I. Continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, v14. II. Why? 1) Because you know who taught you. 2) Because you know the sacred writings that are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ.

I. A faithful pastor must first be a follower, v10 II. A faithful pastor must bear the fruit of the gospel, vv10-11 III. A faithful pastor must remember he’s never alone in his suffering, vv11-12

I. Their method, v6. II. Their audience, vv6-7. III. Their corruption, v8. Their failure, v9.

I. Be savvy about the generation in which you live, v1. II. Be aware how human sinfulness manifests itself in disordered loves, attitudes, relationships, and actions, vv 2-4. III. Don’t be shocked when you see this in the visible church, v5.

What should a pastor be and not be, do and not do? I. Don't be a controversialist, v23. II. Don't be quarrelsome, v24. III. Be kind to everyone, v24. IV. Be able to teach, v24. V.  Patiently endure evil, v24. VI. Correct others gently, v25. VII. Aim and pray and hope that God may grant repentance to our hearers, v25-26. 

I. An observation about vessels of honor and dishonor, v20. II. An implication: The privilege of being a vessel for honorable use, v21. III. An Exhortation: usefulness is related to Christlikeness, v22. 

I. A warning to avoid irreverent babble, v16a. II. The dangers: it's godless and gangrenous, v16b-17. III. Some examples, v17b-18. IV. Encouragement and assurance, v19. 

I. Christian teachers need to be reminded to keep the main thing the main thing, v14a. II. Christian teachers are not to quarrel about words, v14b.  III. And Christian teachers must work hard to rightly handle God’s Word, v15.

The very nature of our Savior is that of grace, mercy, and compassion for he will not break the broken reed or put out the faintly burning wick.

Adam’s rebellion brings banishment for him and all his posterity from the enjoyment of the presence of God in the garden of paradise. But Christ is the Last Adam, and his obedience opens the door of access to the enjoyment of the presence of God for all who come to God through him. I. God's promise, v20. II. God's provision, v21. III. God's protection, v22. IV. God's preservation, v24