June 18, 2010 Lesson 1 of 2 Timothy 1

Picture Paul circumstances. See also 4:9-13. What positive Christian truths sustain and encourage Paul as he lay in prison? Answer: Paul sees this as a blessing that will glorify God!

Note how Paul reminds Timothy of the demands and cost of Christian service. Express in your own words the chief points of Paul’s counsel and exhortation to him. To which of these do you particularly listen? Answer: Praises Timothy for his faith, pray for and have others pray for you and your gifts so that you may grow in the Lord and His blessing, do not be ashamed, and suffer for the gospel if that is what the Lord has in store for you. I need to listen more to all that God has for me. I wish I knew what gift God has in me that he wants to use. I am in need of a sign in the front yard.

What do verses 3-7 reveal concerning the value of a God-fearing and Christian home and upbringing? Cf. 3:14-15. Answer:


Note V.16-18. Onesiphorus appears here as one separated from his household, either by absence from home, or quite possibly by death (cf. 4:19). This does not mean, however, that Paul is praying for his present well-being as one dead, a practice completely unsupported elsewhere in scripture. The prayer concerns conduct in this life, and reward on the future day of judgment.