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Serving as the body
Our journey through 2nd Timothy is ramping up more as we look at more aspects of being a servant for the body and as the body.
Serving with courageous enthusiasm (2Tim1:1-3)
Serving with shared suffering (2Tim1:4-13)
Serving practically in the grace of God (2Tim2:1-2)
Serving as faithful men that are needed (2Tim2:2)
Today, serving as a soldier of Christ (2Tim2:3-4)
Do not need to read below it is only for the outline
(Other scriptures used, referenced: 1Cor9:24-27; 2Tim4:7-8)
As we are servants of Christ, serving the body of Christ our service is described in several ways, such as
An athlete (1Cor9:24-27; 2Tim4:7-8)
Oh wait, here is another great example!
As laborers (Lk10:2)
laborers into, or for, the harvest
Our passage today looks at another occupation for the servant, that of a soldier
A good soldier
A pleasing soldier
So, now this morning as a good, pleasing soldier I would like to take some time to look at the nature, some characteristics of the soldier.
The nature of the enlistment
The nature of the service
The nature of the warfare
The nature of the weapons
The soldiers enlistment
The nature of the Christian soldier, the servant, enlisted to serve the body of Christ.
On June 30th, 1973 the draft ended, it was allowed to expire.
And it became selective service from that point forward.
To the Christian who is enlisted there are some things we should know.
We are chosen (2Tim2:4; 1Pt2:9)
and you maybe familiar with (2Pt2:9) for we, the believers, are a chosen people!
But does that mean it is a draft or voluntary service?
Maybe I should look at the word chosen first
στρατολογέω = stratologeo
This Greek word means: chosen, enlisted, enrolled, to gather together, to recruit, to engage.
to chose to be a soldier according to Strong’s Greek Lexicon.
The Christian soldier is chosen from involuntary draft (2Tim2:4; 2The2:13-14)
They are enlisted.
We were chosen, enlisted, when we responded to the gospel call
Not an involuntary army, we are not drafted against our will.
So, our service as a solider of Christ should not be begrudgingly but willingly.
Our service is active
We have seen the nature of our enlistment, it is voluntary.
Now we take a look at the nature of our service, it is active.
Active like those in active service military now (2Tim2:4)
Someone in active duty has some standing orders they must follow; so do Christians, such as love God, love others.
Someone in active duty has tasks at hand to accomplish, so do Christians, go unto all the world. . .
care for the fatherless and the widows, etc.
Someone in active duty has a chain of command they must adhere too, so do Christians, Jesus Christ is our Commander and we must adhere to His commands.
Someone in active duty is constantly training so to be prepared, so do Christians, feeding on the word, being prepared to share the hope that is in you.
Active while not participating in affairs of everyday life (2Tim2:4)
Someone in active duty is the property of the government in which they serve, so is the Christian you are purchased, prized possession, bought with a price, the prince of Jesus blood on the cross.
Someone in active duty is in the military but live in the world but is not the world; so is the Christian we are in the world but not of the world.
We cannot overly concern ourselves with worldly things.
(expand on this, be careful what you say)
Active as one willing to endure hardship.
(2Tim2:3; Mt10:37, 12:46-50; Act20:34-35; Eph4:28; Mt6:24)
OK, time to bring the verses back in again.
This impacts our physical families
We may suffer in our physical families because we need to keep Christ first.
Being a Christian can have family impact when some are not Christians or some are not active as we are called to be active Christian soldiers.
It can impact us regarding our priorities since we are to be His Father who is in heaven first (Mt12:46-50)
This is more than chores on the day off, recreation, sleep, etc. (ouch can hit close to home there, can’t it?)
This impacts our attitude toward worldly (secular) job.
Like the true purpose of work
Work to meet own needs
Work to meet needs of others
Work to help the weak
Knowing it is better to give than to receive
You could also so the thief is to stop stealing and work to help others (eph4:8 paraphrase)
For we cannot serve God and mammon (Mt6:24)
The nature of our service as a soldier is not reserve duty
We are not the Army reserve, we are the Lord’s army.
The reserve serve only on limited occasions; the active serve regardless of occasions
The reserve may not be as committed or take their commitment as series as the one on active duty; whose life is to please the One who enlisted him.
Not all soldiers are on the front line, some are in supporting roles that are just as important.
Remember we are many parts making up the whole, all parts are needed (see 1Cor12:8-ff).
The soldiers warfare
If we are in the Army we are to not beat the air, run aimlessly, we are to run purposely, fight the good fight.
To be able to do that we need to know our enemies and our objectives.
Our enemies
Spiritual forces of wickedness (Eph6:10-13)
Physical lusts (1Pt2:11)
Physical lusts that wage war on the soul
Ungodliness of men (Rom1:18-32)
God makes known His attributes.
By his Eternal power, his divine nature and creation.
They are people who knew of God and exchanged the glory of God for the corruptible things of this world, of man.
You can read on more (vv.19-32),
but in reality it is very depressing for these are people who know the truth and deny the truth and that makes them ungodly, unrighteous men.
They are given over.
Our objectives
To allow the fruit of the spirit to be seeded and grow (Gal5:16-23)
we are to walk by the Spirit not by the flesh.
Flesh and Spirit are in opposition to one another
the deeds of the flesh are evident
We will come back and talk about the fruit of the Spirit in a few minutes.
To bring every thought into captivity, submission to Christ (2Cor10:5)
Reference that scripture only
To help those ensnared of the devil to escape (2Tim2:26; Jude20-23)
Prisoners of war caught by the snares of the devil and held captive (see 2Tim2:26) or consider this scripture
While the opposition is mighty our objective as soldiers is noble.
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