Christ in 2 Timothy

Christ Connection - The Communion of Saints

The faith that lived in Lois and Eunice did not stop with them. Paul later reminds Timothy that from a child he had known the holy scriptures, "which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus" (2 Tim. 3:15). Generations of teaching at home pointed Timothy to one Person. Hebrews calls those who carried the faith before us a great "cloud of witnesses" and bids us run our own race "looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith"…

Christ Connection - Grace as Your Strength

The grace Paul speaks of is not sentimentality; it is the operative power of Christ’s work. "My grace is sufficient for thee," Jesus told Paul when he pleaded to be freed from his thorn (2 Cor. 12:9). Paul’s response: "Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." Strength in grace means weakness partnered with the power of the risen Christ.

Christ Connection - The One Thing That Outlasts the Age

Jesus made the strangest of promises about the end of all things: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away (Matt. 24:35). Notice the ranking. The sky is less permanent than His speech. The ground under your feet has a shorter shelf-life than His word. Paul is about to tell Timothy to anchor everything to the holy scriptures , and this is why - in a world where even the mountains are temporary, the most solid thing left standing is what God has sai…

Christ Connection - The One Who Will Judge

The startling thing is who Paul puts in the judgment seat. Timothy preaches Jesus the Savior - and it is that same Jesus who will weigh the quick and the dead at His appearing. The One who bore the cross holds the scales. So the gospel Timothy carries is never neutral information to be filed away. It is the voice of the coming Judge, offered now as mercy. Every sermon, every word, is finally answerable to Him.