Timothy

From: Messages of God's Love: 1940

The aged apostle Paul, in the very last letter he wrote bore he went home to be with Christ, said to Timothy,

“From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Tim. 3:15¹⁵And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15).

Timothy had godly mother and grandmother and they taught him to love the Word of God, but you see it was not being their child that saved him. They were persons of faith, but it was not because they had faith in Christ that could save Timothy. It was his own faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that saved him.

When he was grown to be a man, he was very useful in the work of the Lord, and much loved and value by Paul, as we see almost every time Paul speaks of him (Rom. 16:21²¹Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. (Romans 16:21); 1Cor. 16:10¹⁰Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. (1 Corinthians 16:10); Phil. 1:1; 2:19-22¹Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: (Philippians 1:1)
¹⁹But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. ²⁰For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. ²¹For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. ²²But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. (Philippians 2:19‑22); 1 Tim. 1:2²Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Timothy 1:2); 2 Tim. 1:5⁵When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. (2 Timothy 1:5)).

Paul tells us that the Christian can find all the instruction he needs for his work in the service of God in those very same Scriptures that Timothy had known front a child. The Lord Jesus tells us to “SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES ... ..THEY ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY OF ME.” John 5:39³⁹Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (John 5:39).

The Lord wants to have a people in this world who will confess Him before men, and prove that they are not their own, but His, for He has bought them with His precious blood—He has died for them, that they should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him, then living Lord and Master in heaven.

“Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are God’s.” 1 Cor. 6:19, 20¹⁹What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:19‑20).

ML 08/18/1940

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