Sermon Outline
- Nostalgia isn’t helpful
- The Gospel is our strength in Times of Need
- Biblical Remembering isn’t nostalgia (2Tim 2:8)
- Biblical Remembering is Centered on Jesus the Christ
- First, we must recognize that Jesus is the Christ (2Tim 2:8)
- Second, we must remember the death of Jesus (Is 53, 1Pet 1:19, 2Cor 5:21)
- Third, we must remember the resurrection. (Heb 7:16)
- Fourth, we must remember the birth and lineage of Jesus (Mt 1:20, Zech 12:10)
- Why Does Paul tell Timothy to Remember these things? Because…
- Suffering is part of Life and esp. part of Christian Life
- Everyone suffers
- Christians Suffer too (2Cor 2:8-9, 2:3, Mk 10:30, Is 53:3)
- Only possible to endure if Jesus is alive and with us!
- B/c Christ is alive and with us that we can suffer, endure and persevere. (2Tim 2:11-13)
- Paul suffers BUT
- B/c Christ is alive and powerfully at work that “the Word of God is not bound!” (2Tim 2:9)
- Call to Surrender
- What does this look like, you might ask?
- Repentance (2Tim 2:11)
- Discipleship (2Tim 2:12a)
- Warning (2Tim 2:12b)
- Grace (2Tim 2:13)
- What does this look like, you might ask?
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