Joyful Endurance: An Overview fo 2 Timothy

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Joyful Endurance: An Overview fo 2 Timothy

November 24, 2024 • Bo Noonan • 2 Timothy

Bo Noonan kicks off our new series, Joyful Endurance, which will be a walkthrough of the 2 Timothy - Paul's letter to his faithful apprentice, Timothy. In this overview of the letter, we find out that Timothy is in the city of Ephesus doing his best to equip the church, lead himself, and point people to Jesus. It has been a hard go for Timothy...and for Paul, who is in prison has he writes this letter. As we work through each verse of this letter we will find Paul encouraging Timothy to do four things: guard the good news of Jesus, share in Paul's sufferings, continue in the good news of Jesus, and engage in preaching the good news of Jesus. As a church, we need this encouragement too, and will dig into it through this series.

Joyful Endurance: 2 Timothy 1:8-2:2

December 15, 2024 • Andy Cooley • 2 Timothy 1:8—2:2, Ephesians 3:18–19, John 6:44, Ephesians 2:8, 1 Timothy 1:3–4

Andy Cooley teaches through 2 Timothy 1:8-2:2 in our series Joyful Endurance. In these verses, Andy builds on three points in regards to Paul's encouragement to Timothy concerning the gospel of Jesus: 1) The gospel is true and of extreme and ever-deepening worth. 2) The gospel and our faith in it are entrusted to us by God and need to be guarded. And 3) The gospel needs to be passed on to others.

Joyful Endurance: 2 Timothy 1:6-12

December 8, 2024 • Bo Noonan • 2 Timothy 1:6–12, Acts 2:38

Bo Noonan teaches from 2 Timothy 1:6-12, where Paul encourages Timothy to "fan into flame" the Holy Spirit's presence and purposes in his life through diving into the gospel and being with God's people. In Paul's day, and in ours, there is a call to give our lives to SOMETHING. Paul's encouragement to Timothy is to spend his life, not on himself, but on the gospel of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. To fan God's purposes into an all-consuming fire that allowed him (and us) to burn in community with others, keeping each other set alight, so that many may come to know the grace of Jesus.

Joyful Endurance: 2 Timothy 1:1-5

December 1, 2024 • Bo Noonan • 2 Timothy 1:1–5, 2 Timothy 2:1–2

Bo Noonan teaches from 2 Timothy 1:1-5, where we begin with a story of deep friendship, joy, and generations of faith. Paul then charges Timothy to give himself to a life well-lived, as he follows Paul's example. That said, Paul's definition of a life well-lived flies directly in the face of what culture might expect. Paul's life included difficulty, prison, beatings, rejection, and much lack of physical things - but it was soaked in the gospel, the grace of Jesus, and passion for Jesus and his ways to be made known to all. We are faced with the question: are we pursuing a life a life well-lived according to the Bible's standard, or our culture's?