• 1 Tim 4:12-16 Two ages - physical age & spiritual age.
• Timothy was to set an example in these five areas:
• 1) Speech - what’s in your heart comes out of your mouth.
• 2) Conduct - how you see yourself determines how you conduct yourself.
• 3) Love - if you love God you’ll love people - two greatest commandments and commitments.
• 4) Faith - operate out of faith in God not fear of man.
• 5) Purity - the pure in heart see God - spiritual power and sensual pleasure go hand-in-hand.
• 2 Tim 2:3-6 - three types of people we’re to be like:
• 1) Soldier - know you’re in a battle, protect the weak, doesn’t want a fight but won’t back down from one, willing to suffer, doesn’t meddle in needless fights.
• 2) Athlete - play by the rules (God’s Word) and plays to win.
• 3) Farmer - he’s faithful in little even when nobody is watching, he concerns himself with his duty and trusts God for the results.
• In 2 Tim 4:7 Paul says he’s fought the good fight (soldier), finished the race (athlete), kept the faith (farmer).
1 Timothy 4 / 2 Timothy 2 (10/22/15)
Instructions for Young People
October 22, 2015 • Benham Brothers
2 Timothy 1:1-18 (10/22/15)
October 22, 2015 • Benham Brothers
• Paul was set for execution and almost all his friends had deserted him. • So what did Paul do in his last days? He didn’t sulk - he didn’t play bridge and golf in Florida. • He poured into Timothy. • In this chapter he encourages Timothy with three essentials for success: • 1) Courageous enthusiasm (vs 1-7) - Christianity was not the for the faint of heart. • He was to fan into flame the gift that was in him (vs 6-7) - this means being where Satan would try to blow your light out. • 2) Shameless suffering (vs 8-12) - he needed to be ready to embrace suffering. • 3) Spiritual loyalty (vs 13-18) - he needed to maintain reverence to God’s Word and not concern himself with relevance to culture.
2 Timothy 1:4-5 (10/22/20)
October 22, 2020 • Benham Brothers
* The best job of all is raising up kids who love Jesus. * Nobody can do that job for your kids better than you. * Anyone can replace you at a meeting, but nobody can at the ballgame. * Paul was Timothy’s mentor, but the spark of Tim’s faith came from his mom and grandma. * Vs 4-5 - they didn’t have a book or blog or on the speaking circuit, but they were faithful to raise a young boy who would turn the world upside down for Christ. * A river touches places its source knows nothing of. * Tim’s mom was faithful when nobody was watching. * Much like the mom who packed the lunch for the kid who’s lunch Jesus used to feed the 5,000. * My mom did the same thing. * Anyone could’ve spoken at a conference or written a book I read, but only one person could’ve walked my lunch up to me at school - and she was faithful to do just that. * As a parent, what do you do? * Run at the pace of your people. * Whatever the pace is in your kids’ lives, wrap your life around that.
2 Timothy 1:7 (10/18/18)
October 18, 2018 • Benham Brothers
* Darkness isn’t a thing. It’s simply the absence of light. * We have flash lights, not flash darks. * Fear is not a thing. It’s simply the absence of power, love, and a sound mind. * When we’re not living by the power of the Holy Spirit with a love for people and a sound mind bent on truth then fear will fill the void. * God made our spirits fully capable of power and love, but we have to walk in it by having a sound mind. * So what do we do to keep fear out? * We renew our minds in God’s truth, fueled by our love for Him and others, so that we can walk in power against the threats of the enemy. * Power, love, sound mind.