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    2 Timothy 2:15 (Sermon)

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    Timothy was Paul's spiritual son and co-worker who Paul mentored. Paul encouraged Timothy to [1] present God's truth in a way that was approved by God, despite contradictory teachings from others. He urged Timothy to [2] give his best efforts and be a faultless workman for God. Finally, Paul wanted Timothy to [3] handle God's word with integrity and correctly teach its truth, even when others spread fanciful theories or wrong doctrines.

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    2 Timothy 2:15 (Sermon)

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    Timothy was Paul's spiritual son and co-worker who Paul mentored. Paul encouraged Timothy to [1] present God's truth in a way that was approved by God, despite contradictory teachings from others. He urged Timothy to [2] give his best efforts and be a faultless workman for God. Finally, Paul wanted Timothy to [3] handle God's word with integrity and correctly teach its truth, even when others spread fanciful theories or wrong doctrines.

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    Timothy was Paul's spiritual son and co-worker who Paul mentored. Paul encouraged Timothy to [1] present God's truth in a way that was approved by God, despite contradictory teachings from others. He urged Timothy to [2] give his best efforts and be a faultless workman for God. Finally, Paul wanted Timothy to [3] handle God's word with integrity and correctly teach its truth, even when others spread fanciful theories or wrong doctrines.

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    2 Timothy 2:15 (Sermon)

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    Lark Murry
    Timothy was Paul's spiritual son and co-worker who Paul mentored. Paul encouraged Timothy to [1] present God's truth in a way that was approved by God, despite contradictory teachings from others. He urged Timothy to [2] give his best efforts and be a faultless workman for God. Finally, Paul wanted Timothy to [3] handle God's word with integrity and correctly teach its truth, even when others spread fanciful theories or wrong doctrines.

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    Some of the key takeaways from the passage are that Timothy should strive to be approved by God in his work, be a faultless workman, maintain the integrity of God's word, and not be ashamed. Paul encourages Timothy to do his best and give his full effort.

    Paul advises Timothy to handle God's word correctly and to be committed to it. He says Timothy should not waste time discussing theories but should be well-trained in the word of truth and sound doctrine. Paul also says God will give Timothy understanding.

    According to the passage, a servant of God should give their best time and effort to please God, be assiduous in presenting God's word, be a perfect workman who is not embarrassed, and have their work approved by God.

    Lark Murry

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    Text: 2 Timothy 2:15

    Topic: A Committed Mentor of God’s Workmen

    Timothy was a young man who was converted and circumcised during Paul‟s missionary
    journey and was Paul‟s co-workmen at one time (Acts 16:3). He was spiritual son of Paul
    “my true son in the faith” (1 Tim1:2). So being a spiritual father, Paul tried to encourage
    Timothy to be very careful in presenting the word of truth. Paul also doesn‟t want anyone to
    look him down “let no one despise you for you are young, but set an example” (1 Tim 4:12).
    1. Approved Before God
    In this particular given text, we see Paul was urging Timothy to present the truth in a way
    God approved. During his era, there was strong teaching totally contradictory to the truth
    among the Christian community by Hymenaeus and Philetus. They were teaching that the
    resurrection is already past (2 Tim 2: 18), and because of this wrong notion many believers
    were confused and shaken in what they have believed. Therefore, here Paul is encouraging
    Timothy to understand and counsel to be diligent in representing the word of truth. Some of
    the word that holds solid foundation for Timothy in doing and in presenting that he might be
    approved before God.

    Do Your Best: Here the word „do‟ is something to do practical with an action. It would not
    make sense if action is not taking place. So, Paul was urging something practical that should
    be done in action, to show in action. And the word „best‟ refers giving full effort and with a
    spotless achievement. Dictionary defines “best is used to refer things of the highest quality
    or standard”. Paul did not ask Timothy just to do something, but asked to do he can effort.
    Paul encouraged him to do the best that he may be approved by God. The reason is, if he is
    thorough with the word of God, anytime it would be easy for him to defence wrong
    teaching. Because, in a meanwhile the word of God has a power to reprove and rebuke in
    times of wrong teaching (2 Tim 4:2), therefore Paul urged him to be ready with his best and
    to be faithful in presenting God‟s word.

    So do, today the word of God is telling us to give our best effort that count acceptable in the
    sight of God. God demands the best from us. We read in the book of Exodus “the best of the
    firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God” (23:19).
    Lark Murry
    Therefore, being a servant of God we should give our best time and effort that pleases God.
    We should be so assiduous in presenting God‟s word.

    2. Faultless Workman
    The term “workman” is generally reference to an agricultural labourer, but here Paul used
    the term to describe a labourer for God, and described God‟s servant who does not need to
    be ashamed. Which means one who have fully focus on knowing God and no lacking in
    desire to share the sound doctrine. Hymenaeus and Philetus were also ministering the people
    in conflicting from the truth. Their own fancy intellectual was spreading and injecting into
    the hearts of the believers. However, they were not accepted servants in the sight of God.
    So, Paul encouraged Timothy not to be like one who teaches a different doctrine and does
    not agree with the sound words of the gospel (1 Tim 6:3), a workman who is not accepted
    by God. But rather Paul advised Timothy to be perfect workman who does not need to be
    embarrassed for poor quality work.

    In a meanwhile Paul also encouraged Timothy to follow the pattern of the sound words he
    learned from him (2 Tim 1:13). Since there were false teachers in Timothy‟s time and he
    was a young pastor, so consequently Paul encouraged him by bringing him faith “I know
    whom I have believed and He is able” (2 Tim 1:12). Here Paul‟s point was that, even in the
    midst of false teachers not to be disappointed but to be perfect workman in work, because
    God is able to help.

    Furthermore Paul counselled him to be clavered, always be sober minded, do the good work
    of evangelist, fulfil your ministry (2 Tim 4:5), and to keep closed watchful of his teaching
    which he was assigned to work (1 Tim 4:16), not by seeking to please people but to God
    (Gal 1:10). Many a times we attempt to seek to please men rather than God. We take God‟s
    name, but our ministry become people‟s ministry rather than God‟s ministry, because
    thought we take the name of God out focus is more to our own glory. And we become
    failure before God and even to people. We should be God‟s perfect workman.

    3. Integrity of God’s Word

    Paul was so much concerned about the imaginary teaching and the believers, so Paul
    encouraged Timothy to be truthful and faithful in handling the word of truth even in the
    midst of people who failed to understand and spreading wrong notion.
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    They denied the future resurrection of the body apparently by asserting that the resurrection
    was the spiritual awakening experienced at conversion only (2 Tim 2:17-18). Therefore,
    Paul repeats the advice of his previous letter that Timothy should not waste time in
    discussing fanciful theories (1 Tim 1:3-11), but to be well trained in the word of truth, and
    good sound doctrine (1 Tim 4:6-10). And to bring the accurate meaning of what it really
    mean for? Paul urged Timothy to remind with the sound doctrine of the word of truth to
    those who are going astray from the right teaching of Jesus Christ (2 Tim 2:14), because for
    the word is truth is not about human fancy imaginary nor intellectual, but it is a revelation of
    Jesus Christ to us (Gal 1:12) “inspired by God” (2 Tim 3:16). Paul emphasis to Timothy
    was not to successes but to be committed in God‟s words. So Paul encouraged to handle
    God‟s words correctly that “the Lord will give you understanding in everything” (2 Tim
    2:7).

    In a same way even in today‟s generation many Christians are confusing and shaken in
    faith, because of wrong imaginary notions. And now God assigned you and me to be
    handled God‟s word correctly. We should be like Timothy in dealing with the sound
    doctrine even in the midst of heretical philosophy.

    In the era of Timothy, the contradictory teaching was spreading by the believers within the
    community. Likewise lately, so many preachers are preaching totally contrary to what the
    word of God says. They preach of worldly prosperity, speaking in tongues beyond what
    truth demands, and phrase like “if you accept Jesus you will not face sufferings in life”
    which is totally wrong teaching. By taking one word or text in the bible they speak and
    preach all these wrong teaching. So being a servant of God it is our duty to speak what the
    word of God asks us to say. We must be thriving in God‟s words, so that we would be
    acceptable before God and would not be ashamed. Our work should be approved by God,
    perfect, and integrity of God‟s word.

    In closing up I want to post this question. How is your work, does it God approved you as a
    workman?

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