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Prepared to Serve

Prepared to Serve. 2 Timothy 2:20-26. Must Be Vessels Of Honor. Purged from dishonor Sanctified for Master’s use Prepared to good work Flee from lusts Follow after righteousness, faith, love & peace with a pure heart Refusing foolish & ignorant strife. The Lord’s Servant Must. Not Strive.

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Prepared to Serve

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  1. Prepared to Serve 2 Timothy 2:20-26

  2. Must Be Vessels Of Honor • Purged from dishonor • Sanctified for Master’s use • Prepared to good work • Flee from lusts • Follow after righteousness, faith, love & peace with a pure heart • Refusing foolish & ignorant strife

  3. The Lord’s Servant Must...

  4. Not Strive • Contention and faction forbidden • 1 Corinthians 1:10 • 1 Corinthians 3:3 • Galatians 5:15, 20 • Proverbs 6:16-19; 16:27-28 • Proverbs 25:8 • Quarrelsome spirit is not of Lord

  5. But Be Gentle Towards All • Demands subordination of self to good of another or the cause • Titus 3:1-3 • James 3:17 • Must have salvation of sinner & good of kingdom as our goal • Note this is “towards all”

  6. Apt To Teach • Christianity is a taught religion • Mark 16:15 • Matthew 28:20 • John 6:45 • 2 Timothy 2:2 • If we are to win people to truth, we must be ready & able to teach them

  7. Forbearing • Only time this form used in N.T. (compound of “patient” + “evil”) • Word denotes patiently enduring evil or wrongs done to us • 1 Thessalonians 5:14-15 • Matthew 5:10-12 • Requires putting truth above self

  8. In Meekness Correcting... • Correction may take place when teacher subordinates self to message from God • 1 Peter 3:15 • 2 Corinthians 4:5 • Error opposes proponent of it • 2 Timothy 3:13 • Correction of error that condemns one’s soul is loving, not hateful or destructive

  9. Goal: Recovering of Souls • Text shows essentials to this end: • Repentance to knowledge of truth • Recovery from devil’s snare • Escape from devil’s captivity • If no difference seen, recovery is not possible – must detect & expose error • Galatians 2:11-14

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