A person's LAST DAYS can tell us a lot about them. Through Paul's second letter to his spiritual son Timothy, God encourages us to see what is possible, expected, and hopeful in His church in these LAST DAYS. He challenges us to help others get ready for their LAST DAYS as we prepare for our LAST DAYS. #2timothy #2019
Lord we pray that you would help us embrace your gift of The WORD the Bible that has been entrusted to us. Thank you Jesus that You call yourself the WORD. Help us to know Your WORD and believe it over any WORD we might want to believe.
Paul has been in prison for 4 years. Timothy has been serving as the pastor in Ephesus during that time. Paul knows that he is coming to the end of his life most likely by execution. He has written a lot of letters but probably none more endearing than this second letter to his spiritual son Timothy. Timothy had been Paul's ministry partner traveling with him for more than a decade. This final letter is to encourage and equip Timothy and us in these last days.
Go back to Genesis 1. In the very beginning, God SPOKE creation into existence. He used WORDS to create. The written WORD is what separates humanity from animals. In John 1 we are told about Jesus that “In the beginning was the WORD and the WORD was with God, and the WORD was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made.” Jesus is the WORD. God reveals himself through language, the WORD, and He is the very author and foundation of language. He is the WORD OF TRUTH.