A Good Soldier
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Order of Service
Order of Service
Welcome
Welcome
Prayer
Prayer
Hymn - I cannot tell why he whom angels worship (508)
Hymn - I cannot tell why he whom angels worship (508)
Notices
Notices
Prayer Meeting - 7:30pm
Friday 7pm - Online
Sunday Morning 11am & 6pm
Tithes & Offerings - £
Main Prayer
Main Prayer
Hymn - STAND UP STAND UP FOR JESUS (890)
Hymn - STAND UP STAND UP FOR JESUS (890)
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Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you. You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me— may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day!—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus. You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.
Sermon
Sermon
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Follow the patttern of sound words you have heard from me
in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus
By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you.
By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us
guard the good deposit entrusted to you
You are aware that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
Phygelus and Hermogenes turned away from me
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains, but when he arrived in Rome he searched for me earnestly and found me—
Commendation of Onesiphorus
he often refreshed me
was not ashamed of my chains
openly searched for me in Rome
may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day!—and you well know all the service he rendered at Ephesus.
may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day!
Paul’s reminds Timothy of how Onesiphorus helped Paul in Ephesus
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
You then, my child
Be strengthened by the Grace that is in Christ Jesus
What you heard from me (in the presence of many witnesses)
entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also
Teach, and produce teachers
Three Examples - Soldier, Athlete & Farmer
Three Examples - Soldier, Athlete & Farmer
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
Soldier - Share in Suffering
Not entangled in civilian pursuits
Committed to the one who enlisted him
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.
Althlete - Competes according to the rules
It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.
Farmer - hard-working to have the first share of the crops
Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
Use your God given intellect
The Holy Spirit will provide the understanding
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
Jesus - Messiah/Saviour because of his obedience unto death4
Risen from the Dead - offspring of David
for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
for which I am suffering
Bound with chains as a criminal
The Word of God is not bound!
Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
I endure everything for the sake of the elect
God is Faithful
God’s Grace brings about believers faith
Paul does not rest in the foolishness & weakness of believers
But, in God who first loved them
The Word of God will triump in the hearts & lives of the elect
that they may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory
The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself.
Died with him
e.g. worldy comfort, ease, advantage and honour
we will also live with him
If we are steadfast (endure)
we will reign with him
prophet (know God), priest (delight in God) & king (harmony with God’s Will)
lost in garden of eden
restored in Christ
If we deny him
he will deny us
If we are faithless (deny him)
He remains faithful - he cannot deny himself
to do so he would no longer be God
Hymn - ONWARD! CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS (575)
Hymn - ONWARD! CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS (575)
Q&A
Q&A
Hymn - O Church, arise, and put your armour on (1278)
Hymn - O Church, arise, and put your armour on (1278)
Closing Prayer
Closing Prayer
Doxology
Doxology