2 Timothy 1:13-18

The notes below are all that we got to on the third night. It is only about five verses, but is worth looking over.

1. Prayer Requests
2. Read Psalm 95
3. Pray for time of fellowship and study
4. Review from last week.
a. What were verses 8 through 12 talking about?

Verse 13
“Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.”
1. Do not deviate from the message that Paul taught in any way. Put God’s Word before you. “Follow the pattern” literally means to put a vivid picture before you; a vivid picture right before your eyes so that you see the message of Christ clearly and as it is in its purest form.
2. Why is it important for Timothy to not deviate or change the message he received from Paul in any way?
3. The sound words consist “of faith and love, which have their source and beginning in the knowledge of Christ” (Calvin, p. 301, Commentary on 2 Timothy).

Verse 14
“By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.”
1. What is the good deposit that was entrusted to Timothy?
2. By the power of God that is inside of you, protect and preserve yourself from leaving the message of Christ that you have received.
3. Philippians 2:12-13

Verses 15-18
“You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me— may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that Day!—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.”
1. These verses are reflections of the results of people’s staying or straying from the message of Christ.
2. What is Paul’s purpose in mentioning these people?
a. Two-fold:
i. Information
ii. To show the reality of what will happen to us when persecution or hardship comes if we deviate or turn away from the true message of Christ.
3. Hebrews 3:7-14
4. Verses 15-18 show that when trouble came to the church, the people had two drastically different responses to the hardships.
5. If standing up for certain beliefs or ideas will greatly cost the people who stand up for these beliefs, is it possible for people to remain neutral or passive in the situation?
6. What are people’s motivations for continuing or leaving the faith when persecution comes?