Amidst all the stories one fact stands out--Jannes and Jambres became legendary figures typifying all those who opposed the purposes of God and the work of his true leaders. Paul cites three instances when he had to suffer for Christ. The volume of the book, the Old Testament, it's all about Jesus Christ. 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. The Christian emancipation of women inevitably brought its problems. Rather than a verse-by-verse approach, the authors have crafted chapters that explain and apply key passages in their assigned Bible books. Parakolouthein ( G3877) is indeed the word for the disciple, for it includes the unwavering loyalty of the true comrade, the full understanding of the true scholar and the complete obedience of the dedicated servant. shall suffer persecutionand will not decline it (Ga 5:11). In 2 Timothy 3:9 he meant that the teaching of evil does not necessarily become more extensive and capture a wider audience as evil becomes worse. Here we have him recurring to that which was entirely outside nature, and before its very platform existed. Afterwards he also speaks of his own work and of that which he was suffering. He was one that needed to lean on an arm stronger than his own. There are still Church dignitaries whose main thought is their own dignity; but the Christian is the follower of him who was meek and lowly in heart. How is it that you could be deceived, Jesus? They will not only deceive others, but their sins and other deceivers will deceive them increasingly too. What Does It Really Mean That Your Body Is a Temple? Well, Jesus has and He told us what to, what it's about in Luke, the sixteenth chapter. They will follow after their own wicked devices. He must maintain this confidence, knowing that the Scriptures are divinely given and that they are Gods means of instructing people in right belief and right living. and then shall we find the benefit and advantage designed thereby, and shall at last attain the happiness therein promised and assured to us. VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. Be assured, that if you do not bring the Spirit of God into these matters, perhaps your cloak, perhaps a book, will become a snare to you. That's just fable. Men will be savage. And for a person to take advantage of a child is unthinkable. No man is saved unless he is on fire to save his fellow-men. Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. The Gnostic heretics taught, either that, since matter is altogether evil, a rigid asceticism must be practiced and all the things of the body as far as possible eliminated, or that it does not matter what we do with the body and its desires can be indulged in to the limit because they do not matter. When Carlyle's father was discussing the kind of minister his parish needed, he said: "What this parish needs is a man who knows Christ other than at secondhand." So if you want God to use your life, then thoroughly equip yourself in the Word of God, the study, the understanding.That's why we're here tonight. Ephesus was the town of a prosperous, materialistic civilization; it was the kind of town where a man could so easily lose his soul. Now you get out your, you know, your green and blue pens and for the inspired ones, we'll underline those with blue and we'll use red, maybe, to underline those that are not inspired, you know and, and so here I am, I'm the authority.Well, the next liberal comes along and he says, Well, no, no, no, he was wrong on that one. Of course it was infinitely higher, it is needless to say, in the Master; but the servant was as closely as possible following in His steps. He is sure that the ungodly man will go from bad to worse and that there is literally no future for the man who refuses to accept the way of God. The insult which comes from anger is bad but it is forgivable, for it is launched in the heat of the moment; but the cold insult which comes from arrogant pride is an ugly and an unforgivable thing. It is the attitude which bears with everything men can do and refuses to be either angry or embittered, and which will never seek anything but their highest good. (v) Paul makes a final point. There is a type of person who is eager to discuss every new theory, who is always to be found deeply involved in the latest fashionable religious movement, but who is quite unwilling to accept the day-to-day discipline--even drudgery--of living the Christian life. He did so to help him realize that he faced no unknown situation in Ephesus and to enable him to combat it intelligently. We must remember that Timothy's work lay in Ephesus, perhaps the greatest market in the ancient world. But we must exclude that which is contrary to His name; and the very same desire to prove one's love, one's faith, one's appreciation of Christ, will make one anxious not to be dragged into that which is not for His glory. And in the end they shall perish together with them." At "that day" will be the display of whatever has been endured, as well as done, for the Lord's sake. Now this is in particular a difficulty for saints, when they have revived before the soul the blessedness of maintaining the unity of the Spirit. There is nothing that more shows God than His ability to combine that which is eternal with care for the smallest things of this life. "Perilous times shall come." He wants to accustom his mind to expect hardship instead of shirking it. And my full doctrinal concepts are premised upon the scriptures. It is interesting, when Jesus in the Sermon on the mount described the Christian in the Beatitudes, after having described the traits of the Christian in the Beatitudes; you'd say, My, a man like that who is a peacemaker, who is merciful, who is hungering and thirsting after righteousness, who is meek, who is poor in spirit, surely you know the world would respect such a man. Now hatred is attended by cruelty, and hence arise persecutions. Thank You that Your grace is sufficient for any attack that the evil enemy of my soul can throw at me, and that nothing can ever separate me from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus. That the man of God may be perfect,2 Timothy 3:17; 2 Timothy 3:17. These things may be expected in the best times, and under the most favorable circumstances; and it is known that a large part of the history of the world, in its relation to the church, is nothing more than a history of persecution. You're a stranger. On account of his opinions, he may be held up to ridicule, or treated with neglect, or excluded from society to which his attainments and manners would otherwise introduce him, or shunned by those who might otherwise value his friendship. In the first part of this chapter 2 Timothy 3:1-8, Paul reminds Timothy of the great apostasy which was to be expected in the church, and states some of the characteristics of it. my doctrine, and my manner of life, my purpose, my faith, my longsuffering, my love, and my patience, [you know the] persecutions, and the afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, and Iconium, and Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me ( 2 Timothy 3:10-11 ). If your God is big enough to create the heavens and the earth, no problem, but you see, we stumble on the very first verse. He was comparatively alone. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. By this general statement, therefore, Paul classes himself with the children of God, and, at the same time, exhorts all the children of God to prepare for enduring persecutions; for, if this condition is laid down for all who wish to live a godly life in Christ, they who wish to be exempt from persecutions must necessarily renounce Christ. The man who is mastered by his lower passions will gratify them in the most shameless way, as the streets of any great city will show when the night is late. Now I'm not about to say God was wrong. This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come ( 2 Timothy 3:1 ). 3:10-13 The more fully we know the doctrine of Christ, as taught by the apostles, the more closely we shall cleave to it. The apostle's life was very exemplary for three things: for his doctrine, which was according to the will of God; for his life, which was agreeable to his doctrine; and for his persecutions and sufferings. And Jesus himself had said: "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake" ( Matthew 5:10). 2 To Timothy, d my beloved child:. A great many certainly flatter themselves that they are thus favoured; but the cases are uncommon where it is more than pretence. And so Paul said to Timothy, "You have fully known". Christ's apostles had no enemies but those who did not know them, or not know them fully; those who knew them best loved and honoured them the most. Thus the apostle comes to the close of his ministry, and touches upon the line of St. John. Note, It is not enough to learn that which is good, but we must continue in it, and persevere in it unto the end. (2Baruch 27). Christian life is a life of purpose. Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Now these seem to many very difficult indeed to combine. And Paul said, You've known the Holy Scriptures, able to bring you to a faith in Jesus Christ, salvation through the faith in Jesus Christ. In vain shall we endeavor to detach Christ from his cross; for it may be said to be natural that the world should hate Christ even in his members. The disorder might be so great that we might make mistakes in our anxiety; but "The Lord knoweth them that are his." The doctrine of the necessity of persecution was no new thing to Paul. Perverse Men 2 Timothy 3:2-4 . Includes questions, verse by verse commentary, and applications on 2 Timothy 1 for life transformation. 1:15; 4:9-12, 16) and facing imminent execution, Paul wrote to Timothy, urging him to hasten to Rome for one last visit with the apostle ( 4:9, 21 ). They just are irritated by your love and by your patience and by your goodness because they feel guilty. Barnes' Notes. The word is almost exactly the English swelled-headed. The Greek word is that men will become anosios ( G462) . In the Jewish pictures of these last terrible times we get exactly the same kind of picture as we get here. The fact is that God loves to make His children mutually dependent; and if we are only humble, there are very few saints from whom we may not derive some good, though not always in the same way. Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. Judaism had its divine institutions and hopes, but the truth is found in Christendom only: nevertheless in Christendom, who fails to discern Jewish elements and heathenish enormities? God wants us each to take His power, His love, and His calm thinking and overcome fear, to be used of Him with all the gifts He gives. Do you have a hard time with that? Look at the rapid deterioration of our society. The Greek word literally is fully matured or of full age, fully matured, that the man of God might be fully matured. But it is asked, Must all men be martyrs? There was infirmity in the character of Timothy. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. For him the light of eternity already shone strongly on present things, instead of taking him completely out of them. It imagines "the faith" as something to be guarded (see 2 Timothy 1:14), lest it become corrupted or . To love men is to forgive them and care for them as God forgave and cares--and it is only he who can enable us to do that. THE EXPERIENCES OF AN APOSTLE ( 2 Timothy 3:10-13 continued). So don't expect the world to speak well of you or to applaud you for your living a godly life and taking a righteous stand. There was a certain heretic called Marcus who dealt in magic. It means to follow a person physically, to stick by him through thick and thin. It is of use to all, for we all need to be instructed, corrected, and reproved: it is of special use to ministers, who are to give instruction, correction, and reproof; and whence can they fetch it better than from the scripture? It is needful to exercise judgment now. B. Nothing can sanction this. But of one thing Paul was sure--the days of the deceivers were numbered. If there is no human affection, the family cannot exist. If, in any manner, or in any way, he is subjected to disadvantage on account of his religious opinions, and deprived of any immunities and rights to which he would be otherwise entitled, this is persecution. They will maintain the outward form of religion, but they will deny its power. The task of the apostle is not only to tell men the truth; it is also to help them do it. And passion shall seize him that is peaceful. The moment a man makes his own will the centre of life, divine and human relationships are destroyed, obedience to God and charity to men both become impossible. If they contradict the teaching of the Bible, they are to be refused. Now we see that when Paul was touching the confines of that difficult and most perilous moment when John was to be left alone, he brings out as his last note that very truth which John was to develop with special care and fulness. The word here is makrothumia ( G3115) ; and makrothumia, as the Greeks used it, usually meant patience with people. "It denotes living in the right attitude to God and to things divine. "Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. At first these magicians were able to match the wonders which Moses and Aaron did, but in the end they were defeated and discredited. Oh, Jesus, you mean you believe that story? What am I to believe about man? They choose to lay, again and again, the early foundations of their Christian faith i.e. "The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day." The absence of persecution, in any active sense, from the lives of most Christians of this era is generally due to the watered-down version of their Christianity and not to any subsidence of the savage hatred of the darkness for the light. Men will be disobedient to their parents. This may be either an injury done to his feelings, his family, his reputation, his property, his liberty, his influence; it may be by depriving him of an office which he held, or preventing him from obtaining one to which he is eligible; it may be by subjecting him to fine or imprisonment, to banishment, torture, or death. There can come a time in a man's life when the company of good people and the presence of good things is simply an embarrassment. SEDUCTION IN THE NAME OF RELIGION ( 2 Timothy 3:6-7 ). The woman protests that she has never done so and cannot do so. It is not the question of discipline dealing With evil ways; but here we are in a state of things where we are in danger of being mixed up with vessels unto the Lord's dishonour. In a measure, no doubt, the truth is in Christendom, and only there; for one cannot look for the truth in Judaism or heathenism now. for it is evident that there have been many godly persons who have never suffered banishment, or imprisonment, or flight, or any kind of persecution. [3.] (2) They who are persecuted for their opinions, should consider that this may be one evidence that they have the spirit of Christ, and are his true friends. Things were so bad that Tacitus could say: "He who had no foe was betrayed by his friend." Death and resurrection, then, are thus put before this servant of God; the more remarkably, because the point here is a practical and not a doctrinal question. As far as appointment went, Titus had a commission to establish elders in each city of Crete; but not so Timothy, as far as the inspired records speak. Because the true child of God brings the worldly person under conviction. In Brazil Signor Antonio of Minas bought a New Testament which he took home to burn. The scriptures are able to make us truly wise, wise for our souls and another world. In other words, they simply remain in spiritual infancy and keep repeating the first stage of their Christian faith, over and again, without pressing on to spiritual maturity.Many are falsely taught that becoming a Christian will secure a quiet life and provide a ticket to prosperity, with numerous earthly blessings and a free pass from God, to prevent or remove any difficulties or dangers that may arise. "Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry." The reason is manifest: they themselves savour of the things of men, and not of God. For that very reason it is unanswerable that, whatever a man might argue about the rest of the Bible, it is impossible for the Church ever to do without the Gospels. It appears it was not merely in Rome. Consider of whom thou hast learned them; not of evil men and seducers, but good men, who had themselves experienced the power of the truths they taught thee, and been ready to suffer for them, and thereby would give the fullest evidence of their belief of these truths." That's proper and you should have that desire. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear" (it was what Timothy was manifesting), "but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. In living in such a manner, persecution will come; but the Lord will deliver the faithful. Or are you going to develop a doctrine that is diametrically opposed to what Jesus said? They're profitable. If anyone proposes to accept a set of standards quite different from the world's, he is bound to encounter trouble. I refer to this just to remark that such links as these, which are connected with nature, all come before the apostle's mind, at the very moment when a spurious feeling would have judged it precisely the time to banish and forget them. 1 Paul, a an apostle of Christ Jesus b by the will of God according to c the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus,. The technique would be the same in the days of Timothy as it was in the later days of Irenaeus. thoroughly furnished unto all good works ( 2 Timothy 3:17 ). Now are you going to, you know, take the word of Jesus? It is Paul's conviction that the real follower of Christ cannot escape persecution. Certain of the temporary persecution, he is equally certain of the ultimate glory. It is Paul's charge that such people are "willing to learn from anyone, and yet never able to come to a knowledge of the truth." There was no despising natural links or spiritual here, far from it. You have no authority.So if I tell you that some scriptures are not really inspired of God, then I become the authority, not the Bible anymore, because you can't just read the whole Bible and trust it because not all of it is inspired. "If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.". Xenophon tells us how Cyrus, the Persian king, defined the alazon ( G213) : "The name alazon ( G213) seems to apply to those who pretend that they are richer than they are or braver than they are, and to those who promise to do what they cannot do, and that, too, when it is evident that they do this only for the sake of getting something or making some gain" (Xenophon: Cyropoedia, 2, 2, 12). To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Et tous ceux aussi qui veulent vivre en la crainte de Dieu, Que rien ne luy est advenu que tous fideles ne doyvent aussi attendre. I believe that God intended you to have pleasure, but when it comes before God, it means that it has become your God and it makes a very poor God to worship or serve. Take what is called physical Christianity a stupid, gross, and heathenish phrase, but just enough to show where people are drifting to. And leaving guilelessness, will draw near to malice; And forsaking the commandments of the Lord. 3:8-9 In the same way as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, men whose minds are corrupt, and whose faith is counterfeit. Don't start trying to cut out certain stories because they don't fit your scheme because you have a little hard, you have a hard time sort of believing that. (1) To exhort Timothy in his ministry at Ephesus; (2) To warn Timothy of trouble both inside and outside the church; (3) To request Timothy to come to Rome to visit him in prison and bring certain personal effects to him (4:5-13; 21); and (4) To instruct all the churches in Timothy's territory. God is right. The world is full of these braggarts to this day; the clever know-all's who deceive people into thinking that they are wise, the politicians who claim that their parties have a program which will bring in the Utopia and that they alone are born to be leaders of men, the people who crowd the advertisement columns with claims to give beauty, knowledge or health by their system, the people in the Church who have a kind of ostentatious goodness. Jewish thought had one basic conception. Thus he looks not to the coming of the Lord to receive him to Himself, but to the "appearing of the Lord," which is the usual side of the truth taken in these epistles. (2) they who are persecuted for their opinions, should consider that this may be one evidence that they have the spirit of Christ, and are his true friends. It means to follow a person spiritually, not only to understand what he says, but also to carry out his ideas and be the kind of person he wishes us to be. Let us then see what Paul says of the usefulness of scripture. Paul was a prisoner again and awaited death. Blasphemia is the word which is transliterated into English as blasphemy. Timothy, again, winced under trials, too sensitive to slights, disappointments, and the manifold griefs that came upon him. And so Paul, you know, how I've lived; my faith, my longsuffering, my love, my patience, and the persecutions and afflictions that came to me. That the scripture has various uses, and answers divers ends and purposes: It is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction of all errors in judgment and practice, and for instruction in righteousness. Years later that same brigand turned up again. (2.) That is, without any sexual restraints. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines; for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace,Hebrews 13:9. Their falsity would be demonstrated and they would receive their appropriate reward. Therefore, isolation is never desirable, though it may be sometimes necessary. Now though it is infallible, inerrant and inspired, I did make a mistake in my message this morning on the speed of Arcturus; it's twelve thousand miles a second, I think I said twelve million. It describes the man who is swept on by passion and impulse to such an extent that he is totally unable to think sensibly. If, in any manner, or in any way, he is subjected to disadvantage on account of his religious opinions, and deprived of any immunities and rights to which he would be otherwise entitled, this is persecution. These twin qualities of the braggart and the arrogant man inevitably result in love of insult (blasphemia, G988) . The kind of guys that went around selling snake oil or cure-alls, deceiving, defrauding people. Why cannot a man be as simple now as in apostolic times? (4.) He opened out the pages to make it burn more easily. Good to have pleasure but don't make it your God. Not so the apostle Paul. And the word perfect of course is always that of completeness. But now there were other reasons for it, namely, that Christians were neglecting godliness and order. Thus we have everything cared for here; the state of confusion is clearly depicted, as it then was beginning, and as results have proved yet more. They were said to be the two servants who accompanied Balaam when he was disobedient to God ( Numbers 22:22); they were said to have been part of the great mixed multitude who accompanied the children of Israel out of Egypt ( Exodus 12:38); some said that they perished at the crossing of the Red Sea; other stories said that it was Jannes and Jambres who were behind the making of the golden calf and that they perished among those who were killed for that sin ( Exodus 32:28); still other stories said that in the end they became proselytes to Judaism. "Men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God." Otherwise this might have seemed to be (what unbelief taunts and stigmatizes it, spite of His sanction) pride of heart and presumption. The cause of this is the present confusion, and accordingly the apostle brings a picture of it before Timothy's mind. It is well to be exclusive of sin, but of nothing else. But, says the apostle, "be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." They should remember that, in this respect, they are treated as the Master was, and are in the goodly company of the prophets, apostles, and martyrs; for they were all persecuted.

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