Paul's second letter to Timothy opens with an outpouring of encouragement and Timothy certainly needs it! Paul's first and second letters are challenging to Timothy in and of themselves. Timothy is challenged to "stir up the gift" (2 Timothy 1:6), to "be not ashamed" (2 Timothy 1:8) and to "be strong" (2 Timothy 2:1) amongst other challenges and exhortations. We decidedly get the impression that Timothy is being challenged if not a little corrected at times by these two epistles. Far greater than the…

" For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us." 2 Timothy 1:12-14

The pastoral epistles of 1 and 2 Timothy describe one of the greatest spiritual…

1 Timothy is an epistle of RELATIONSHIP truth: 

Christ is at the centre of the epistle – 1 Timothy 3:16; Christ is at the heart of the church, to be lifted up for the gaze of all (1 Timothy 3:15). Christ is at the centre of our faith personally and individually. I read an article recently regarding a prominent American Christian, a worship leader in one of the large megachurches, who had backslidden, and denied the faith. The reason he gave was that he couldn't answer one or two tuff questions and thus…

2 Timothy chapter 1 - Inspiring the Next Generation: Challenging and Encouraging - Dr J Stewart Gillespie

2 Timothy is one of the New Testament second epistles. Like 2 Corinthians, 2 Thessalonians and 2 Peter there is an eye to the future, an eye to the next chapter of the world in general and to individual lives in particular, a perspective beyond the here and now and on to the eternal. There is an eye to the future, the next chapter, the eternal whilst leaving behind a provision for another generation…

2 Timothy chapter 1 – Grasping the Grace – Stand up Straight with Yours Shoulders Back - J Stewart Gillespie

2 Timothy is quite different in tone and subject form 1 Timothy 

In 1 Timothy the spotlight is on Christ 

In 2 Timothy the spotlight is on Timothy 

In 1 Timothy – How much of Christ have you grasped? 

In 2 Timothy – How much of you has Christ grasped? 

In 1 Timothy have you got the message? 

In 2 Timothy has the message got you? 

1 Timothy – speaks primarily of my relationship with Jesus Christ…