538 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 Part 2 Book 45 The Faithful Servant of Christ Says Goodbye 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 45 The Faithful Servant of Christ Says Goodbye - Part 2 II Timothy - Titus So Paul now in this time of freedom had realized that time was running out for him and that’s why he is getting ready to pass these responsibilities on to these two young men, Timothy and Titus. We know Nero was just beyond human comprehension. "Was Paul chained to a Roman soldier or was a Roman soldier chained to Paul?" Well, that was the man then that Paul was going to have to be judged by. Now in this second letter to Timothy, he is approaching martyrdom. Even the Apostle Paul, realizing that the Church Age was something totally insulated from God’s program with Israel. Paul still was of the impression that the Lord would be coming for the Church in short order, at least during the lifetime of Timothy and Titus. When Paul refers to them as "young," I think we covered this when we started I Timothy in one of our previous lessons. Early in Paul’s ministry he was probably around 40 years of age and Timothy was about 18 or 20. If I put Titus at about the same age as Timothy, Paul is now in his middle or late sixties, whereas these young men are in their early forties. Verse 1. II Timothy 1:1a "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,..." Galatians 1:11-12 is not after man. 12. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ." I am always emphasizing as I teach, when Paul had this revelation from Jesus Christ, where is Jesus? Here in Galatians 1 verse 12 again. Galatians 1:12-13 "For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, (that is, by other men) but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Now verse 14. Galatians 1:14 Now verse 15. Galatians 1:15 Something totally different happens to the man) when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, (that’s where God began if not even in eternity past, but right from his birth he was a marked man for God’s service.) and called my by his grace," Nobody understood grace like Saul of Tarsus! By grace!! The vilest sinner, the worst, God just saves them on the spot! God’s saves them first and THEN He will begin to make changes. So, by God’s grace he was called. Now, verse 16. Galatians 1:16a "To reveal..." Reveal is another root word from revelation. And Paul is constantly referring to the revelation or the revealing of mysteries. Alright, verse 16 again. Galatians 1:16 The non-Jewish world.) Galatians 1:17a God’s not going to scramble his brains with what Peter and the eleven had been preaching. The secret things belong to the Lord our God. He can keep things secret as long as He wants, and He kept the mysteries that Paul shares with us until He reveals these secrets to this man. Now come back to II Timothy again. II Timothy 1:3a "I thank God,..." II Timothy 1:3b II Timothy 1:4-5a When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith..." Well, Paul shows it even toward this young man Timothy, that it was his unfeigned faith, his ability to trust what God had said. And, that unfeigned faith, reading on in verse 5: II Timothy 1:5b Now verse 6. II Timothy 1:6 Now verse 7. II Timothy 1:7 If ever there was a reason to fear, it was Nero. Yet, Paul has such confidence in his Lord that he can even write to this young man Timothy that we have nothing to fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Now verse 8. II Timothy 1:8a We will point out in another time, if not in Timothy then when we get to Hebrews, that evidently Timothy made it. Nero’s life came to an end! Alright, reading on. II Timothy 1:8b "...but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;" II Corinthians 11:24 "Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one." Now, verse 25. II Corinthians 11:25a The world thought that was barbarian. Listen, Paul went through it three times. Now, the Mediterranean gets pretty rough in the winter time. Then, verse 26. II Corinthians 11:26-27 "In journeyings often, (lived out of a suitcase constantly) in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, (that is, the barbarians)in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27. The Gospel! For the Gospel! Back to II Timothy for just a moment. Verse 9. The same God of verse 8: II Timothy 1:9 God has declared us a peculiar people of intrinsic value and has called us with a separate calling.) Grace, see?!) grace, (All of grace. God in His foreknowledge knew everyone of us and what we would do with Paul’s Gospel of salvation. This ties in so beautifully with what Paul is writing to Timothy. Ephesians 3:11-12 "According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible