Paul and Timothy

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um and this was one of them he's going x to use the synagogues as his base of x operation x now we have some background as far as x timothy is concerned so x paul does not meet timothy on his first x missionary journey doesn't meet him but x paul does incredible miracles in x leicester at this time and additionally x if we look at this 14th chapter um in x verse 21 he's going to be stoned by the x way almost to death x right x in verse 21 x and when they had preached the gospel x to that city and had taught many x they returned unto leicester and to x iconium x into antioch confirming the souls of the x disciples and exhorting them to continue x in the faith x and that we must through much x tribulation enter into the kingdom of x god and when they had ordained them x elders in every church and had prayed x with fasting they commended them to the x lord on whom they believed x so what this chapter is telling us here x brothers and sisters is that not only x were miracles done in these places but x it x actual clears were set up in this area x and one of these one of the ecclesias it x seems seems to be was set up right in x leicester and derby that area very close x to where timothy lived x and it may have been well we know that x timothy had a background as a jew his x mother and his grandmother were uh were x jews x but x his mother had married a greek x now to you know a lot of the jews that x was you know you're marrying outside of x your religion and uh you know a lot of x jews would would frown upon that um x but he was not circumcised and that's x interesting x because um x you know this this was really one of the x great stumbling blocks x of the greeks and the romans when it x came to the jewish religion and the x ritual you know circumcision was the big x one right no one was going to be x mutilating x their flesh anytime soon certainly not x an adult x and then number two were the dietary x laws and so once these things were uh x removed you see a lot more of the roman x in the uh greeks embracing early x christianity now for whatever reason x probably from for the influence of his x greek father um x timothy was not circumcised but he knew x the scriptures and we could just take a x look at that in um x in first uh corinthians x verse 16 uh chapter 16. x yeah in verse 10. x um x actually let's let's uh yeah verse eight x now i will tarry at ephesus onto x pentecost for a great door and effectual x is opened unto me and there are many x adversaries just keep that verse in mind x brothers and sisters as we go on here x the idea that he that paul is tarrying x at ephesus x because there's a great door of x opportunity to preach the gospel there x all right verse 10. now if timmy timothy x is come x see that he may be with you without fear x for he worketh the work of the lord as i x also do x so that's you know that's that's that's x some pretty good words x and so he had that background and paul's x gonna pick up on this as well and if we x turn to second timothy x um x yeah let's see second timothy the first x chapter we get a little more insight x into this into into timothy's background x and what he knew and what he didn't know x seems like he knew a lot x uh verse five we're gonna look at x another section of this first first x chapter of second timothy in a little x bit as we go further in our class x um so just just hold on to that but x verse five when i call to remembrance x the unfeigned faith that is in me which x dwelt first in my grandmother lois x and thy mother eunice x and i am persuaded that in me x also x wherefore i put thee in remembrance that x thou stir up the gift of god x which is in me by the putting on of my x hand so you know timothy is given uh the x holy spirit here by um x by paul but timothy already has a x background in the righteousness of god x he already really has a foundation for x the gospel message x he was taught x the truth he was taught the jewish the x jewish religion x by uh the women in his life x particularly his grandmother and his x mother x and so even though they were in this x situation right there outside of x jerusalem they're living in a foreign x place um eunice had married a greek x despite all of these obstacles x uh both lois and eunice who had just x mentioned incur you know just kind of a x cursor of a remark but think about the x influence that these two women had x on uh on young timothy x you know think think about think about x what they taught uh him think about the x lessons that they passed on x and this is this is one of the things x you don't want to think about it one of x the blessings that we have when we have x generations x uh of christadelphians kind of uh you x know living together passing on that x information passing on the gospel to the x next generation and so louis uh x uh lois and eunice i'm gonna mess i'm x gonna mess these up so x you know that's coming uh they they are x going to teach timothy passing on this x wonderful message of hope um now think x about this for a second well let's let's x look into the the uncircumcised accent x timothy was uncircumcised he's probably x his father probably said yeah no chance x you're doing this to my son x but timothy's greek father x seems to have allowed timothy to pursue x aspects of the jewish religion he most x likely went to the synagogue he most x likely came in contact with paul in his x first ministry and certainly he's going x to come in contact with paul in his x second ministry but timothy is not going x to kind of x travel with paul until the second x ministry he most likely knew of paul x maybe he heard him speak x but it wasn't the time for paul and x timothy um x you know to kind of get together to x preach the gospel but in acts 15 if we x want to go back to acts 15 x um this is just context right x about this whole uncircumcised thing x we're not going to read it in detail but x chapter 15 talks about x um x excuse me x early jewish brethren x that couldn't let go of the wall x um x particularly priests that had embraced x christianity at this time x um x let's see in verse five now there were x rose up verse five of the fifteenth x chapter of acts now there rose up x certain of the sect of the pharisees x which believes saying that it was x needful to circumcise them x to commend them to keep the law of moses x uh x so they you know they were saying hey x you have to be circumcised you have to x keep the law you you can't be saved x those things haven't been uh done away x with by christ you had to keep them and x we know x uh that paul is adamantly opposed to x this x all right and so in galatians x galatians the second chapter x um well we're gonna turn to it but uh x you know he he calls um the jewish you x know the jewish influence on the x galatian ecclesia those that were x pushing this idea of circumcision for x salvation they were called mutilators of x the flesh paul says x right and he refused x uh the pressure or resisted the pressure x to have this one individual called titus x which he mentions in the galatians who x was a greek x uh to be circumcised there were jewish x brethren probably that were trying to x force x titus who was a greek to be circumcised x and paul said absolutely not x it's done away with you don't need to do x that but it is interesting brothers and x sisters that timothy because he was a x jew x he did x um x he did have him circumcised x and he did this i believe um x for x you know political reasons having to do x with the spreading of the gospel i know x when we say the word political you know x it's got negative connotations as it x should but in this case x it was a tactical decision x by x uh paul x to try to quash an upheaval that was x going to prevent the spreading of the x gospel to jewish believers but more x importantly the gentile believers as x well and so timothy really was like he x was the perfect guy x to use in this world he he knew he had x the great um he had the jewish x background the religious background he x knew all about the rituals he spoke uh x aramaic most likely he could he knew how x the synagogue work he knew all the x intricacies x of uh jewish culture x additionally x he also x had um x he all he also had great connections x when it came to the greeks because of x his father x it has been suggested that timothy's x father was a man of some influence in x lystra um you know maybe a traitor or x something like that but that you know x timothy was was in a great position x because he could keep kind of both feet x in both different worlds the greek world x and the jewish world okay x now x in acts 15 x in verse 36 x again we're not going to x read everything i'm going to give you x the gist of it and i think we know this x story in acts 15 paul and barnabas who x were so close and who had done so much x for the spreading of the gospel and x paul's first missionary journey they're x going to split they're going to have x this in this really big uh x argument over who to take x you know paul um x barnabas verse 37 wanted to take mark x and paul said no x no he's not committed to it you know he x left us which was true x and so they had this big fight and paul x is going to go x go with several ways barnabas is going x to go his way several ways and paul is x going to end up going with silas x and barnabas is going to go with mock x now why do i mention this well this is x the beginning of the second ministry of x paul he's going on a ministry but he's x not going with bonhams he's going with x silas and so x it's almost as if x you know a position x had opened up x with paul x and barnabas splitting up x right now paul who's paul gonna lean on x now certainly silas was a brother that x he was with but paul i think was looking x for a brother that had good leadership x qualities understood the world that he x was living in could talk to people both x in the jewish world x and in the greek world as well and so x even though the paul and bona the split x was it's really you know a sad situation x you know they did it does seem that x later on they did kind of you know um x you know men fences x uh because paul does speak uh highly of x mark later on but anyways it's almost x like a door was open for timothy to kind x of x walk in into this small group of x brethren or he's going to join this x small group of brethren in this x relationship between paul and timothy x almost like a father and son and paul's x going to use those words um in speaking x to him x um x and so paul is going to meet him on his x second missionary journey and let's x because he's going to well let's go on x in this next slide okay so so paul's x second missionary journey x um you can see up there in asia minor in x galatia x um x well let's see right here timothy joins x paul and silas right here so they're x going to leave from caesarea go all the x way over here they were at antioch hey x how's everything going they're checking x on the euclesia there they go to tarsus x right with what paul was from x derby we know that there was a an x athleisure set up there we know that x there was one at lister as well and this x is where timothy x and paul are going to meet x you know really like for the first time x most likely x um and um you know the he's paul is x going to have great words to say about x him so let's take a look at what luke x tells us in acts the 16th chapter x um x then came he to derby into lystra and x behold a certain disciple okay so we're x told that already he's a disciple x uh so paul's first preaching x in his first ministry has already borne x fruit x we have timothy embracing the gospel x message of hope through christ he is a x disciple x okay he's not just a jew x he is a disciple of christ now x um x so x a certain disciple was there named x timothy the son of a certain woman which x was a jewish and believed okay so the x mom now x uh x eunice x is also x a christian x she has now taken on the saving name of x christ as well through baptism x um but his father was a greek which was x well reported of by the brethren that x were at lister and iconium x him would paul have to go forth with him x and took and circumcised him because of x the jews which were in those quarters x for they knew all that his father x was a greek x um x so again that kind of goes back he gives x an explanation as to why x he consented to timothy being x being circumcised it was because of x really the pushback x uh by the jews you know having this you x know they look they looked at x uncircumcised timothy yeah a disciple of x christ but x you know he was a great he was x uncircumcised he wasn't a jew x and so paul was still actively trying to x convert x his jewish brethren and so this would be x a stumbling block for them x you know they're still they're still x holding on to the law which i completely x empathize with right you know imagine x someone comes along and says uh yeah x guys all that gospel of christ yeah you x don't have to follow any of it anymore x be like what are you crazy and that's x really what the jews would do we're x doing as well it's like listen we've x been given the oracles of god here x uh you know god gave them to moses we're x holding on to them just as we have uh x been told to do so anyways interesting x dynamic that is going on here with paul x and with um x with timothy okay and we can see x that paul x is already kind of bearing fruit from x his first preaching effort in asia minor x one last thing with this map x we can see x how further advanced paul is going to go x to the west x all right he's kind of slowly inching x his way x to get to italy right first the first he x was just kind of hanging out in lister x and derby and iconium that area now he's x moving west he moves to uh asia minor x but it's interesting that the spirit x right the holy spirit forbade paul from x preaching in asia so he bypasses asia x and goes up to macedonia philippi x thessalonika these areas berea they're x going to receive the word um and through x this whole thing x he's facing x a major pushback from members of the x jewish community because remember paul x is starting to preach the gospel in the x synagogues x and he's getting major pushback from the x jewish community as he preaches uh x christianity here and then this is kind x of the last the third missionary journey x right this is when um you know we'll get x into some of these things too what do we x got for time x okay all right all right x all right uh x before we go on questions comments from x me x i just uh put in a shout out for timothy x in that decision as well x sit in that what x in that decision x so yeah it's a big decision for paul i'm x sure it was a big decision for timothy x as well yeah thank you jim you're x absolutely right you know because he he x kind of left everything there and went x um x went and traveled with paul over you x know all over the greek world at that x time he gave up i'm sure you know most x likely a life of some some luxury anyway x so yeah good point x all right anything else any other x questions comments i would say he also x agreed to be circumcised when really he x didn't have to be it was as a consent x for other people not for the gospel x itself x absolutely jim yeah and it's you know he x consented even though you know he was a x grown man and there was really no reason x for it but he put x he put the gospel the spreading of the x gospel before his own you know health x and safety x yeah x yeah so yeah good point thank you jim x okay if there's no other comments let's x uh we'll move on here x okay x so uh as we've mentioned x um x paul and silas are gonna start this x second second missionary journey you x know they have some really incredible um x incredible adventures right uh they're x going to be in jail there's going to be x an earthquake he's going to go to all x kinds of different cities but timothy is x going to be with um x with them x during this there's going to be a x handful of brethren brothers and sisters x that if you kind of look through x uh the the letters of paul there's gonna x be a handful of brothers uh that and x sisters by the way because if you look x at i think romans 16 there's a uh x there's about 30 plus people x that paul is going to mention to give x giving them thanks for helping helping x him spread the gospel and helping him to x you know to fortify him during his x travels um so it wasn't just paul x there was a lot of people both named and x unnamed that helped spread the gospel x message um and so timothy was part of x this as brother jim pointed out you know x he made that determination to leave x everything and to follow after paul x you know a lot like um x you know the disciples they left x everything as well and followed after x christ when they were called x um and so there's you know we have a x calling as well x and you know we have to examine our own x selves you know where where are we in x relationship to that calling x are we leaving everything in this world x now for christ or are we distracted by x it x i'm distracted by it x i think we all are to a certain level i x can't i'm distracted by a lot of stuff x that goes on but anyways that's that's a x topic for another time um x paul had an incredible close x relationship with timothy one of father x and son and so i think this is uh let's x let's take a look at philippians x philippians is a good um x good chapter here x a good letter to kind of uh delve into x how paul looked at timothy so x philippians 2 x verse 19 x um x verse 19 but i trust in the lord jesus x to send timothy shortly unto you x that i also may be of good comfort x when i know x your state x for i have no man x like-minded who will naturally care for x your state x for all seek their own x not the things which are of jesus christ x but ye know the proof of him x that as a father with the son x he hath served me x served with me x in the gospel x uh yeah great words x those i think everybody would be happy x to have those words said about him but x uh father and son right x i don't have anybody like timothy he's x like he became really paul's right-hand x man in fact x he helped paul uh write several several x of his letters he was a scribe for paul x as he wrote several of his different x letters to the different ecclesias x now um x i wondered about this you know x uh you know that paul and timothy you x know x did they collaborate x or what does collaborate even mean in x the in the part in in kind of the x overall picture of inspiration you know x you have timothy who has the holy spirit x scribing yeah paul who has the holy x spirit speaking x um x and they you know they've got they've x got these wonderful uh epistles um that x they're both working on you know x uh you know maybe you know paul says x something and then tim timothy writes it x down and goes ah do you mean you know do x you want to say that maybe say it this x way i don't know what the collaboration x was i just find it fascinating that x you know think about the closeness of x that relationship x um so x all right so paul in his own words what x does he say well we already know uh we x know what he said about timothy in the x philippians does he say some other x things well yes he does x let's take a look at first corinthians x 4. x so first corinthians 4 x verse 17 x for this cause x have i sent unto you timothy who is my x beloved son x and faithful in the lord who shall bring x you into remembrance of my ways which be x in christ as i teach everywhere in every x every epilegia so x um x great words right he's a beloved son and x he's faithful in the lord this is what x paul's saying about timothy x you know timothy was a great brother and x then lastly in philemon x see if i can find this quick x let's see right before he bros x boom x all right um x so philemon that doesn't make any sense x at all 2 22. i think it's verse 22. x lehman x maybe x uh x i think i meant to say philippians which x we already read so uh if somebody x figures out what i was trying to uh to x get at let me know anyways let's move on x um x in hebrews the 13th chapter x um x in verse 23 x it says this x um verse 22 i i beseech you brother and x suffer the word of excitation for i have x written a letter unto you in few words x know ye that our brother timothy is set x at liberty with whom if he comes shortly x i will see you x so x it seems from this from this recording x here in hebrews that the writer of the x hebrews is telling us that timothy for x whatever reason had been imprisoned most x likely for preaching the gospel he was x out now but if you notice in these in x corinthians and in philippians x um it tells us that x paul would routinely send timothy to x these different ecclesias x you know with letters x uh with instructions he trusted timothy x that much and he obviously as we've said x saw that timothy had some you know great x leadership ability and so he sends them x he he sends timothy to these different x ecclesiastes to find out what's going on x fix any problems that that type of thing x so right hand man you know he's the x fixer go in there timothy i've been x hearing i don't know what's going on in x ephesus uh what what's happening at the x current in the corinthian collegiate x whoo x if i got a story for you x um and so we'll get into this a little x bit more but you know this was a tough x job x he was a young guy x he's going into these different uh you x know th these athleisures that are just x made up now x you know he has no idea who he's dealing x with his internal pressures his external x pressures but yet x he's traveling all over the greek greek x world at this time to spread the gospel x to support the gospel to make sure that x these x these barely born ecclesias will survive x and grow into something that can glorify x god x um hey rich yes jim i think i think what x you meant earlier was um first x thessalonians 2 verse 22 x yeah you're probably right did you have x it handy you want to read it yeah sure x it's actually 3 verse 2 but there's 20 x verses in chapter two so it adds up to x two verses x listen it was a total mess up x he said wherefore when we could no x longer forebear we thought it good to be x left at athens alone and sent to motheus x our brother and minister of god and x fellow x laborer in the gospel of christ to x establish you and to comfort you with x concerning your faith so we also send x them to the thessalonians as well x yes x awesome that's great that yeah that's x what i was looking for thank you jim um x so he you know paul's sending them to x the to the uh clear up in thessalonia as x well these were not easy journeys x brothers and sisters this wasn't you x know hopping into your car and driving a x few miles and checking in on you know x meridian or you know checking checking x in on worcester it's you know you're x going hundreds and hundreds of miles x either by ship or by land and it's x dangerous it's not easy but x you can see the determination of uh of x timothy and so x um if we look if we go to second timothy x right x um x this speaks again to paul and timothy's x relationship it was one of closeness it x was one of love and paul is generally x concerned about timothy and how he's x going to do x when once paul's gone and so in um in x second timothy x you know we know these words in um x let's see x yeah he has in um in x in second timothy he is going to say to x to uh to um timothy verse 13 hold fast x the form of sound words which thou hast x heard of me x in faith and love which is in christ x jesus x um so he's talking about x holding on to the things x that paul had given to um x to timothy and to the other brethren i'm x gonna be gone you need to hold on to x these things this it's your x um x it's your responsibility verse 8 be not x thou therefore ashamed of the testimony x of x uh of our lord nor of me his prisoner x but be thou partaker of the afflictions x of the gospel according to the power x of god x and so these are very powerful words x and he's telling timothy to hold on to x the faith hold on to this wonderful x gospel message of hope that had that x christ has given me and i'm giving to x you into the world and it's very similar x brothers and sisters to what joshua x uh was told by moses if we go to um x deuteronomy the 31st chapter x i found this pretty interesting x you know he's given he's giving words of x advice to timothy x and moses is going to do the same thing x to joshua kind of passing the baton of x leadership x from from one generation to the other x right so in verse 31 uh chapter sorry x chapter 31 x in verse seven and we're not going to x read the whole thing but this first x verse here verse 7 and moses called unto x joshua and said unto him in the sight of x all israel x be strong and of a good courage for thou x must go with this people unto the land x which the lord has sworn unto their x fathers to give it them and thou shalt x cause them to inherit it in the lord x he it is that doeth doth go before thee x he will be with ye he will not feel thee x nor forsake me fear not x neither be dismayed and so here's moses x kind of passing on encouragement x uh to joshua just like paul in his x letters in the first letter and in the x second letter x he's passing on encouragement he's x trying to give x give timothy a little bit of his own x strength x passing this on x uh to the next generation x um x emily what's your what reference x what what reference are you referring to x em x okay got it got it all right very good x okay any other questions or comments x before we go on x he wants to know what jim suggested was x the correct verse instead of philemon oh x it was uh was it second thessalonians or x first thessalonians jimbo x it's uh first second x thessalonians uh three verse two x three verse two yeah there's 20 in verse x chapter two so if you add two that x becomes x thessalonians 2 verse 22. x yeah don't try to figure out my mind x moving on x um backspace x no x all right x uh so the letters to timothy these two x letters to timothy x along with x titus the letter to titus are called x pastoral letters x they're encouragement letters they're x letters of advice x there's letters of of strength and x commitment that paul is giving to x timothy and to titus we're obviously x just looking at timothy but x you know the things in titus x um x a lot of things in timothy x are covered in uh the letters to titus x as well so anyways x all right uh let's take a look at x ephesus x now why is ephesus going to be x uh you know a major deal x uh in the life of timothy well as we're x going to find out paul is going to put x him in charge x of uh the athleisure at ephesus x and so x you know he's already been he you know x he's kind of you know taking letters to x different places checking in on these x different athleisures and now x he's going to have his own athleisure x that he's going to be uh the bishop over x right he's going to be the overseer x of this uh of this new collegiate and so x what was the environment that timothy is x going to be put into in ephesus x well ephesus as we know from the acts x had a massive temple x to diana as uh i think acts 16 tells us x um x the greeks called diana artemis but this x temple at ephesus which no longer exists x was one of the seven wonders of the x world and we know from the acts as well x that there was a massive economy x associated with the worship of diana at x this temple x people would come all over the world to x uh to go and worship here and people x were making x tons and tons of money off of these x trinkets right these you know the silver x the silversmiths and so on and so you x can imagine a whole city being dedicated x their economy being dedicated to the x worship of this god x of this goddess and all of a sudden you x got these x christians showing up and saying you x know all this is all nonsense they're x talking about jesus and you can x understand why there is going to be this x confrontation that's going to happen x some of the worst confrontations that x paul is going to deal with x outside of being stoned are going to x happen in ephesus it was a city that was x hostile to christianity x the jews that were living there and also x the gentiles as well and we'll look at x that in a little bit but very quickly x let's see all right i gotta move um it x was a major trading x city in asia minor there was a major x library there where 12 000 scrolls were x housed there were two agoras x okay on marketplaces one for trade and x the other for state business um it was x it had one of the most advanced aqua x decks in the ancient world had hundreds x and hundreds of baths it had the largest x largest theater in the world that could x house 25 000 people x and most likely had a population over a x hundred thousand so that was a good size x city was a major city in asia minor x and this is where timothy is going to be x put right x he had a lot in his plate you know he x needed faith he needed prayer he needed x the encouragement of paul and paul's not x going to put him into this situation x if he doesn't think he can handle it x and he knew timothy could handle it he x already had a track record of service in x the gospel right x okay x just again some rumors of ephesus you x can see the uh the massive theater x that's there it's interesting that at x one time uh ephesus was on the sea x but because the river silted up so much x that it really created land and now x ephesus is not near the sea it was x destroyed by the goss and then rebuilt x and um but you can go and see the the um x the ruins today it's one of i think it's x on the world uh world x heritage site list or something like x that so x uh pretty interesting uh ruins x okay uh so timothy is gonna be made x bishop of the uh ephesus ecclesia x ephesus church you can see a picture x right here of uh diana of ephesus x uh she was a fertility god and x uh x you can understand that from her uh from x her idol there um so he is timothy is x given a major responsibility to build up x this ecclesia x um so and he and he had a lot of x responsibility in this regard he had to x fight against outside pressures you know x just think about all those outside x pressures you know jews they're x antagonistic towards the christians the x greeks are antagonistic toward the x sorts of christians as well and we're x not going to look at it in detail but at x your leisure x take a look at acts 19 and 20. it lists x all of the different things that paul x and timothy had to deal with while while x they were there um well let's just look x at it real quick i just want to give you x a flavor of the situation that um x that timothy is going to be put in as as x it relates to trying to build an x athleisure in this situation it was x really tough x um x so in verse 19 they're in ephesus x um verse eight he went into the x synagogue paul did x um you know for three months x they wanted nothing to do with it and so x he separated themselves and he and he's x going to preach preach now the um the x gospel to the uh to the greeks and a lot x of miracles gonna happen the seven sons x of skiva are there uh demetrius the x silversmith is there uh they're gonna be x punched and kicked you know all this x kind of stuff is going to happen x um right here in ephesus not a great x place not a welcoming place for x christianity x um x but you know here you go this is this is x the environment that timothy that young x timothy has put into x how is he going to do it it's a x difficult situation and so with this in x mind first and second timothy are x written by paul x to give encouragement to timothy you can x do this x you know believe in christ believe in x yourself x um remain faithful to the gospel x remember remember x uh the gospel messages found in the old x testament x that you learned as a child these are x the things that paul is uh you know x encouraging timothy on x this was x this was not a walk in the pocket this x was very difficult you know there was a x real chance that this athleisure would x not survive because of the pressure and x i think that's one of the reasons why x uh timothy was sent to ephesus because x paul x uh knew that it was a special city you x know where ephesus was located x you could really get to a lot of other x cities very easily within asia minor so x it was really like having a foothold x in asia minor to begin to kind of spread x the gospel x ephesus is also mentioned in revelations x right as one of the ecclesiastic that x are mentioned there um x so x all right so we come to our last uh x uh x our last thing you know x what are the lessons for us that we can x learn x well let's let's look at encouragement x first x you know encouragement is one of these x things that we should be doing x uh on a daily basis in our kind of x circle of of relationships right in our x families of course with our brothers and x sisters with with people at work you x know being being known as somebody that x gives you an encouraging word x and so this is what paul's gonna do so x let's take a look at first timothy right x in the first chapter we already read one x aspect of this x um as far as timothy's background is x concerned verse 2 of the first uh x chapter of first timothy unto timothy x paul writes my own son in the faith x grace mercy and peace from god our x father in jesus christ our lord as i x besought thee x to abide still at ephesus when i went x into macedonia that thou mightest charge x some that they teach no other doctrine x well what do we have here brothers and x sisters well x we've got a major issue there was a x false doctrine being being taught at x ephesus and paul's going to get into it x we won't get into it but you know paul's x going to get into some of these things x that are uh being taught already x at ephesus immediately x right x um x first uh chapter six we won't look at x but let's look at the first chapter of x uh ii timothy right how does how does x paul address timothy here well these are x this is this is great right x paul an apostle of jesus christ by the x will of god according to the promise of x life which is in christ jesus to timothy x my dearly beloved son x grace mercy and peace from god the x father in christ jesus our lord x i thank god x whom i serve from my forefathers with x pure conscience x that without ceasing x i have remembrance of thee x in my prayers night and day greatly x desiring deceiving being mindful of thy x tears x that i may be filled with joy x oh man that's an introduction right that x is a great introduction x um x the uh my daily beloved son is those x words again right i remember thee in my x prayers night and day x you know i think paul understood the x situation that timothy was in and he was x praying fervently x that timothy would be successful x as bishop as overseer of this ecclesia x he understood the difficulty that he was x in and so he's praying night and day x um being mindful of the ideas you wonder x why was timothy upset x well probably because paul uh x you know paul was x leading x uh to his death he you know this this x was the last letter that paul is going x to write to anybody x he's going to die and they wanted to see x each other one more time x um he obviously saw leadership x characteristics right leadership x characteristics in timothy but if we x look at second timothy the third chapter x um x actually uh that's first timothy three x sorry x it talks about um x this is a true saying x you know what what are bishops to be x like x well they were to be of good behavior x given to hospitality x apt to teach not given to wine no x striker not greedy or filthy looker but x patient x not a brawler x not covetous so these are the things x that um x you know paul was looking for that god x actually was looking for x what are the characteristics of a leader x in a clear x well x he lays him out pretty clearly here he x also lays them out in uh in titus as x well x you know chapter five is interesting um x because it talks there's a lot of x different things in here he talks about x uh you know x elderly women widows younger men he x talks about fathers he talks about how x you know how are we to interact as x brothers of christ x how are we supposed to take care of the x vulnerable members of our of our x ecclesia what do you know if a widow had x nothing x how was you know what types of widows x were to be taken care of by the church x or what type of widows you know families x should be taken care of but he has some x powerful words about this paul does x anyways in verse 8. x he's talking about widows now x um x but x you know just in general right it's a x general teaching x but if any provide not for his own and x especially for those of his own house x he have denied the faith x and is worse than an infidel you know x those are some pretty powerful words and x what paul is saying here if there is a x family a brother and sister x uh x who have the ability to take care of x somebody a widow that's in their own x family and doesn't do it you're worse x than an unbeliever you're worse than an x infidel paul says you're denying the x faith the very essence of the faith x which is to help the poor the afflicted x the widow the fatherless the orphan x right that's a tenant in the old x testament it's a tenant in the new x testament as well x so x we're not going to get into every every x little detail here but there were a lot x of things that you know timothy had to x had to deal with particularly at ephesus x and then x um we'll we'll end here with timothy in x second timothy the fourth chapter x um x you know some some words are some really x words of advice right x verse 1 i charge thee therefore before x god in the lord jesus christ who shall x judge the quick and the dead at his x appearing in his kingdom x what should you do x timothy paul says x preach the word x be instant in season out of season repu x reprove x rebuke exhort with all long-suffering x in doctrine for the time will come when x they will not endure sound doctrine but x after their own lush shall they heap to x themselves teachers having itching ears x and so then paul says this in verse six x for i am now ready to be offered and the x time of my departure is at hand i have x fought a good fight i have finished my x course i have kept the faith x henceforth there is laid up for me a x crown of righteousness when the lord the x righteous judge shall give me at that x day and not only to me x but unto all them also x that love x is appearing and so those were the words x those were the words that were um that x paul paul gave to timothy right before x he died he was killed uh most likely by x nero in in rome x um x so yeah in you know verse 22 of the the x second chapter of second timothy two you x know flee also youthful lusts and follow x righteousness faith charity peace and x them that call on the lord out of a pure x heart x verse 24 x and the servant of the lord must not x always strive or fight x but be gentle x until all men x have to teach x patient x in meekness instructing those that x oppose themselves x if god per adventure will give them x repentance to the acknowledging of the x truth so um x you know these are these are powerful x words that were written almost 2 000 x years ago x and and they applied to timothy timothy x had a great work in front of them he had x a great responsibility but these are x words that are written to us they're x written for our learning x and so how are we applying these things x you know what's our faith level x where are we as far as our relationship x with our brothers and sisters are we x encouraging each other in the faith x are we supporting each other x are we raising up the hands x that hang down x um x you know what's what's a culture of our x occlusions like all of these things were x things that timothy was worried about x that paul was worried about and we x should be concerned about it as well x the well-being of our brothers and x sisters the well-being uh x you know of our children as well x just like paul was praying night and day x for people that he loved particularly x uh timothy we need to do the same we x need to pray without ceasing for our x loved ones but paul doesn't stop there x brothers and sisters and we shouldn't x either because he says in first timothy x that to pray for for all men x particularly those in um in authority x um x yeah where is it yeah in verse verse one x of the second chapter of first timothy i x exhort therefore that first of all x supplications prayers intercessions and x giving of thanks may be made for all men x for kings and for all that are in x authority that we may lead a quiet x and peaceable life x in all godliness and honesty for this is x good and acceptable in the sight of god x our savior who will have all men x to be saved and to come unto the x knowledge of the truth x and so those are the types of people we x should be brothers and sisters x we should be praying always x uh you know for the people in authority x to make the right decisions it's not a x lot of that going on these days x uh it's a chaotic world that we live in x it was a chaotic world x that timothy lived in as well and paul's x words to timothy are the same x are the words that he's saying to us as x well x be strong in the faith x look for that prize that christ is x bringing at judgment x fight the good fight of faith