Faithful saying
Notes
Transcript
Handout
Sermon Tone Analysis
A
D
F
J
S
Emotion
A
C
T
Language
O
C
E
A
E
Social
Godly instructions/reminders for the godly
Godly instructions/reminders for the godly
Faithful sayings, are sayings worth remembering. Sayings for instruction, sayings for remembering, sayings for protection, but most of all sayings for application as we serve the church.
Paul teaches the same in thing in all the churches, and since we are in a study of Timothy, how about some faithful sayings just from Timothy that we have already seen, or will see today?
(Insert Five Faithful Sayings of Paul Picture here)
(the scriptures below are not on the screen, will just be quoted or paraphrased)
Sayings regarding Jesus came to save sinners (1Tim1:15)
15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Sayings regarding those who desire office of elder (1Tim3:1)
1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.
Sayings regarding value of Godly exercise (1Tim4:8-9)
1tim4:8-9
8 For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. 9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance.
Saying to Titus about salvation through God’s grace (Tit3:4-8)
OK so this last one is not from Timothy, but it really fits with the lesson today so I had to bring it in.
4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
Oh, wait, that was only 4 faithful sayings and the previous slide said 5!
To keep things in context and to pick up a couple of verses not previously covered
9 for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Paul was willing and had been enduring many troubles, hardships for the church for the sake of the elect so they may have, obtain eternal glory through salvation which is in Christ Jesus.
Now for the 5th faithful saying.
Saying regarding death and life in Christ Jesus (2Tim2:11-13)
11 This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. 12 If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
Some key, faithful words to make note of: If we died, we also live. If we endure, we also reign! Even if we are faithless, He is faithful!
According to Barnes Notes, one of the bible commentaries and encyclopedias it says faithful sayings are worthy of entire credence and profound attention.
Remember the reason for the letter is to prepare Timothy to take over for Paul upon his death. He knew he was being poured out already (2Tim4:6). He wanted to encourage timothy to endure hardship for Christ.
3 Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
maybe better back up again for just a minute
8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel, 9 for which I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of God is not imprisoned. 10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
(Expand; Remember Jesus, the resurrection, the salvation made available)
(Expand: Hardship)
(Transition): faithful says should encourage us to persevere, the endure to strive through hardships as well. So, now may we look at 4-things today.
Our beginning life with Christ
Our promised life with Christ
Life without Christ
Restoration to a life with Christ
Beginning life with Christ
Beginning life with Christ
Life begins with Christ (2Tim2:11). We were dead and separated before, but now, we are alive in Christ, born again. Paul is giving faithful reminders to Timothy that we too can learn from in our life and our service to Christ.
11 The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
If we died with Him (Rom6:3-8)
We die when we are baptized into Christ
3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life.
So that we might live, and walk in newness of life
5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;
7 for he who has died is freed from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,
(Expand: our death is imperative)
For we die to the ways of this world
Consider it is in other places our death
20 If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as,
You are dead to dead works that cannot save you, the elementary principals, so don’t live as the world, your life is in Christ, for you were raised with Christ, and hidden in Christ (Col3:3).
(Other scriptures used or referenced: Col2:20, 3:3; Gal2:20)
20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
(Transition) Remember it is no longer you who lives but Christ who lives in you! - speaking of which, we also can know we live with Him.
We shall live with Him (2Tim2:11; Rom6:4; Col2:12-13, 3:4)
11 This is a sure thing: If we die with him, we’ll live with him;
A sure thing! a confidence we can have.
Knowing we can and are walking in the newness of life (Rom6:4)
12 having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,
(Expand)
Raised up through faith
Raised up by the working of God
Raised up, made alive with Him having your sins forgiven!
Have you died? Have you been raised up having your sins forgiven?
If you have then we can have the assurance we find in our passage today too.
Our promised life with Christ
Our promised life with Christ
Our promised, guaranteed life in Christ and with Christ is a great truth, a trustworthy statement. It does come with some conditions, responsibilities though.
12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; 13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
Life with Christ if we endure (v.12)
Endure hardship (Jn15:20; Act14:22; 2Tim3:12)
Jesus was persecuted and those in Christ, who keep His word will be too (refJn15:20; consider 2Tim3:12 too)
Through many tribulations we enter the kingdom of God
22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
So, continue in the faith! Be ready to endure and to persevere!
Endure and persevere (Heb10:35; Mt10:22)
35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.
and now look at
22 “You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
(expand) becoming a Christian is easy it just takes your cooperation, growing as a Christian takes your participation.
The question comes are we willing to endure (Heb6:11-12)?
11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
(Expand) who inherits the promises? Those who hope until the end, through faith do not become sluggish, and have patience. This was the prayer that each of the people be earnest, to have the assurance!
(Transition) and if that is not enough, let me go on.
We shall also reign with Him (2Tim2:12; Rev3:21, 22:5; Eph2:4-7; Rom8:17)
If we died with him, we live with Him
If we endure we will also reign
Even as Jesus said Himself.
21 ‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
(expand) He overcame, you overcame, He reigns and has promised that You too, who endure, who overcome, will reign too.
That starts when you became a Christian and is fulfilled when you are presented to the Father without spot or blemish. Consider
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
As mentioned the fulfillment
5 And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.
As mentioned in recent video salvation takes cooperation, growth takes participation, are we willing to participate?
17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
(transition) we have to be honest not participating, not enduring has consequences when we look at this faithful statement this morning.
Life without Christ
Life without Christ
If you have life with Christ is there a possibility to have a life without Christ? or to give up our life with Christ. Many an arguments have ensued over this issue. This morning may we just look at what scripture says.
Life without Christ, happens if we deny Him (2Tim2:12; Mt10:32-33; Lk9:26)
We have looked at (v.12) in several versions already, so I will look to other scripture to add to what (v.12) says
32 “Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. 33 “But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
Notice the hard language used “I WILL” - So, confession equates to confession
26 “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
Oh, ashamed of the Lord, that is not a good thing, is it?
Oh, wiat, there is more, this can be for those who were purchased, those who were redeemed
1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
and add in
4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Now Consider
22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
OK, for when we deny Him, He will deny us as noted in our passage today (2Tim2:12-13; Mt10:33; Lk12:9; Heb10:26-31)
Deny us before His Father (Mt10:33) as we just read a few minutes ago
Deny us before the angels of God (ref. Lk12:9)
This rejection, denial has eternal consequences
26 For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries.
28 Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
(expand on this briefly) trampling under foot when you have everything. For it is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
(Transition) But wait, there is more, there is possibility of restoration!
Restoration to a life with Christ
Restoration to a life with Christ
While many struggle with faith at all, even some Christians can struggle with faith and even severe their relationship with Christ by actions, continued sin. But wait, there is hope.
13 If we are not faithful, he remains faithful, because he cannot be false to himself.”
Now, I need to quickly develop this before we close
We can develop a heart of unbelief (Heb3:12-13)
A heart of unbelief that can lead to being cut off (Rom11:19-22)
So, make your election sure (2Pt1:10-11)
10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
(Invitation slide - make you call and election sure) (Song) (Exit)