and Titus (1 Timothy 6:4, 5, 23; 1:4; 6:20; Titus 3:9)
- “but to the subverting of the hearers”
- Such are used to confuse not to benefit. (cp. Jeremiah 23:36)
- To overthrow not to establish.
- “corrupting, confusing, perverting” the hearers.
- Entirely destroying the faith of the hearer.
- “Of these things put them in remembrance”
Conclusion: Thus, we learn our responsibilities as shepherds to the Lord’s flock.