2nd Timothy: Chapter 2
Sermon 17 — 2nd Timothy Chapter 2 Last week we entered the world of 2nd Timoth y, a world of warm feelings, gratitude to God, with a blending of faith and good works recommended as a path to heaven. We also considered whether or not the form in which doctrinal concepts are expressed ought to remain fixed and immutable. Today we hear encouragement to buck up against religious oppression, and stay the course as soldiers of the Christian ministry, because the suffering of this life is nothing compared to the magnitude of the blessings to come. We also are exhorted to weigh carefully everything we hear, because false prophets haunt the highways and byways. “2 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth him...