Hold Fast: 2 Timothy: Pauls Last Letter
Paul sits in prison as the weather gets colder. He's writing to his friend Timothy, encouraging him to remember the Gospel and his humble upbringing in it, to watch out for those who are ashamed of the marks of Christ, and for Timothy to bring him a coat. Hold Fast to the humble faith, Timothy!
Reading Plan
Read around the readings for Sunday
8/11/24
Lamentations 1:1-6
2 Timothy 1:1-18
Luke 17:5-108/18/24
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7
2 Timothy 2:1-13
Luke 17:11-198/25/24
Jeremiah 29:10-14
2 Timothy 2:14-26
Mark 16:1-89/1/24
Ezekiel 37:7-10
2 Timothy 3:10-4:5
Luke 18:9-149/8/24
Exodus 33:12-23
2 Timonthy 4:6-18
Matthew 28:16-20
All of Scripture is God-breathed; in its inspired voice, we hear the good news, useful teaching, correction, instruction, and training for a life well lived in freedom.
Amidst so much irreverent babble and ignorant controversies, it's easy to become entrenched in our "lightning rod" beliefs. What if, instead, we stood in the good news of Jesus?
Paul, with a whiff of sarcasm, pronounces we all know an athlete never cheats in their game, which makes us ask ourselves, “Have we tried to shortcut the faith?
While Paul sits in dirty chains, he encourages those who hear to view weakness, suffering, and shame not through the lens of the shaming world but through the cross of Jesus.
Paul sits in prison as the weather gets colder. He's writing to his friend Timothy, encouraging him to remember the Gospel and his humble upbringing in it, to watch out for those who are ashamed of the marks of Christ, and for Timothy to bring him a coat. Hold Fast to the humble faith, Timothy!
When under pressure, there is hope and resilience in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ which causes us to look at the world differently.