David Guzik’s Study Guide from Blue Letter Bible website starts off by naming this passage of scripture “Paul’s Final Testimony to Timothy.” Starting off in verse 1, Paul begins by charging Timothy, and the first part of the verse, “charge” means to testify. So basically Paul gave a sincere testimony to Timothy, and a testimony that Timothy must act upon if he would want to be a godly pastor. Next, it says “Before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead,” and here Paul is saying that he did give his testimony not with just himself, but in front of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, which made it more important. Lastly, in verse 1, it says, “At His appearing and His kingdom,” which showed that Paul believed back in
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As a pastor, Timothy was not required to just know the word or like what was said in a verse here and there or approve of what the word said, but instead he was required to preach the Word to everyone and be ready at all times. Lastly, in verse 2, “convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching,” meant that in Timothy’s preaching, he was to bring the Word of God to abide on the lives of people. He was not to treat the Word as if it were a fairy tale or some made up stories to tell during story time, but instead he was to treat and preach the Word of God as it was and let God do the rest of the work. In verses 3 and 4, it talks about the need for the true preaching of the Word. In the beginning of verse 3 it says, “They will not endure sound doctrine,” which meant that Timothy needed to keep focused on the Word of God and only the Word of God, because man has a sin nature that comes naturally and man will not want to hear or have anything to with God. Man would rather hear what is popular at the time, that will scratch there ears, rather than anything that has to do with
As a pastor, Timothy was not required to just know the word or like what was said in a verse here and there or approve of what the word said, but instead he was required to preach the Word to everyone and be ready at all times. Lastly, in verse 2, “convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching,” meant that in Timothy’s preaching, he was to bring the Word of God to abide on the lives of people. He was not to treat the Word as if it were a fairy tale or some made up stories to tell during story time, but instead he was to treat and preach the Word of God as it was and let God do the rest of the work. In verses 3 and 4, it talks about the need for the true preaching of the Word. In the beginning of verse 3 it says, “They will not endure sound doctrine,” which meant that Timothy needed to keep focused on the Word of God and only the Word of God, because man has a sin nature that comes naturally and man will not want to hear or have anything to with God. Man would rather hear what is popular at the time, that will scratch there ears, rather than anything that has to do with