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“I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep for that day the deposit I have entrusted to Him” (2 Timothy 1:12 JND).
In this chapter of 2nd Timothy we have two deposits mentioned—one that we give the Lord to keep for us, and one that He gives us to keep. Today we are considering the deposit we give Him. What is it?
We are all familiar with depositing money in a bank, and normally we expect the bank to keep it safely for us. When we live for the Lord in this world, and serve Him, we are making a deposit in heaven, for which the Lord will reward us. “That day” is the day when the Lord will hand out rewards, and when He will recognize what we have done for Him. The Apostle Paul had faithfully preached the gospel and also the whole truth of God. Even though some had opposed him, he was confident in the deposit he had entrusted to the Lord.
In this world, banks sometimes fail, and the people who have deposited their money in them may lose that money. But this will never happen with the Lord; we can trust Him to keep what we have deposited with Him.
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