2 timothy 3:12 explained 2 timothy 3:12 explained

Don't start messing with it. It should be considered as one of the proper qualifications for membership in the church, to be willing to bear persecution, and to resolve not to shrink from any duty in order to avoid it. But this is not what the Bible teaches. This of itself indicates that the epistle provides for a time when it is no longer simply a question of recognising persons coming out of the world. And the reason why he makes it so urgent not to be turned aside was, that the time would come when men would not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts they should heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they should turn away their ears from the truth, and should be. It is the sign of a man of honour that he pays his debts; and for every man there is a debt to God and there are debts to his fellow-men, which he must remember and repay. It may be that, since we are only human, we cannot live entirely without differences with our fellow-men, but to perpetuate these differences is one of the worst--and also one of the commonest--of all sins. So the Greek word that is used here to describe these that are going around, leading captive the silly women, is the same Greek word that was used to describe quackery, and that's probably they're quacks, Paul is saying. The page number in Thayer is given, and the column on the page follows the hyphens. They had been long accustomed to the truth, and alas! Each of the chapters are done individually. 1. In certain of these books Jannes and Jambres figured largely. Real teaching is always born of real experience. Everything today is, you know, for the body beautiful. It is the normal Greek word for difficult, but it has certain usage's which explain its meaning here. And they were able to imitate the workings of God up to a point and then they came to the place where they were backed down by Moses, but "men of corrupt minds, they are reprobate concerning the faith. So God's word, scripture given for inspiration, by the inspiration of God and is profitable.Of course, this morning we pointed out that the inspiration of the Bible is proved by internal evidences, such as its total accuracy with known facts of science, when it happened to cover scientific subjects. "He devotes himself specially to women, and those such as are well-bred, and elegantly attired, and of great wealth." (2 Timothy 2:1.) He read them and never rested until he obtained the rest of the Bible. shall suffer persecution; it is the will of God, and the appointment of heaven; Christ has foretold it, that so it shall be; and he the head has suffered it himself, and it is necessary that his members should, that they may be conformed unto him; it is the way Christ himself went to glory, and through many tribulations his people must enter the kingdom; and this is the common lot and certain case of all the saints, in one shape or another; for though all do not suffer confiscation of goods, beating, scourging, imprisonment, or a violent death; yet all are more or less afflicted and distressed by wicked men, and are subject to their reproaches and revilings, which are a branch of persecution; and that for professing Christ, and living a godly life in him and under his influence: and since such suffer as Christians, and not as evildoers; and this is the common condition of the people of God, in this world, it should not be thought strange, but be cheerfully endured; to encourage to which is the apostle's view in this passage. It seems to me, I confess, that if there were simplicity of faith, the Lord would give one eyes to see some at least that call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. Having a form of godliness ( 2 Timothy 3:5 ). Persons sometimes say it does not matter who taught; but God does not treat the matter so lightly. 2. There is teaching. They must expect to be despised, and that their religion will stand in the way of their preferment; those who will live godly must expect it, especially those who will live godly in Christ Jesus, that is, according to the strict rules of the Christian religion, those who will wear the livery and bear the name of the crucified Redeemer. There was the road from the south which centred the trade of the Maeander valley in Ephesus. (2.) Well, Jesus has and He told us what to, what it's about in Luke, the sixteenth chapter. In other words, there is within the Old Testament so much concerning Jesus Christ that through the understanding and the study of the Old Testament you should logically be led to Jesus Christ. The oldest Greek laws disfranchised the man who struck his parents; to strike a father was in Roman law as bad as murder; in the Jewish law honour for father and mother comes high in the list of the Ten Commandments. Here the apostle, to confirm Timothy in that way wherein he walked. They will be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. Paul met him on his first missionary journey. The cause of this is the present confusion, and accordingly the apostle brings a picture of it before Timothy's mind. How are we to walk so as to please the Lord when disorder reigns, claiming to be the only true order? It is undoubtedly true at all times, and will ever be, that they who are devoted Christians - who live as the Saviour did - and who carry out his principles always, will experience some form of persecution. What we have learned we must labour to be more and more assured of, that, being grounded in the truth, we may be guarded against error, for certainty in religion is of great importance and advantage: Knowing, (1.) And those who wish to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted; while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceived themselves and deceiving others. More and more the Christian is a marked person because the more corrupt the world becomes, the more the Christian stands out. It was only to be expected that certain women would not know how to use their new liberty. But now before his heart just as in principle before the dying Lord Himself, wonderful to say two things come together: a deeper sense of what is in God, as revealed in Christ Himself, before there was any creation at all; and on the other hand so much the deeper sense also of what could be owned in nature. He is the man whom God resists, for it is repeatedly said in scripture, that God receives the humble but resists the man who is proud, huperephanos ( G5244) ( James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 3:24). If your God is big enough to create the heavens and the earth, no problem, but you see, we stumble on the very first verse. He was to continue in the things which he had learned, and had been assured of, knowing of whom he had learned them a very important point. It was the common lot of all who endeavored to serve their Redeemer faithfully; and Timothy himself, therefore, must not hope to escape from it. "And God prepared a great fish and it swallowed Jonah" ( Jonah 1:17 ). (2.) How Daniels Prophecy of 70 Weeks Connects to the End Times. I am not at liberty of course to leave Christendom, I dare not get out of the great house at all; indeed I cannot (at any rate without becoming an apostate) leave the house of God, however bad its state may be. This sort of atmosphere will mark the last days . A man may embrace some absurd opinion, and call it religion; he may adopt some mode of dress irresistibly ludicrous, from the mere love of singularity, and may call it conscience; or he may be boorish in his manners, and uncivil in his deportment, outraging all the laws of social life, and may call this deadness to the world; and for these, and similar things, he may be contemned, ridiculed, and despised. He was ordered to light a bonfire and burn his books. Now, there's nothing wrong with enjoying life. He directs him to keep close to a good education, and particularly to what he had learned out of the holy scriptures (2 Timothy 3:14; 2 Timothy 3:15): Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned. A. M. Chirgwin has story after story of how the Scriptures came by chance into the hands of men and changed their lives. As Shakespeare had it: "Good name in man and woman, dear my lord. "Put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit but to the subverting of the hearers. Trench, Richard Chenevix, D.D. You may be able to deceive people for a while, but ultimately, it's going to catch up, even as it did with Jannes. The term "godly" (eusebos) means "piously" (Thayer 262-2-2153). That is, it is not enough that I should walk with the Lord individually, but I must clear myself of association with that which is contrary to His name. 12And all who wish to live a godly life (186) Having mentioned his own persecutions, he likewise adds now, that nothing has happened to him which does not await all the godly. Accordingly, although they are not exposed to the same assaults, and do not engage in the same battles, yet they have a warfare in common, and shall never be wholly at peace and exempt from persecutions. The strange characteristic of ingratitude is that it is the most hurting of all sins because it is the blindest. Living here almost in a Sodom-Gomorrah atmosphere and environment. We have already seen how secluded the life of the respectable Greek woman was, how she was brought up under the strictest supervision, how she was not allowed "to see anything, to hear anything, or to ask any questions," how she never appeared, even on a shopping expedition, alone on the streets, how she was never allowed even to appear at a public meeting. Note, Those are wise indeed who are wise to salvation. But the phrase may mean any future time, whether near or distant. It is a duty in the present state of confusion to use scriptural means; and here we have our warrant, as in the epistles we find more. Otherwise this might have seemed to be (what unbelief taunts and stigmatizes it, spite of His sanction) pride of heart and presumption. And the word perfect of course is always that of completeness. I believe God intended that you should enjoy life.There is nothing wrong with having pleasure. Timothy had a great advantage in being trained up under such a tutor, and being apprised of the doctrine he preached. Good. But you see, if you start whacking away at the story of Jonah, and say, oh, I can't really buy that. In these last terrible days men will come to have no love for good things or good persons (aphilagathos, G865) . And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men." Easy it seems to get sort of distracted and off course. The Jews divided all time into this present age and the age to come. John 15:19; Matthew 10:22; Matthew 10:38-39, Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus,. All that live according to the will of God revealed in his word; and to the glory of God, as the end of all their actions; and which the grace of God in the Gospel, and in their own hearts, teaches them; and who have the principles of a godly life from Christ, and derive the fresh supplies of grace and life from him, to maintain it; in whom their life is hid, and who live by faith upon him; all such that live, and that will live so, are desirous of living after this manner; in whom God has wrought in them both to will and to do, and are concerned when it is otherwise with them: these. Now here observe. In the end not a book was burned; the brigand left the colporteur and went off into the darkness with the books. We live in a fallen world with a spiritual enemy who prowls around as a roaring lion or appears to us as an angel of light seeking to devour, destroy, or deceive us.Jesus clearly told us that in this world, those who believe in Him would suffer persecution and pain, and Paul expands that truth by adding that all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. You're a stranger. This he had known most extensively, but it was closed; no longer had he before him any prospect of having to fight the battles of the church of God. Paul refers to his own experiences to illustrate the truth that the person who whole-heartedly follows God must expect persecution. The Gnostic insinuators would teach these doctrines to impressionable women. The nature of its doctrine was no way likely to command success: (1) it condemns all other religions, some established for ages; (2) it enjoins precepts ungrateful to flesh and blood, the mortifying of the flesh, the love of enemies, and the bearing of the cross; (3) it enforces these seemingly unreasonable precepts by promises seemingly incredible; not good things such as afford complacency to our senses, but such as cannot be obtained till after this life, and presuppose what then seemed impossible, the resurrection; (4) it predicts to its followers what would seem sure to keep most of the world from embracing it, persecutions. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. Instead of hiding either from Timothy, he points all out to him. This is God's attitude to men. thoroughly furnished unto all good works ( 2 Timothy 3:17 ). It appears it was not merely in Rome. That is, without any sexual restraints. We can still see this kind of man in fairs and market-places shouting the virtues of a patent medicine which will act like magic. That's not the kind of promises we really enjoy, is it? "The cloke," then says he, "that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books," not only the clothing, but even that which he is to read, "especially the parchments;" what he was going to write on, probably. Men will be thankless (acharistos, G884) . We must remember that they were Gnostics and that the basic principle of Gnosticism was that spirit was altogether good and matter altogether evil. A man may embrace some absurd opinion, and call it religion; he may adopt some mode of dress irresistibly ludicrous, from the mere love of singularity, and may call it "conscience;" or he may be boorish in his manners, and uncivil in his deportment, outraging all the laws of social life, and may call this "deadness to the world;" and for these, and similar things, he may be contemned, ridiculed, and despised. He was to communicate the things he had learnt of Paul, that they might be able to teach others also. This again has stumbled the minds of men. (3) if we are persecuted, we should carefully inquire, before we avail ourselves of this consolation, whether we are persecuted because we "live godly in Christ Jesus," or for some other reason. There is the idea of menace and of danger in this word. The scriptures are profitable to establish the foundation of my beliefs. I must do so, if I own Him only in the indispensable truth of His Lordship if I own Him simply as the One that has authority over my soul. . And Jesus himself had said: "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake" ( Matthew 5:10). The peculiar task confided to the latter was care of doctrine much more than of outward order. "Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ." The woman, thrilled to the heart, does so and is deluded into thinking that she can prophesy. The word is huperephanos ( G5244) . He was driven from Antioch in Pisidia ( Acts 13:50); he had to flee from Iconium to avoid lynching ( Acts 14:5-6); in Lystra he was stoned and left for dead ( Acts 14:19). Be assured, that if you do not bring the Spirit of God into these matters, perhaps your cloak, perhaps a book, will become a snare to you. How is a man to walk in such a state of things as this? They claimed that the law was so imprinted on the heart and mind of a Jewish child that he would sooner forget his own name than he would forget it. And for a person to take advantage of a child is unthinkable. The word we have translated to be a disciple includes so much that is beyond translation in any single English word. Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. Noah, the earth was really flooded? These twin qualities of the braggart and the arrogant man inevitably result in love of insult (blasphemia, G988) . Timothy needed to realize, as all Christians do, especially those to whom "prosperity theology" appeals, that when a person determines to live a godly life he or she will suffer persecution. Christianity changed all that and a new set of problems arose. Word Pictures in the New Testament. Man can do it but not God. If Timothy wishes to live godly in Christ, he must make up his mind to encounter. The same tone of mercy is equally promised in this #epistle as in the last. There is no occasion for the writings of the philosopher, nor for rabbinical fables, nor popish legends, nor unwritten traditions, to make us perfect men of God, since the scripture answers all these ends and purposes. Look what they did to Jesus, and Jesus said, "If they persecuted me, they're going to persecute you" ( John 15:20 ). For God hath not given us the spirit of fear" (it was what Timothy was manifesting), "but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. You know the persecutions that I experienced, but the Lord delivered me out of them all. We have sown the wind, now we're going to reap the whirlwind. (2Baruch 27). And when you lose authority you have anarchy. He would not have him to be spreading doubtful opinions; but what he had heard from the apostle himself he need not scruple to give out freely. When children are disobedient to their parents, and break through the obligations which they lie under to them both in duty and gratitude, and frequently in interest, having their dependence upon them and their expectation from them, they make the times perilous; for what wickedness will those stick at who will be abusive to their own parents and The word here is makrothumia ( G3115) ; and makrothumia, as the Greeks used it, usually meant patience with people. In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." It is perfectly true--as we have so often said--that Christianity is not founded on a printed book but on a living person. The persecutions today may not be the same Paul had to withstand, but persecutions of some type will confront us from time to time. Verse 2 Timothy 3:1. He wants to accustom his mind to expect hardship instead of shirking it. 3:14-17 But as for you, remain loyal to the things which you have learned, and in which your belief has been confirmed, for you know from whom you learned them, and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that will bring you salvation through the faith which is in Christ Jesus. Now you get out your, you know, your green and blue pens and for the inspired ones, we'll underline those with blue and we'll use red, maybe, to underline those that are not inspired, you know and, and so here I am, I'm the authority.Well, the next liberal comes along and he says, Well, no, no, no, he was wrong on that one. And suddenly, of course, their tears were changed because Paul began to breathe and move and he stood up and he said, Let's go back in and preach some more. So we find that God knows how to temper the bitter with the sweet, always doing the right thing in the right place and time. In 2Baruch we get an even more vivid picture of the moral chaos of these last times: And envy shall rise in those who had not thought ought of. 1 Paul, a an apostle of Christ Jesus b by the will of God according to c the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,. "Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace." false accusers, incontinent ( 2 Timothy 3:3 ). Acts 13:50; Acts 14:5-6,Acts 14:19; Acts 16:1-2). Salem Media Group. "That thou hast had good teachers. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning, Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus All that live according to the will of God revealed in his word; and to the glory of God, as the end of all their actions; and which the grace of God in the Gospel, and in their own hearts, teaches them; and who have the principles of a godly life from Christ, and derive the fresh supplies of grace and life from him, to maintain it; in whom their life is hid, and who live by faith upon him; all such that live, and that will live so, are desirous of living after this manner; in whom God has wrought in them both to will and to do, and are concerned when it is otherwise with them: these. Braggart has an interesting derivation. ii. The Greek word literally is fully matured or of full age, fully matured, that the man of God might be fully matured. It instructs us in that which is true, reproves us for that which is amiss, directs us in that which is good. Oh, yeah, I like that one. He was comparatively alone. It is a divine revelation, which we may depend upon as infallibly true. As individuals, we should sometimes ask ourselves: what is our aim in life? "Evil men and seducers will wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived." This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. If you can read and buy the first verse of the Bible, you should have no problem with the rest of the Bible. I'm just saying, Hey, I am stupid and I lack an understanding. How is it that you could be deceived, Jesus? That is, he must first labour, and then partake of the fruits. No man is saved unless he is on fire to save his fellow-men. So don't expect the world to speak well of you or to applaud you for your living a godly life and taking a righteous stand. Nowadays we have to restate these old pictures in modern terms. The apostle's life was very exemplary for three things: for his doctrine, which was according to the will of God; for his life, which was agreeable to his doctrine; and for his persecutions and sufferings. It is the sign of a supremely decadent civilization when youth loses all respect for age and fails to recognize the unpayable debt and the basic duty it owes to those who gave it life. In English we usually associate it with insult against God, but in Greek it means insult against man and God alike. Observe, The scriptures will make us wise to salvation, if they be mixed with faith, and not otherwise, Hebrews 4:2. Paul "the aged," as he says, was just about to leave this world. It would not burn. This may be either an injury done to his feelings, his family, his reputation, his property, his liberty, his influence; it may be by depriving him of an office which he held, or preventing him from obtaining one to which he is eligible; it may be by subjecting him to fine or imprisonment, to banishment, torture, or death. Oh God, I want you to use my life. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice.' And so Paul said to Timothy, "You have fully known". God had made Jesus to be Lord and Christ, preached Peter on that day of power, when as yet much lay hid, and the great instrument of the revelation of the mystery was still shrouded in the darkness of midnight. Because the true child of God brings the worldly person under conviction. The man who is mastered by his lower passions will gratify them in the most shameless way, as the streets of any great city will show when the night is late. (3.) They're profitable for doctrine. 2 To Timothy, d my beloved child:. I've never found that in one of those little Bible promise books, I mean, promise things yet. See also 1 Timothy 4:7; 1 Timothy 6:11, and on godliness, 1 Timothy 2:2. How appropriate that "trucebreakers" is for this day. The doctrine of the necessity of persecution was no new thing to Paul. Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of man" ( Luke 17:26 ). His answer was: "That which will be most useful to them when they are men." He lit the fire, and then he asked if he might read a little from each book before he dropped it in the flames. The more the person who lives godly and righteous in Christ stands out. He lets Timothy know that while he laid this on others, he must look carefully to his own ways. The prophets and apostles did not speak from themselves, but what they received of the Lord that they delivered unto us. You have no authority.So if I tell you that some scriptures are not really inspired of God, then I become the authority, not the Bible anymore, because you can't just read the whole Bible and trust it because not all of it is inspired. But now there were other reasons for it, namely, that Christians were neglecting godliness and order.