Thus it was that God had made him: there was no use denying it. I'm afraid that that is also true of us. Paul cites three instances when he had to suffer for Christ. In either case the word describes a certain harshness of mind which separates a man from his fellow-men in unrelenting bitterness. You can you see what's happened even in the last twenty-five years. And so Paul, you know, how I've lived; my faith, my longsuffering, my love, my patience, and the persecutions and afflictions that came to me. Whatever therefore may be right in certain cases, the assembly of God ought never to be forced to put every case on the same dead level ought never to be bound by any special process, as if it were unalterable. You have no authority.So if I tell you that some scriptures are not really inspired of God, then I become the authority, not the Bible anymore, because you can't just read the whole Bible and trust it because not all of it is inspired. I've never found that in one of those little Bible promise books, I mean, promise things yet. Now, it is doubtless as true as it ever was, that a man who will live as the Saviour did, will, like him, be subjected to some such injury or disadvantage. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: they are men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith ( 2 Timothy 3:8 ). Accordingly the apostle reminds Timothy of this. If we would know the holy scriptures, we must read and search them daily, as the noble Bereans did, Acts 17:11. YEA, AND - an additional consideration. There was a certain heretic called Marcus who dealt in magic. "Thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, charity, patience, persecutions, afflictions." It can mean that a man is so bitter in his hatred that he will never come to terms with the man with whom he has quarrelled. They worship self instead of God. Only Luke is with me." And they were able to imitate the workings of God up to a point and then they came to the place where they were backed down by Moses, but "men of corrupt minds, they are reprobate concerning the faith. Anosios does not so much mean that men will break the written laws; it means that they will offend against the unwritten laws which are part and parcel of the essence of life. Would you find it easier if it, if the account said, And a submarine surfaced and the captain got out on deck and, you know, they hauled Jonah in and they submerged again and headed towards Joppa and let him off the port. This was to touch the right chord in his heart. It is beautiful to trace this double working and current of the apostle that is, what is imperishable, above and beyond nature; and, along with this, the utmost value put on everything that he would own in those naturally bound up with him those of either family that feared God. Now many people have a legitimate and proper desire to be used of God. 2 Timothy 3 Commentary; 2 Timothy 4 Commentary; HENRY ALFORD 2 TIMOTHY COMMENTARY The Greek Testament. There is just a certain natural love that would keep people from doing a lot of the things they are doing today. And they shall be dispersed among the Gentiles. Jambres. It opened at the Sermon on the Mount. The Greek moralists wrote much about this word. The Platonic Definitions defined the corresponding noun (alazoneia, G212) as: "The claim to good things which a man does not really possess." It would all be over, where, you know, the miseries would all be gone.What's the first thing God said to Job? It is used in Plutarch to describe what we would call an ugly wound. The closing chapter (2 Timothy 4:1-22) then gives his solemn charge, and at the same time his own expression of what was before him. ", and [as such they are] profitable ( 2 Timothy 3:16 ). That the man of God may be perfect ( 2 Timothy 3:17 ). What use it will be of to us. Avoid such people. But I can't believe what I see in some of these restaurants over here in the Irvine industrial business center. Now here observe. Those who would learn the things of God, and be assured of them, must know the Holy Scriptures, for they are the Divine revelation. But after giving the characteristics and traits of the godly man, Jesus then in the final Beatitudes said, "Blessed are ye, when men shall persecute you, and revile you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake" ( Matthew 5:11 ). Timothy was well aware of this, even before he joined Paul in his work. In English we usually associate it with insult against God, but in Greek it means insult against man and God alike. Many and many a time we would be saved from hurting ourselves and from wounding other people, if we would only stop to think. And leaving guilelessness, will draw near to malice; And forsaking the commandments of the Lord. That Day of the Lord was to be preceded by a time of terror, when evil would gather itself for its final assault and the world would be shaken to its moral and physical foundations. It is not "the commandment," as of authority, but "according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus." But we have also been supplied with many precious promises which reassure us that His grace is sufficient, His strength is perfected in our weakness, that suffering for Christ's sake is a privilege for the child of God, and that no amount of trials, tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, or the sword, is able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.May we grasp this truth in His strength, and remember that in this world we will have tribulation but that if we fellowship in the suffering of Christ, we will also be glorified with Him Who loved us so much that He died for us, that we might live for Him forever. The final condemnation of these people is that they retain the outward form of religion but deny its power. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1977. THE DUTIES AND THE QUALITIES OF AN APOSTLE ( 2 Timothy 3:10-13 ). Socrates skid that they were to be found in every walk of life but were worst of all in politics. Closely allied with the braggart, but--as we shall see--even worse, is the man who is arrogant. 5. The coming of the Lord will in no way manifest the faithfulness of the servant; His appearing will. He was driven from Antioch in Pisidia ( Acts 13:50); he had to flee from Iconium to avoid lynching ( Acts 14:5-6); in Lystra he was stoned and left for dead ( Acts 14:19). We have the practice and treatment of true Christians: they live godly in Jesus Christ--this is their practice; and they shall suffer persecution--this is the usage they must expect in this world. It means to follow a person mentally, to attend diligently to his teaching and fully to understand the meaning of what he says. Verse 1. The strange characteristic of ingratitude is that it is the most hurting of all sins because it is the blindest. It was a kindred error, though in an opposite direction, to that which false teachers sought to infuse among the Thessalonians: there that the day of the Lord was come, producing panic; here that the resurrection was past, leading, to ease. Paul said to Timothy. It is perfectly true--as we have so often said--that Christianity is not founded on a printed book but on a living person. That the man of God may be perfect,2 Timothy 3:17; 2 Timothy 3:17. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, They had been long accustomed to the truth, and alas! He was to communicate the things he had learnt of Paul, that they might be able to teach others also. If he does not hide the sorrowful view of an old fellow-labourer's cooling in zeal, with all its dangers, the consolation is also before Timothy both of those that go on in faithful labour, and of one at least restored. In a measure, no doubt, the truth is in Christendom, and only there; for one cannot look for the truth in Judaism or heathenism now. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God.". It would not be accordant with the mind of God. ", Now when you have difficulty in your understanding of a scripture, rather than setting that aside and saying, Well, God really didn't say that; just say, hey, I really don't understand that yet. The word is huperephanos ( G5244) . He who feeds his mind on cheap literature can in the end find nothing in the great masterpieces. This was always the becoming tone; but now it is imperiously necessary, as well as wise and good. They will follow after their own wicked devices. Living here almost in a Sodom-Gomorrah atmosphere and environment. 2 Timothy 3 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. 2 Timothy 3:12. And Paul said, You've known the Holy Scriptures, able to bring you to a faith in Jesus Christ, salvation through the faith in Jesus Christ. We don't have the time to devote to it this evening but I would suggest that you get a good Greek lexicon and do a word study on these particular Greek words that Paul uses to describe the attitudes and the actions of people in the last days. I watch very little, but with horror and dismay, the deterioration of a man who probably at one time had a legitimate ministry, but I've seen the gradual erosion of this person on television just right before my eyes. "They that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution." All rights reserved. This he had known most extensively, but it was closed; no longer had he before him any prospect of having to fight the battles of the church of God. At the same time there is the carrying on his full notice of everything found here below that would be a source of comfort to one who anticipated the ruin of Christendom. Now these seem to many very difficult indeed to combine. For example, "37-1-2459" means the reference is on page 37, is in column 1, and is word number 2459.). Now we see that when Paul was touching the confines of that difficult and most perilous moment when John was to be left alone, he brings out as his last note that very truth which John was to develop with special care and fulness. God wants you to be complete. of The Gnostics had their own fanciful books; the heretics all produced their own literature to support their claims. When God came on the scene and entered the conversation with his friends? But continue thou in the things which you have learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through the faith which is in Christ Jesus ( 2 Timothy 3:14-15 ). And the comfort is that, if prepared to cleave to the will of the Lord alone, we shall have, through His grace, fellowship with the true-hearted. He is the man whom God resists, for it is repeatedly said in scripture, that God receives the humble but resists the man who is proud, huperephanos ( G5244) ( James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 3:24). If Timothy would adhere to the truth as he had been taught it, this would arm him against the snares and insinuations of seducers. (2.) 3:1 You must realize this--that in the last days difficult times will set in. It is not the question of discipline dealing With evil ways; but here we are in a state of things where we are in danger of being mixed up with vessels unto the Lord's dishonour. Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. (4.) "Trucebreakers". Besides that, persecutions today are manifested much more indirectly. They did not keep the covenant that they made. "Knowing especially the firm foundation upon which thou hast built, namely, that of the scripture (2 Timothy 3:15; 2 Timothy 3:15): That from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures.". Then the apostle brings out most important directions for the days that were then coming in, but now come, and more. The true leader gives training in living. The reason is obvious. Things were so bad that Tacitus could say: "He who had no foe was betrayed by his friend." Paul was a prisoner again and awaited death. A book with a record such as it has cannot be disregarded. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution - Paul takes occasion from the reference to his own persecutions, to say that his case was not unique. "If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.". [3.] The Greek for slanderer is diabolos ( G1228) which is precisely the English word devil. It is used by ancient writers on astrology to describe what we would call a threatening conjunction of the heavenly bodies. Regardless of the persecution, it is our duty to live in such a way that the world will know that we are Christians. for it is evident that there have been many godly persons who have never suffered banishment, or imprisonment, or flight, or any kind of persecution. When children are disobedient to their parents, and break through the obligations which they lie under to them both in duty and gratitude, and frequently in interest, having their dependence upon them and their expectation from them, they make the times perilous; for what wickedness will those stick at who will be abusive to their own parents and In these last terrible days men will come to have no love for good things or good persons (aphilagathos, G865) . (2.) (See notes Matthew 5:10, 11, 12) It can never cease to be a Christian's duty to maintain the unity of the Spirit; but it is not maintaining the unity of the Spirit to couple with the name of the Lord that which is fleshly and sinful. There was no longer the freshness of a new thing; and where the heart was not kept up in communion with the Lord, the value of divine things was less felt, if it did not quite fade away.
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