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A LEGACY OF FAITHFULNESS Diligence to Wage the Good Warfare 2 Timothy 2:14-19

A LEGACY OF FAITHFULNESS Diligence to Wage the Good Warfare 2 Timothy 2:14-19. 2 Timothy 2:14-19.

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A LEGACY OF FAITHFULNESS Diligence to Wage the Good Warfare 2 Timothy 2:14-19

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  1. A LEGACY OF FAITHFULNESSDiligence to Wage the Good Warfare2 Timothy 2:14-19

  2. 2 Timothy 2:14-19 14 Remind them of this, and warn them before God that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. 16 Avoid profane chatter, for it will lead people into more and more impiety, 17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have swerved from the truth by claiming that the resurrection has already taken place. They are upsetting the faith of some. 19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”

  3. “diligent” > Characterized by steady, earnest, and energetic application and effort 1 Tim 1:18-20 18 This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith, 20 among whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme.

  4. Be diligent to… 1. Warn against false teachers (v. 14) Remind them of this, and warn them before God that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening.

  5. 1. Warn against false teachers (v. 14) a. Remind them of the truth (v. 14a) b. Warn them about warring with words (v. 14b) 2 results: (1) It’s useless “no good” (chresimos) “not useful, unbeneficial, no value” 2 Tim 2:23Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.

  6. 1. Warn against false teachers (v. 14) a. Remind them of the truth (v. 14a) b. Warn them about warring with words (v. 14b) 2 results: (1) It’s useless “no good” (chresimos) “not useful, unbeneficial, no value” (2) It’s destructive “only ruins the hearers” (katastrophe) “destruction, do serious harm,”

  7. 1. Warn against false teachers (v. 14) 1 Tim 6:2-5 2 Teach and urge these things. 3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, 4 he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions, 5 and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

  8. Be Diligent to… 2. Present yourself to God as one approved (v. 15) Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.

  9. 2. Present yourself to God as one approved (v. 15) a. Make it your supreme ambition “Do your best” (spoudazo) > “to use speed”, “to make effort”, “to make haste”, “give diligence”, “be prompt”, “be eager”, Gal 1:10For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  10. 2. Present yourself to God as one approved (v. 15) 1 Thess2:1-4For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. 2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. 3 For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.

  11. 2. Present yourself to God as one approved (v. 15) a. Make it your supreme ambition b. Worker who is not ashamed c. Accurately handling the word of truth “rightly handling” (orthotou) > “to cut straight”

  12. Be Diligent to… 3. Avoid worldly and empty chatter (vv. 16-18) 16 Avoid profane chatter, for it will lead people into more and more impiety, 17 and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have swerved from the truth by claiming that the resurrection has already taken place. They are upsetting the faith of some.

  13. 3. Avoid worldly and empty chatter (vv. 16-18) Negative result: > Lead into more and more ungodliness > Spreads like gangrene Heresy – resurrection has already happened

  14. 3. Avoid worldly and empty chatter (vv. 16-18) Effects of false teaching/doctrine Preach the truth – rightly divide is profitable, beneficial is constructive, builds up leads to more and more godliness spreads like fire – gives life stabilizes and secures our faith • Does no good/useless • Ruins those who hear (catastrophic) • Leads to more and more ungodliness • Spreads like gangrene • Upsets the faith of some (cause to fall)

  15. 3. Avoid worldly and empty chatter (vv. 16-18) 2 Tim 3:16All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. Acts 20:32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

  16. Be Diligent to… 4. Stand on God’s firm foundation (v. 19) But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”

  17. 4. Stand on God’s firm foundation (v. 19) a. The church is God’s firm foundation It is the church that is the pillar and buttress of truth. 1 Tim 3:14-15I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

  18. 4. Stand on God’s firm foundation (v. 19) a. The church is God’s firm foundation b. The church is God’s - “seal” (sphragis) ownership Seal of ownership in 2 ways: (1) “The lord knows those who are his” (v. 19b) Num 16:5 Moses said to Korah and all his company, “In the morning the LORD will show who is his, and who is holy, and will bring him near to him. The one whom he chooses he will bring near to him.

  19. 4. Stand on God’s firm foundation (v. 19) a. The church is God’s firm foundation b. The church is God’s - “seal” (sphragis) ownership Seal of ownership in 2 ways: (1) “The lord knows those who are his” (v. 19b) (2) Let everyone who names the name of the Lord abstain from wickedness (v. 19c)

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