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“Approved and Unashamed” (2 Timothy 2:14-26)
My senior year of high school, I was the editor of the yearbook staff at the prestigious and elite Mulberry High School. The teacher of our class and the yearbook supervisor was Mr. Price. I really liked Mr. Price. In fact, I had him for three classes my senior year. Well, there was a young lady on our yearbook staff who was over the adverting section. I didn’t think that she was doing things quite the way that I wanted them to be done, so I started to micromanage her and pick apart everything she was doing. Well, Mr. Price saw this happening, and he sternly rebuked me, telling me that I should let her do her job. I was ashamed because I looked up to Mr. Price a lot, and I had let him down. I wasn’t doing a good job as the leader of our yearbook staff. Now, as things would turn out, I would later marry that young lady who was over the advertising section, and this past Thursday, we celebrated 21 years of marriage, so it all worked out.
In today’s passage, Paul is going to give some more instructions to Timothy about how he can live an approved and unashamed life. By the power of the Holy Spirit, this is also helpful truth for us. Paul doesn’t want Timothy to end up in a situation like I did, where he was ashamed of the way that he lived and led. Today’s sermon is simply entitled “Approved and Unashamed.”
Let’s look at the passage together, in 2 Timothy 2:14-26.
14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to fight about words. This is useless and leads to the ruin of those who listen. 15 Be diligent to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth. 16 Avoid irreverent and empty speech, since those who engage in it will produce even more godlessness, 17 and their teaching will spread like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are among them. 18 They have departed from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and are ruining the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his, and let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.
20 Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also those of wood and clay; some for honorable use and some for dishonorable. 21 So if anyone purifies himself from anything dishonorable, he will be a special instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
22 Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 23 But reject foolish and ignorant disputes, because you know that they breed quarrels. 24 The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but must be gentle to everyone, able to teach, and patient, 25 instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth. 26 Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
Let’s pray together as we journey through this passage.
(prayer)
Ok, we’re going to discover three pursuits that we must chase after so that we are not to be unashamed.
First, . . .
I. Pursue proper teaching.
Paul again warns Timothy to avoid false teaching and empty nonsense.
Look at verse 14: we are not to “fight about words.”
Look at verse 14 (again): “This is useless and leads to the ruin of those who listen.”
Look at verse 16: “Avoid irreverent and empty speech, since those who engage in it will produce even more godlessness.”
Look at verse 17: “their teaching will spread like gangrene.”
Rather than tolerating false teaching, Timothy needs to (look at verse 15) “be diligent to present [him]self to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’
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My senior year of high school, I was the editor of the yearbook staff at the prestigious and elite Mulberry High School. The teacher of our class and the yearbook supervisor was Mr. Price. I really liked Mr. Price. In fact, I had him for three classes my senior year. Well, there was a young lady on our yearbook staff who was over the adverting section. I didn’t think that she was doing things quite the way that I wanted them to be done, so I started to micromanage her and pick apart everything she was doing. Well, Mr. Price saw this happening, and he sternly rebuked me, telling me that I should let her do her job. I was ashamed because I looked up to Mr. Price a lot, and I had let him down. I wasn’t doing a good job as the leader of our yearbook staff. Now, as things would turn out, I would later marry that young lady who was over the advertising section, and this past Thursday, we celebrated 21 years of marriage, so it all worked out.
In today’s passage, Paul is going to give some more instructions to Timothy about how he can live an approved and unashamed life. By the power of the Holy Spirit, this is also helpful truth for us. Paul doesn’t want Timothy to end up in a situation like I did, where he was ashamed of the way that he lived and led. Today’s sermon is simply entitled “Approved and Unashamed.”
Let’s look at the passage together, in 2 Timothy 2:14-26.
14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to fight about words. This is useless and leads to the ruin of those who listen. 15 Be diligent to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth. 16 Avoid irreverent and empty speech, since those who engage in it will produce even more godlessness, 17 and their teaching will spread like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are among them. 18 They have departed from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and are ruining the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his, and let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.
20 Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also those of wood and clay; some for honorable use and some for dishonorable. 21 So if anyone purifies himself from anything dishonorable, he will be a special instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
22 Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 23 But reject foolish and ignorant disputes, because you know that they breed quarrels. 24 The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but must be gentle to everyone, able to teach, and patient, 25 instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth. 26 Then they may come to their senses and escape the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
Let’s pray together as we journey through this passage.
(prayer)
Ok, we’re going to discover three pursuits that we must chase after so that we are not to be unashamed.
First, . . .
I. Pursue proper teaching.
Paul again warns Timothy to avoid false teaching and empty nonsense.
Look at verse 14: we are not to “fight about words.”
Look at verse 14 (again): “This is useless and leads to the ruin of those who listen.”
Look at verse 16: “Avoid irreverent and empty speech, since those who engage in it will produce even more godlessness.”
Look at verse 17: “their teaching will spread like gangrene.”
Rather than tolerating false teaching, Timothy needs to (look at verse 15) “be diligent to present [him]self to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’