Do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry

Do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry

2 Tim 4:5

⁵ But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

Eph 4:11

¹¹ So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, ¹² to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up ¹³ until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

1 Cor 12:27

²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. ²⁸ And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry

2)     Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

3)     Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

Keep your head in all situations and endure hardships, do the work of an evangelist

Keep your head in all situations and endure hardships, do the work of an evangelist

2 Tim 4:5

⁵ But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

2 Tim 1:8

⁸ So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. 

2 Tim 2:3, 9

³ Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.⁴ No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.

⁸ Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, ⁹ for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Keep your head in all situations and endure hardships, do the work of an evangelist

2)    Do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord

3)    Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer.

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal.

All scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

All scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

2 Tim 3:16

¹⁶ All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ¹⁷ so that the servant of God^[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

2 Pet 1:20, 21

²⁰ Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. ²¹ For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Rom 4:23, 24

²³ The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, ²⁴ but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. ²⁵ He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

Deut 29:29

²⁹ The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     All scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

2)     For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

3)     God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

4)     The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

Scriptures makes us wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus

Scriptures makes us wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus

2 Tim 3:15

¹⁴ But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, ¹⁵ and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 

Deut 4:6

⁵ See, I have taught you decrees and laws as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land you are entering to take possession of it. ⁶ Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” 

Psalm 119:98, 99

⁹⁸ Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser than my enemies.

⁹⁹ I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.

¹⁰⁰ I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.

¹⁰¹ I have kept my feet from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Scriptures makes us wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus

2)     Observing God’s commands carefully will show our wisdom and understanding to the nations

3)     God’s commands are always with me
    and make me wiser than my enemies.

4)     I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on God’s statutes.

5)     I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey God’s precepts.

6)     I have kept my feet from every evil path
    so that I might obey God’s word.

God rescues us from prosecutions and sufferings

God rescues us from prosecutions and sufferings

2 Tim 3:11

¹⁰ You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, ¹¹ persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

Psalm 34:19

¹⁹ The righteous person may have many troubles,
    but the Lord delivers him from them all;

²⁰ he protects all his bones,
    not one of them will be broken.

²² The Lord will rescue his servants;
    no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

Job 5:19-27

¹⁹ From six calamities he will rescue you;
    in seven no harm will touch you.

²⁰ In famine he will deliver you from death,
    and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

²¹ You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
    and need not fear when destruction comes.

²² You will laugh at destruction and famine,
    and need not fear the wild animals.

²³ For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
    and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

²⁴ You will know that your tent is secure;
    you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.

²⁵ You will know that your children will be many,
    and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

²⁶ You will come to the grave in full vigor,
    like sheaves gathered in season.

²⁷ “We have examined this, and it is true.
    So hear it and apply it to yourself.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God will rescues us from prosecutions and sufferings

2)    The righteous person may have many troubles,
    but the Lord delivers him from them all;
²⁰ he protects all his bones,
    not one of them will be broken.

3)    The Lord will rescue his servants;
    no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

4)    In famine he will deliver you from death,
    and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

5)    You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,
    and need not fear when destruction comes.

6)    You will laugh at destruction and famine,
    and need not fear the wild animals.

7)    For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
    and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

⁸⁾              You will know that your tent is secure;
    you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.

⁹⁾              You will know that your children will be many,
    and your descendants like the grass of the earth.

10)                       You will come to the grave in full vigor,
    like sheaves gathered in season.