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The Grands Letter (2 Tim/GLJ)

on November 29, 2022 6:11 am (CST)
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Dear Grands,

2 Timothy 4:1-8, “I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom:
2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,
4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
5 But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith;
8 in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.”

Who can seriously read these verses and deny that Timothy was viewing what we are experiencing in our own day? He does well to admonish the serious, God-called preachers to “preach the Word”! There is less and less honest ministering of people today through the clear declaration of the Holy Scriptures.

From what is apparent among the “prosperity gospelers,” and the accompaniment of the moral infidelity among their ministers, Timothy has clearly spoken words that need adherence today! Is it any wonder that the clarity of Scripture is absent among their numbers?

Where sound doctrine is ignored and rebuke and exhortation to righteousness are blatantly omitted from pulpits, people move rapidly into sin. When righteous ministers are removed, they are often replaced by teachers who feed their adherents poison from outside the Scriptures.

Timothy urges believers to “be sober in all things, endure hardships,” and engage in evangelistic ministries. It is futile to harbor medicines that bring physical benefit, if we refuse or neglect to ingest them. So it is with failing to minister the Gospel to others. If you know the LORD as your Savior, you have the spiritual responsibility to share Jesus Christ with those who do not know Him. If you do not know Him, you have the opportunity to receive Him as your Savior and then the responsiblity to share Him with others. The problem is that time is quickly running out by the day.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom

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