2Tim 1:6-14 The Big Picture at Your Horizon
Intro: The good reminder for ministers (6, 8a, 13) 1. The Saving Grace: A Big Picture before Us (9, 10a, 12f) -- The Cross at The Centre -- The picture due on Our Horizon 2. The Call for Hard Work and Suffering (8) -- With God’s Power (7,8b) -- With Faith and Love (13-14) -- Suffering is Blessing When I saw the passage of 2Tim listed in the lectionary for today’s Bible readings, I decided to pick it up for the sermon; partly because the message here means a lot to me, this was the passage I heard in my ordination. And partly also because I believe the messages here also good for all of us. For myself, I am particularly moved by a couple of verses in the passage; such as in V.6, “I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God”; and V.8, “But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God”; and then V.13, “What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.” Those verses are good reminders for ministers, new or old; ...