Preach the Word

Hook

A. Illiatration about a Doctor

B. If we don’t change through preaching we are no different than this Doctor

C. Christians need to listen and change through the preaching of the word

D. Transition

2 Timothy 4:1–9 CSB

1 I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of his appearing and his kingdom: 2 Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching. 3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear. 4 They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths. 5 But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 There is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved his appearing. 9 Make every effort to come to me soon,

In the text we see that Paul has charged timothy to preach the Word. In is important that we remember the context of this passage. Paul is late in life and is writing to his apprentice Timothy giving him instructions

Book

I. The Charge (V-1-2)

2 Tim 4

2 Timothy 4:1–2 CSB

1 I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of his appearing and his kingdom: 2 Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

A. Questions

Question: When you graduated College was there a Commencement speaker

Students: Yes

Question: Did that speaker give you some kind of charge as you were commissioned?

Students: yes

Question: What does in mean to solemnly Charge?

Students: open ended

B. He charged Timothy...

Before God

Before Jesus Christ

C. Preach the Word

Question: What does He charge Timothy to do?

Answer: Preach the Word

Notice the tents of this

1. Be ready in season

2. Be ready out of Season

3. Rebuke

4. Correct

5. Encourage

6. Have a great patience and great teaching

Question: What does it mean to be ready in season

Answer: Be ready when it is easy

Question: What does it mean to be ready out of season

Answer: Whaen it is not easy

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Question: What does it mean to rebuke and correct?

Answer: bring truth to light and show what is right

Question: What does it mean to encourage?

What does it mean to encourage?

Answer: To show needed change

Question: What does it mean to have great patience and great teaching?

Answer: to preach the word of God weather or not it is popular and those who reject it are spiritually sick

D. What do we need to do?

1. We need to understand that it is the word of God speaking not the preacher

2. Preachers who spout opinions try to make the passage fit their agenda are a problem

3.We need to stop trying to make our agenda fit the passage and let the passage conform our agenda

notice

Hebrews 4;

Hebrews 4:12 CSB

12 For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

The Coming Time V 3-4)

2 Timothy 4:3–4 CSB

3 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear. 4 They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

A. Some will...

1. Some will not endure sound teaching

2. Some will accumulate teachers who will tell them what they want to hear

3. Some will turn from truth and turn to myths

Does this sound filmiliar?

This is why the understanding and preparation of the word of God is so important. if we do not take the word of God seriously, we will spout heresy.

B. Have students give some examples of things that can happen if we do not study the word..

1. Open ended

2. some say today “I don’t need training I am just called to preach”

a. wise man once said if I had three years to serve the Lord I would spend the first two preparing

3. Others say scholarship is not important I’m just going to do What the spirit tells me

a. if we do not spend time studying the word of God we will commit several dangerous errors.

It is the responsibility of every Christian to study the Word weather or not they are pastors

Acts 17:11 CSB

11 The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

C. What does it mean to preach exegetically?

1. To expose the text

2. this is not giving your thoughts but exposing the original meaning and intent of the author

3. anything less is not preaching

4. we need to let the text conform us instead of trying to make our presuppositions fit the text.

Final istruction (V5-9)

2 tim 4:

2 tim

2 Timothy 4:5–6 CSB

5 But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close.

A. Paul instructs timothy to...

1. Keep his mind on spiritual things

2. Do the work of an evangelist

3. Fulfill his ministry

What does it mean to exercise self-control in everything?

-Simply put to not be rash to think through and make wize choices

What does it mean to do the work of an evangelist

-We must be evangelizing failure to do so is sin

-this refers to someon who proclaims the messafe of the gospel

-this refers to someone who proclaims the message of the gospel

What does it mean to fulfill your ministry

-every ministery is different Paul here calls upon Timothy to fulfil his

-every ministry is different Paul here calls upon Timothy to fulfil his

B. Tresure

2 Timothy 4:7–9 CSB

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 There is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved his appearing. 9 Make every effort to come to me soon,

1. At this point Paul reminises here of his own ministery.

2. Paul finally reminds Timothy that the Lord is a righteous judge and he will reward accordingly

Look

We need to study the Bible daily just as the church in Bera searched the Scriptures daily

We need to understand it is the word of God speaking not the speaker

We need to let the Word of God shape us

Took

1. What can I do to study the word of God better

2. What can I do to be careful to ensure that I don’t try to make my agenda fit the scripture, but rather let scripture conform my agenda

Sources

Twenty-First Century Commentary Series

Expositors Bible Comentary

BDAG

2 Timothy: an Introduction Commentary