2 Timothy 2:1-19

We are going back to 2 Timothy 2.

Let us read the first two verses there.

We are going back to 2 Timothy 2.

We are going back to 2 Timothy 2.

We are going back to 2 Timothy 2.

We are going back to 2 Timothy 2.

Now when you come to the book of Timothy, you find one of the major themes of the book of Timothy is the issue of false teaching.

There are different facets of false teaching in the church in Ephesus.

And it is from this context where Timothy preached the Lord Jesus Christ.

So in 1 Timothy 2.

So in 1 Timothy 2.

There is a lot about false teaching.

I just want to highlight maybe a few verses.

Turn with me in 1 Timothy 1 and verse 3.

1 Timothy 3.

1 Timothy 3.

1 Timothy 4.

1 Timothy 4.

1 Timothy 4.

I urged you when I went into Macedonia

remain in Ephesus that you may

charge some that teach

no other doctrine

nor give yeas, febles and

endless genealogies which cause disputes rather than

godly education which is in fact.

Chapter 4 and verse 1 of 1 Timothy

it says, now the spirit expressly says that

in the latter times some will depart from the faith

giving yeas to deceitful spirits and doctrines

of demons. Look at

chapter 4

2 Timothy 4

chapter 4 verse 3

for the time will come when they will not endure

sound doctrine but according to their own desires

because they have eating ears they will give up

for themselves teachers and they will turn their ears away from the truth

and to be turned aside to febles.

Paul taught Timothy

how to deal with hostity.

some of the things that he brought up

as follows. The first one

is in 1 Timothy 2

in fact

we are not going to read that chapter

but in 1 Timothy 2 what does he do?

He says you must

pray.

Right? I

exhort first of all that

supplications, prayers, intercessions

and so on

will be made for all men.

You know you pray for people

not only you pray for people

you are praying

so that

in your church

there is not total dependence on God in everything

so in order to deal with hostity

we must have a prayer for church

a church that prays for the preacher

a church that comes to the church prayer meeting

and because

how else are we going to do Christian ministry without prayer

and so

Paul

you know

puts prayer in a very important place

as far as

the young man Timothy

is being told here

but secondly

it says

you must choose

elders

and deacons

who are qualified

according to scripture

and that is in 1 Timothy 3

so elders

and deacons

are leaders

who must be

biblically qualified

one of the

problems

about hostity

is that you have elders

and deacons

who are grounded

in the faith

you know

whose marriages

or relationships

in that area

is not good at all

who

are not living lives

according to scripture

as it were

and so it says

when you are choosing leaders

make sure

they are in accordance

with 1 Timothy 3

what the bible teaches you

above reproach

right

and

managing the family well

and being grounded

in the scriptures

now

if you are going to deal

with host teachers

you must first of all

have

your leadership

sorted

properly

and I mean

2 Timothy 4

and verse 2

it says

dealing with host teachers

you must preach

the word

preach the word

be ready

in season

and out of season

convince

review

exhort

with all long

suffering

and teaching

if you want to deal

with host teaching

you must teach

the truth

and the scriptures

are the truth

and the Lord Jesus Christ

is the truth

if you are teaching

the Lord Jesus Christ

then you are going

to be dealing

with host teaching

this

in this particular

generation

when you are

delivering God's word

now

you must make sure

that you are

preaching

the word

you are not just

teaching

your ideas

things

made up by men

but it must be

something that comes

from

the word

of God

so host teaching

can be dealt with

right now

by teaching

what is in scripture

by explaining

what the bible says

you know

the unfolding drama

of salvation

in our Lord Jesus Christ

you look at any page

of scripture

in the bible

old and new

you will find

that you can be able

to teach

about the Lord Jesus Christ

in there

and so when you

teach the truth

you are dealing

with the issue

of false teaching

then the passage

that we are going

to have tonight

second Timothy

2 Timothy 2 · chapter mention

chapter 2

and verse 2

it says

and the things

that you have

heard from me

among many witnesses

commit these

to faithful men

who will be able

to teach

others also

if you want

to do

or to deal

with false teaching

for my

grandmother

I write

my sixth

grandmother

you must

raise

a new generation

of preachers

right

preachers

might become

scarce

there may not

be as many

different parts of the world

who are faithful

but it is important

that the local church

invests

in a new generation

of preachers

and I have come

across churches

not only

in Zambia

but even here

when the pastor

retires

or

you know

he resigns

whatever happens

or he dies

you find

that's when

some of the churches

are saying

oh where are we going

to find another pastor

and he starts

searching all over

the place

but what about

raising your own

young men

within the church

so that

when the pastor

goes

there is someone

within the church

who is ready

you have been

training a young man

who is able

to take over

the weight

of God

raising a new

generation

of preachers

is dealing

with false teaching

in the future

so we don't

just deal

with the false

teaching now

you deal

with the false

teaching

in the future

the apostle

Paul says

deal there

for my son

now

try and observe

where this

started from

if you turn

with me

to Acts

Acts 16 · chapter mention

chapter 16

in the book

of Acts

Acts 16 · chapter mention

chapter 16

we read

in verse 1

then he came

to David

and Israel

and the

holy

certain

disciple

was there

named

Timothy

the son

of a certain

Jewish woman

who believed

that his father

was Greek

and he was

well spoken of

by the brethren

who were

Alistra

and Iconia

who wanted

to have him

go on

with him

and he took

him

and circumcised

him

because the

Jews

were in

that region

for they all

knew that his

father was

Greek

if you remember

the apostle Paul

on his first

missionary journey

he went with

Barnabas

and he went

to a number

of places

and then

they returned

back to Antioch

and then

there was

an issue

to do

with circumcision

where it

contributes

to salvation

and there

was the

Jerusalem

council

and it

was noted

that salvation

is by grace

and grace

alone

and so

they went

and reported

back to the

church

in Antioch

and along

with them

Silas

joined

from Jerusalem

and he went

to Antioch

as well

and so now

when Barnabas

and Paul

were to set

on their

second missionary

journey

you find

that there

was a big

dispute

between them

because Barnabas

wanted to

carry

John Mark

and Paul

said no

he had

turned back

and as a

result of that

Paul ended

up going

with Silas

for the

second

missionary

journey

from the

first missionary

journey

the young

man

Timothy

must have

been

converted

in one

of the

churches

and now

they find

that this

young man

is well

spoken of

as someone

who has

grasped

the things

of the

Lord

and his

testimony

was outstanding

and the

apostle Paul

says

young man

come

and learn

from me

come

on this

particular

mission

journey

so when

you look

at

the time

when

Lydia

was

being

converted

Timothy

was there

when the

slave girl

in Philippi

was

being released

from that

different divination

spirit

Timothy

was there

the Philippian

jailer

as I guess

converted

Timothy

is there

when there

was an

uproar

when they

were

you know

basically

calling out

remember when

they said

great is

the Diana

of the

Ephesians

and so on

Timothy

was aware

of all

that was

going on

at that

particular

time

as

all

sufferers

Paul

and Timothy

was available

to actually

see it by

you know

with his own

eyes

that the

Apostle

Paul

you know

was being

persecuted

you know

for the

gospel

Tim

Paul

says

my son

yes

come with

me

come and

see

the

suffering

that I'm

going to

go through

come and

learn from

me

because

later on

you are

going to

be in

charge

Tim

they didn't

know

how it

was going

to be

but he

followed

the Apostle

Paul

and

Silas

on that

particular

mission

journey

and the

Bible tells

us

2 Timothy

2 Timothy 2:1

2 verse

1

you therefore

my son

so Paul

has got

Timothy

his son

and he

says

be strong

in the

grace

that is

in trust

Jesus

dealing

with

false

teaching

those

who know

the

doctrines

of

grace

need

to have

their

sons

or

daughters

people

that

they

are

training

doctrinally

one of

the things

we used

to do

at our

local

church

in

Kittweb

the ones

who got

baptized

they were

then

taken

into

a

doctrinal

class

the basics

of the

Christian

faith

so that

they

know

what

we stand

for

just as

you read

the

confession

here

you know

there ought

to be

that

grounding

what

you

have

put

in

your

constitution

as

the

beliefs

of

the

church

the

young

believers

must

be

taught

so the

question

is

who

is

your

Timothy

who

are

you

training

who

is

your

son

who

is

your

child

who

is

your

daughter

in

terms

of

the

doctrinal

!

beliefs

of

the

church

and

then

Paul

says

you

must

be

strong

in

the

grace

that

is

in

Christ

Jesus

this

is

another

area

where

people

come up

with

all

sorts

of

things

our

grace

must

be

strong

in

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

we

are

saved

by

grace

our

Christian

walk

is

by

grace

you

see

the

Galatian

legalism

what

does

Paul

say

he

says

I

boss

nothing

else

but

the

cross

you

look

at

the

legalism

what

does

Paul

say

look

at

the

sufficiency

and

supremacy

in

all

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

we

read

Ephesians

Ephesians 2:8

2

verse 8

by

grace

by

yourself

through

faith

grace

where

else

in

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

and

nowhere

else

you

see

if

your

religion

does

not

have

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

then

it

is

false

because

the

Bible

tells

us

there

is

no

other

way

that

we

can

come

to

God

except

to

Christ

I

know

there

are

many

ways

of

climbing

Mount

Kilimanjaro

and

so

there

are

many

ways

of

going

to

God

no

no

no

no

no

there

is

no

other

name

under

heaven

by which

we

must

be

served

if

there

is

a

religion

where

there

is

no

Christ

in

it

take

it

from

me

it

is

false

it

will

not

lead

you

to

God

because

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

has

clearly

said

I

am

the

way

the

truth

and

life

and

no

one

comes

to

the

Father

you

cannot

know

God

without

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

and

he

has

put

it

very

clearly

in

there

no

Christ

there

is

no

truth

because

he

is

the

truth

he

is

the

truth

so

Paul

says

I

desired

to

know

nothing

but

Christ

crucified

Christ

crucified

and

so

the

apostle

says

my

son

you

must

be

strong

in

the

grace

that

is

in

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

if

you

are

going

to

combat

hostaging

you

must

cling

to

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

you

must

know

the

fullness

of

the

grace

that

we

have

in

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

don't

be

caught up

with

other

things

altogether

it

is

only

Christ

and

Christ

alone

some

people

say

Christ

Christ

another

prophet

no

no

no

we

have

the

popular

teaching

prosperity

gospel

which

has been

beamed

into

Zambia

from

America

sorry

American

friends

!

where

you

are

poor

there

is

something

wrong

with

you

as

a

Christian

right

if

you

are

suffering

as

a

Christian

there

is

something

wrong

with

you

you

are

king

skips

you

must

have

the

money

and

you

must

have

the

good

health

all

the

time

and

they

are

using

the

name

of

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

because

Christ

owns

everything

and

therefore

you

as

a

child

of

God

there

ought

to be

no

time

when

you

are

suffering

but

the

apostle

Paul

says

Timothy

come

and

watch

how

I

suffer

for

the

gospel

come

and

watch

how

I

suffer

for

the

gospel

and

the

apostle

suffered

so

much

that

we

need

a

whole

night

to be

able

to

talk

about

his

suffering

for

the

sake

of

the

gospel

and

people

come

up

and

say

they

believe

in

Christ

without

suffering

no

they

need

to

embrace

what

the

Bible

teaches

rather

than

the

things

that

are

made

up

by

men

so

the

apostle

Paul

was

able

to

teach

Timothy

a lot

and

Timothy

was

able

to

learn

a lot

from

the

apostle

Paul

Paul

specialised

in

knowing

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

and

Timothy

could

see

that

Paul

specialised

in

preaching

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

and

Timothy

could

be

able

to

see

that

and

Arthur

was

able

to

be

left

at

Ephesus

to

be

able

to

look

after

the

church

of

God

so

the

thrust

is

coming

in

from

verse

2

which

is

what

we

are

about

in

proclamation

Zambia

and

this

is

about

dealing

with

post

teaching

not

just

for

now

but

even

in

the

generations

to

come

we

train

a

new

generation

of

preachers

this

country

has

had

great

preachers

that

history

is

very

clear

we've

read

about

that

while

in

Zambia

C.H.

Spenjot

a

well-known

preacher

at the

time of

his

death

they

say

the

whole

of

London

came

to

a

stand

still

because

he

was

connected

with

the

ordinary

people

and

he

was

able

to

preach

to

so

many

in

the

city

of

London

just

in

the

recent

passage

of

Martin

Lloyd

John

who

again

attracted

so

many

people

into

London

because

of

the

preaching

and

Paul

is

saying

to

Timothy

you

must

preach

the

words

and

it

is

the

words

that

is

going

to

deal

with

the

false

teaching

and

so

there

ought

to

be

a

new

generation

of

preachers

should

we

just

glory

in

the

history

of

the

preachers

of

the

past

no

no

no

young

men

today

you

know

we

know

very

well

that

Spedio

started

preaching

at

the

age

of

16

and

Martin

Lloyd

joins

at

the

age

of

21

but

today

you

find

young

people

that

age

are

being

told

by

some

of

the

elders

you

are

too

young

to

get

anywhere

near

the

pupil

you

know

you

are

too

young

it's

important

that

we

develop

them

to

a

point

that

they

are

able

to

!

reach

out

if

the

youngest

in

the

church

is

my

age

then

there

is

trouble

because

we

need

young

men

who

are

able

to

learn

how

to

preach

God's

word

so

that

the

next

generation

can

be

able

to

be

guarded

against

false

teaching

and

we

need

that

guarding

if

the

truth

is

going

to

be

preached

if

Christ

is

going

to

be

preached

we

must

make

sure

that

there's

a

new

generation

of

preachers

so

the

apostle

says

Timothy

can

you

pass

on

what

you

have

learned

from

me

invest

in

these

are

the

characteristics

of the

men

you're

supposed

to

invest

in

invest

in

reliable

men

invest

in

a

faithful

man

invest

in

men

who

believe

the

truth

men

who

are

faithful

to

God

just

like

Moses

saw

in

law

you

remember

when

Moses

was

told

what

you're

doing

is

too

much

can

you

please

choose

people

who

can

help

you

!

and

what

kind

of

men

was

he

supposed

to

choose

it

was

men

of

integrity

who

were

capable

of

doing

the

work

you

know

there

was

a

description

of

the

type

of

people

that

we

are

going

to

be

delegated

to

and

in

the

same

way

that's

what

our

voice

is

telling

Tim

here

you

must

commit

these

to

faithful

men

who

will

be

able

who

will

be

able

they

must

have

the

ability

as

well

it's

not

a

matter

of

delegating

to

any

man

as

it

were

no

no

no

they

must

be

faithful

in

teaching

God's

word

they

must

be

reliable

they

must

have

the

ability

and

then

he

says

Timothy

don't

be

selfish

you

must

pass

on

what

you

have

played

sometimes

we

we

become

Christians

and so

we

are

rejoicing

we

going

to

heaven

but

we

become

very

selfish

we

don't

want

to

share

the

gospel

with

our

children

with

our

parents

with

our

neighbors

with

our

neighbors

we

just

enjoy

ourselves

now

the

apostle

Paul

is

saying

no

Timothy

what

you

have

learned

from

me

my

child

even

as

I

picked

you

up

from

Debbie

what

you

have

learned

from

me

I

want

you

to

pass

that

on

to

a

new

generation

of

preachers

people

who are

able

to do

the

work

of

God

don't

keep

it

to

yourself

there

are

some

of us

here

who

are

very

knowledgeable

in

the

doctrines

of

the

church

and

there

comes

up

some

young

people

who

are

not

knowledgeable

as

we

are

and

then

the

ones

who are

knowledgeable

are

just

keeping

their

knowledge

to

themselves

you

are

doing

disservice

the

change

of

God

when

you

do

that

have

a

Timothy

this

is

not

just

the

pastor

teaching

we

have

other