| Treasure | Scriptures | Context | Topics |
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| The size of one's SHIELD OF FAITH is proportionate to the (1) knowledge / assurance of his / her salvation (place in Christ) and the (2) working knowledge of Scripture (the amount of and ability to apply in life). | Ephesians 6:16-17 | Ephesians 6 | God's Word, faith, knowledge |
| From a humble heart, one would do well to remain in God's Word daily - applying it to life daily. | Proverbs 3:1-3, 34 | Proverbs 3 | daily life, God's Word, obedience |
| To rebuke or oppose a brother in sin - do so to his face (personally, face to face) with the Word of God and in the grace of God. | Galatians 2:11-14 | Galatians 2 | God's Word, rebuke, confront |
| Those who do God's Word as a way of life will be rewarded. | Proverbs 13:13 | Proverbs 13 | God's Word, rewards, obedience |
| Christ-followers must HOLD FAST GOD'S WORD - especially in these later days. | Philippians 2:16 | Philippians 2 | dedication, God's Word, faithfulness |
| God extends mercy and grace to those who hear His Word with a tender heart humble themselves, weep, and seek His face. | 2 Kings 22:18-20 and 23:25 | 2 Kings 22 | listen to God, God's Word, seek God |
| Sometimes a faithful messenger / prophet of God is given by God a negative / judgmental (even death sentence) word to pass on to the people. | 2 Kings 1:3-4 | 2 Kings 1 | God's Word, judgment, faithfulness |
| Some who rise to leadership among God's people have no regard for God or His Word. | 1 Kings 16:30-33 | 1 Kings 16 | God's Word, leadership, disobedience |
| Those with spiritual authority from the LORD need from time to time to exercise that authority to urge obedience to the Spirit and the Word of God. | 2 Corinthians 10:1-6 | 2 Corinthians 10 | God's Word, authority, obedience |
| The manifest presence of God (which comes to His children in close communion with Him) is conditioned on honoring God's Word with obedience by faith out of devotion to Him. | 1 Kings 9:3-9 | 1 Kings 9 | God's Word, intimacy with God, presence of God |
| Those who treasure God's Word will find God's Word will keep them IN righteousness and OUT OF sin. | Proverbs 7:1-5 | Proverbs 7 | God's Word, obey, sin |
| God gives His Word to those servants He chooses to deliver, in His name, certain 'calling out' of sin(s). | 1 Kings 16:1, 7, 12-13 | 1 Kings 16 | disciple, God's Word, sin |
| A spiritual leader who is being used by God speaks to (1) orient / the people (society) to God and God's Word and to (2) encourage all to abandon idols / sins in order to (3) honor God with their life. | 2 Kings 11:12, 17-20 | 2 Kings 11 | God's Word, spiritual leaders, devotion |
| The value of 'wisdom from God' is beyond comparison. | Proverbs 8:10-11 | Proverbs 8 | God's Word, wisdom, valuable |
| A prophet or spokesman for God will have to have (1) Holy Spirit enabled boldness to speak judgment / condemnation into the face of a king / national leader and have to (2) be certain of the word he got from God. | 1 Kings 22:17, 28 | 1 Kings 22 | God's Word, boldness, prophet |
| God many choose to extend some more mercy toward one who humbles himself greatly on the word of God's judgment / condemnation. | 1 Kings 21:28-29 | 1 Kings 21 | God's Word, God's mercy, humility |
| Those who despise and disobey God's Word pay a high price. | Proverbs 5:12-13 | Proverbs 5 | God's Word, judgment, disobedience |
| God-honoring wise counsel should be part of the planning for Christ-followers. | Proverbs 20:18 | Proverbs 20 | wisdom, God's Word, counsel |
| As sure as eating a honeycomb is sweet on the tongue, so is the knowledge of God's wisdom by a Christ-follower to his soul - along with a real, meaningful future. | Proverbs 24:13-14 | Proverbs 24 | listen to God, wisdom, God's Word |
| Understanding the Word of God is a gift from God. | Daniel 9:22 | Daniel 9:22 | grace, God's Word, understanding |
| Christ-followers are to blamelessly practice God's Word. | Deuteronomy 18:9-13 | Deuteronomy 18:9-13 | God's Word, religious practices, Blameless |
| Spiritual leaders are responsible to speak God's Word to God's people. | Deuteronomy 17:1,2 | Deuteronomy 17:1,2 | responsible, God's Word, spiritual leaders |
| Leaders of God's people need to learn well God's Word. | Deuteronomy 17:18-20 | Deuteronomy 17:18-20 | God's Word, leaders, spiritual leaders |
| Leaders of God's people are to practice God's Word - carefully and thoroughly. | Deuteronomy 17:18-20 | Deuteronomy 17:18-20 | God's Word, leaders, spiritual leaders |
| God will bring to pass His Word. | Deuteronomy 12:29 | Deuteronomy 12:29 | faithful, God's Word |
| God's people are to do what He says - not taking from it or adding to it. | Deuteronomy 12:32 | Deuteronomy 12:32 | God's Word, obedience |
| God gives what He wants said to His spokesperson. | Deuteronomy 18:17,18 | Deuteronomy 18:17,18 | spiritual leaders, God's Word |
| Praising God for fulfilling His Word may involve special offerings brought by all who will praise Him. | Deuteronomy 26:1-20 | Deuteronomy 26:1-20 | offerings, Praise God, God's Word |
| Time should be taken in public to acknowledge fulfillment of God's Word. | Deuteronomy 26:1-20 | Deuteronomy 26:1-20 | Public worship, God's Word |
| Those who reject or ignore God's Word spoken by His spokesperson will have to account to God for such. | Deuteronomy 18:19 | Deuteronomy 18:19 | accountability, God's Word, Ignore God |
| Spiritual leaders are to periodically review publicly with God's people what God has said. | Deuteronomy 31:9-13 | Deuteronomy 31:9-13 | God's people, God's Word, spiritual leaders |
| When God's people return to Him, they come to obey His Word with all of heart and soul. | Deuteronomy 30:10 | Deuteronomy 30:10 | Return to God, God's Word, obedience |
| Spiritual leaders are to charge those they lead to keep God's Word. | Deuteronomy 27:1 | Deuteronomy 27:1 | spiritual leaders, God's Word |
| Obeying God's Word is not too difficult, nor is it beyond reach of God's people. | Deuteronomy 30:11-14 | Deuteronomy 30:11-14 | God's people, obedience, God's Word |
| The people need to know God's Word so they will fear the LORD and so they will follow Him. | Deuteronomy 31:12,13 | Deuteronomy 31:12,13 | Follow God, fear God, God's Word |
| Real life is found in God's Word. | Deuteronomy 32:47 | Deuteronomy 32:47 | God's Word, life |
| Spiritual leaders must keep God's Word before the people of God. | Deuteronomy 31:24ff | Deuteronomy 31:24ff | spiritual leaders, God's Word |
| Spiritual leaders know they must give the people God's Word. | Mark 1:1,2 | Mark 2:1,2 | spiritual leaders, God's Word |
| God's Word to a recipient soul is like water to a tender young plant. | Deuteronomy 32:1,2 | Deuteronomy 32:1,2 | God's Word, Growth |
| God fulfills what He says He will do. | Mark 1:4 | Mark 1:4 | Fulfillment, God's Word |
| Some ministry of the Word will not produce fruit or a particular anticipated outcome. | Mark 4:13-19 | Mark 4:13-19 | God's Word, fruit, teach |
| God's Word OPEN reveals and discloses things, situations, and attitudes. | Mark 4:21-23 | Mark 4:21-23 | God's Word, reveal, God's Word open |
| God's Word will stand true forever. | Mark 13:31 | Mark 13:31 | Forever, true, God's Word |
| Though all creation will collapse, the Word of God will stand forever. | Mark 13:31 | Mark 13:31 | God's Word, Forever, creation, collapse |
| A teacher needs to be ready to teach God's Word. | Mark 4:1,2 | Mark 4:1,2 | ready, God's Word, teach |
| Those who disagree with the teaching of Jesus may plot against those bringing the message. | Mark 12:12 | Mark 12:12 | Disagree, oppose, messenger, God's Word |
| Some are still startled at the fulfillment of God's Word. | Mark 16:6-8 | Mark 16:6-8 | Sure, fulfilled, startled, God's Word |
| As a lamp is intended for light, so the Word of God is intended to be fruitful. | Mark 4:21-23 | Mark 4:21-23 | Fruitful, God's Word |
| God's Word is perfect, trustworthy, right, radiant, pure, sure, and righteous. | Psalm 19:7-9 | Psalm 19:7-9 | God's Word, Perfect, trustworthy, right, radiant, pure, sure, righteous |
| Sometimes crowds gather to hear the teaching of God's Word. | Mark 4:1,2 | Mark 4:1,2 | teaching, God's Word, crowds |
| Keeping God's Word brings great reward. | Psalm 19:11 | Psalm 19:11 | Obedience, reward, God's Word |
| Spiritual leaders need to know God's Word. | Mark 9:11-13 | Mark 9:11-13 | spiritual leaders, God's Word |
| God's Word is more precious than gold. | Psalm 19:10 | Psalm 19:10 | God's Word, Precious, gold |
| God's Word - prophecies - will be fulfilled as a matter of fact. | Mark 14:21 | Mark 14:21 | God's Word, Prophecies, fulfilled |
| When a crowd - drawn by God - gathers, it would be a great time to teach them God's Word. | Mark 2:13 | Mark 2:13 | Crowd, God's Word, teach |
| Distribution of God's Word as distribution of light is not to be intentionally limited or restricted. | Mark 4:21-23 | Mark 4:21-23 | God's Word, Distributed God's Word |
| Those who get into God's Word come close to eternal life. | Mark 12:28 | Mark 12:28 | God's Word, Eternal life, close |
| When a message comes from God, God's people need to consider carefully the words. | Daniel 10:10,11 | Daniel 10:10,11 | Message, consider, careful, God's Word |
| Some ministry of the Word will produce much fruit and an anticipated outcome. | Mark 4:20 | Mark 4:13-20 | God's Word, fruit, teach |
| The Word of God is to be considered - given a thoughtful hearing. | Mark 4:24,25 | Mark 4:24,25 | Think, God's Word, hear |
| Those who discard the Word will loose that and more. | Mark 4:24,25 | Mark 4:24,25 | God's Word, Discard God's Word |
| Those without Christ may find teaching about Christ and the kingdom delightful. | Mark 12:37 | Mark 12:37 | Delightful, kingdom, teaching, God's Word |
| Those who 'sow' God's Word anticipate some fruitful results or outcome. | Mark 4:14,20 | Mark 4:14,20 | God's Word, fruit, teach |
| It is appropriate to teach God's Word using stories and analogies. | Mark 4:1,2 | Mark 4:1,2 | God's Word, stories, teach |
| More - word or insight - will be given to those who are receiving the Word. | Mark 4:24,25 | Mark 4:24,25 | God's Word, Receptive to God's Word |
| Those who are afraid of the LORD and the impact of His teaching may want to kill those who teach the Word. | Mark 11:18 | Mark 11:18 | God's Word |
| The words of the LORD are flawless - pure as can be. | Psalm 12:6 | Psalm 12:6 | pure, God's Word |
| It is important to spend time in God's Word. | Mark 9:13 | Mark 9:13 | God's Word, time |
| Those open to the truth find the truth of God amazing. | Mark 11:18 | Mark 11:18 | God's Word, Truth, amazing |
| Those who live God's Word have a good understanding. | Psalm 111:10b | Psalm 111:10 | God's Word, Good understanding |
| God's Word - His light and truth - lead followers into the personal presence of God. | Psalm 43:3,4 | Psalm 43:3,4 | Truth, light, followers, presence of God, God's Word |
| Blessed is the one God teaches and trains from His Word. | Psalm 94:12 | Psalm 94:12 | God's Word, Blessed, teaches, trains, instructs |
| God's Word is sure, making wise the simple. | Psalm 19:7b | Psalm 19:7 | God's Word, Sure, makes wise, simple |
| One who delights in following God's Word will be stable, productive, durable, and successful. | Psalm 1:2,3 | Psalm 1:2,3 | God's Word, Obedience, stable, productive, durable, successful |
| God's Word is the final word. | Isaiah 7:7 | Isaiah 7:7 | God's Word, Final word |
| Disciples need God's Word. | Isaiah 8:17 | Isaiah 8:16-17 | disciples, God's Word |
| The words of the LORD are pure words. | Psalm 12:6 | Psalm 12:6 | God's Word, Pure, pure words |
| A believer can choose to let the Word of Christ dwell in them richly. | Colossians 3:16 | Colossians 3:16 | God's Word, teaching, teachers, Christ-followers, abundantly, Scripture |
| God uses the Word to prune the lives of His children. | John 15:3 | John 15:1-15 | God's Word, pruning, fruit |
| Heavenly wisdom is to be lived out in a believer's life each day. | James 3:17-18 | James 3:17-18 | godly wisdom, integrity, wisdom, application, God's Word |
| Life with honor, peace, and riches is characteristic of the believer who lives God's wisdom. | Proverbs 3:13-18 | Proverbs 3:13-18 | teaching, wisdom, application, God's Word, integrity |
| Even high governmental employees need instructed in the ways of the LORD. | 2 Kings 12:2, Psalm 86:11 | 2 Kings 12:2 | God's Word, teaching, God's ways, godly wisdom |
| A man who wants to live right should ask the Lord to teach him how to live. | 2 Kings 12:2, Psalm 86:11 | 2 Kings 12:2 | God's Word, teaching, living, leaner, spiritual insight |
| When people have been without spiritual input for a period of time, hearing the Word of God can grab their attention. | Nehemiah 8:1-9 | Nehemiah 8:1-9 | God's Word, teaching, truth, revival, spiritual attention |
| When God is reviving a group of people, there will be an awesome respect for His Word. | Nehemiah 8:1-9 | Nehemiah 8:1-9 | God's Word, teaching, learner, revival, respect God |
| A teacher of God's truth can identify false teachers. | 1 Timothy 1:3-7 | 1 Timothy 1:3-7 | truth, teaching, false teachers, heart, God's Word, wisdom |
| One with a discerning heart seeks knowledge. | Proverbs 8:11, Proverbs 9:9, Proverbs 15:14 | Proverbs 8:11 | discernment, seek wisdom, God's Word, wisdom |
| Godly instruction can lead to godly living. | 2 Kings 12:2, Psalm 86:11 | 2 Kings 12:2 | godly living, teaching, living, righteousness, God's Word |
| When God's Word is learned and applied, the simple become wise and the weak become strong. | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | strength, learner, God's Word, maturity, godly wisdom |
| Teaching should be based on Scriptures and what the Holy Spirit says. | 2 Corinthians 15:3 | 2 Corinthians 15:3 | Scripture, teaching, God's Word, communicate, Holy Spirit, Teacher |
| A father should teach his child that learning and applying God's Word is of great value to him and will result in significant rewards. | Proverbs 4:1-10 | Proverbs 4:1-10 | father, teaching, discipling, God's Word, application |
| Give it all you've got to apply what a parent or wise person teaches you. | Proverbs 17:10, Proverbs 19:18, Proverbs 22:17 | Proverbs 17:10 | application, integrity, obedience, God's Word |
| Memorizing Scripture is an invaluable asset in guarding against committing sins. | Psalm 119:9-11 | Psalm 119:9-11 | prevent sin, teaching, living, application, God's Word |
| People want to know what God's Word means when they are experiencing a spiritual revival. | Nehemiah 8:1-9 | Nehemiah 8:1-9 | God's Word, explain, teacher, revival, spiritual awakening |
| Teachers can wonder away from the truth. | 2 Timothy 2:15-18 | 2 Timothy 2:15-18 | God's Word, truth, teaching, false teachers, wonder, false doctrine |
| One responsible for teaching God's Word serves at least two purposes, (1) encourage others with sound doctrine and (2) refute those who oppose it. | Titus 1:9-16 | Titus 1:9-16 | God's Word, teach, encourage, false teachers, responsibility |
| When God's salvation message is proclaimed and people believe, they are saved. | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | salvation, God's Word, evangelism, believe, proclaim gospel |
| Teach as much of the truth as possible as often as possible because the time will come when men will turn away from wanting to hear it. | 2 Timothy 4:2-4 | 2 Timothy 4:2-4 | truth, apostasy, teaching, false teachers, God's Word |
| When one lives according to God's Word, his life will be kept pure. | Psalm 119:9-11 | Psalm 119:9-11 | purity, God's Word, teaching, living, application, holiness |
| Those who are ignorant of God and His ways will live confused lives. | 2 Kings 17:27-28 | 2 Kings 17:27-28 | God's ways, God's truth, wayward, confuse, God's Word, ignorance |
| In addition, wisdom is submissive, full of mercy, and good fruit as well as impartial and sincere. | James 3:17-18 | James 3:17-18 | value, God's Word, wisdom, submissive, application |
| Instruction and explanation of and from God's Word is part of a spiritual revival. | Nehemiah 8:1-9 | Nehemiah 8:1-9 | God's Word, teaching, explain, revival, proclaim God's Word |
| When a Christ-follower experiences true, heart-level brokenness over his sins against the LORD - realizing "the Word of God is true and I am wrong," - that one is coming closer to knowing victory over sin through Christ. | Mark 14:72 | Mark 14:32-72 | God's Word, victory, brokenness |
| Those IN CHRIST need to know (and act on) the whole of what God says about a matter - knowing His Word thoroughly, believing the Word, and living according to the Word. | 1 Timothy 4:1-5 | 1 Timothy 4:1-5 | God's Word, truth, obedience |
| There is a great joy to be experienced and owned by disciples of Jesus who come to know (1) He lives eternally at God's right hand and (2) all the promises (Word and words) of Jesus and Father are true. | John 16:16-22 | John 16:16-22 | God's Word, joy, Christ-followers |
| Spiritual leaders are to repeatedly teach and exhort the Christ-followers they influence (1) to consider those (even unbelievers) they work for worth respecting and honoring (2) expressing a good work ethic SO the name of God and the teachings of God may not be blasphemed AND those who work for believers (Christ-followers) (1) to not look down on (take advantage of) them just because they too follow Christ but (2) give them good service because believers and beloved are benefited. | 1 Timothy 6:1-2 | 1 Timothy 6:1-2 | God's Word, teach, spiritual leaders |
| Spiritual leaders declare to those they influence, meticulously guard what teaching of God's truth has been entrusted to you and avoid deviating from the truth. | 1 Timothy 6:20-21 | 1 Timothy 6:20-21 | spiritual leaders, God's Word, truth |
| The Father told Jesus that lack of love is behind disobedience to God's Word. | John 14:24 | John 14:24-26 | God's Word, love God, disobedience |
| A spiritual leader IN CHRIST entrusts to his protégé the injunction to "teach NO other doctrine" - the Gospel is 'eternal life experienced by faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ' - because of the spiritual endowments he sees in the protégé urging him to exercise those endowments to their fullest while trusting in God and keeping a clear conscience. | 1 Timothy 1:18-20 | 1 Timothy 1:18-20 | disciple-maker, God's Word, stewardship |
| An effective spiritual leader (1) acknowledges himself as a willingly submissive servant of God, (2) can name his gifting from the LORD, (3) affirms his trust in God as a chosen (by grace) one, (4) acknowledges the Truth, agrees or aligns with godliness - loving fear of God, reverence toward God - (5) lives out of the hope of God's promised eternal (kind of) life - knowing God cannot lie, (6) declares with his proclamation gift God's Gospel message, and (7) functions out of God's expressed will and Word. | Titus 1:1-3 | Titus 1:1-3 | God's Word, submissive, spiritual leaders |
| A spiritual leader or disciple maker may be aware of a prophetic word or prompting identifying one to whom he is to commit or entrust the Word of God for the purpose of proclamation and propagation of God's Word. | 1 Timothy 1:18 | 1 Timothy 1:18 | disciple-maker, God's Word, stewardship |
| There are those who profess or assent to know God but their lives are consistently contradictory to knowing God (destable, hard-headed, unpersuadable) such are disqualified, unworthy, rejected from spiritual service - especially from leadership roles. | Titus 1:10-16 | Titus 1:10-16 | teaching, God's Word, elders |
| Those IN CHRIST who do God's will - what all God commands of them - show the world and its ruler they love Father supremely. | John 14:30-31 | John 14:28-31 | God's Word, love God, obedience |
| Churches must be on guard of God's Word (Truth, Bible) because some (proclaimers) (1) have strayed from solid doctrine, (2) have turned to empty words, (3) and wish to be (known as) experts in the Bible - but lack Spirit-granted understanding of God's Word. | 1 Timothy 1:6-7 | 1 Timothy 1:4-7 | God's Word, teachers, churches |
| A lack of real love for the LORD is the main reason behind disobedience to God's Word. | John 14:24-26 | John 14:24-26 | God's Word, love God, disobedience |
| Those IN CHRIST who are staying intimately related to Christ and in whom the Word of God is staying active ARE TO ASK what they desire (as yielded, submissive servants) and what they ask will as a matter of fact be done for them. | John 15:7 | John 15:1-7 | God's Word, in Christ, obedience |
| Once a follower of Jesus experiences Jesus alive (revelation of Jesus) and a confirmation of His promised Word (words revealed or fulfilled) the "heart joy" they experience cannot be taken from them. | John 16:16-22 | John 16:16-22 | God's Word, joy, Christ-followers |
| All the time, but more so in a day in which heresies and apostacy abound, a spiritual leader insists to his protégé to "exercise unbroken vigilence" on the teachings of God's Word as has been entrusted to you - avoiding (1) common, empty babling and (2) opposing ideas (falsely named knowledge) BECAUSE some have deviated from "truth faith teaching." | 1 Timothy 6:20-21 | 1 Timothy 6:20-21 | spiritual leaders, God's Word, truth |
| Oh, how the LORD wants those who are His to trust Him - believe His every word. | John 14:28-29 | John 14:28-31 | God's Word, believe God |
| Spiritual leaders and their churches need strictly warned to not deviate from the sound teaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the practice of God's Word. | 1 Timothy 1:3 | 1 Timothy 1:3 | God's Word, spiritual leaders, doctrine |
| How meaningful and beneficial for a senior spiritual leader to write an instructional letter to a young, up and coming spiritual leader - meaningful as the senior includes the both of them as recipients of the same salvation, grace, and peace from the LORD above and beneficial as the senior is passing on to the younger a Spirit-taught collection instructing him how the assemblies of believers are to carry on in Christ. | Titus 1:4 | Titus 1:4 | God's Word, spiritual leaders, Holy Spirit |
| Stay with Jesus' teaching and what is spiritually healthy and be content in Christ. | 1 Timothy 6:3-5 | 1 Timothy 6:3-5 | in Christ, God's Word, contentment |
| Proper superintending and teaching of the Word may well involve exhaustive labor (much effort) in the Word. | 1 Timothy 5:17 | 1 Timothy 5:17-20 | God's Word, teaching, spiritual leaders |
| Those who (1) serve the body of Christ (assembly of believers) well as superintendents and (2) work exhaustively in the Word and teaching the Word are worthy of double honor or respects in the body of Christ. | 1 Timothy 5:17-18 | 1 Timothy 5:17-20 | God's Word, teaching, spiritual leaders |
| Spiritual leaders must know and hold fast to God's Word as taught by God's Spirit and confirmed - especially where assemblies of Christ-followers are relatively new or young in faith BECAUSE deceivers and false teachers - sometimes even professing knowledge of God (not actually under Christ's lordship) try to subvert those not grounded in sound doctrine. | Titus 1:10-16 | Titus 1:10-16 | teaching, God's Word, elders |
| A spiritual leader in a time-period of general apostacy MUST (imperative, injunction) (1) draw empowerment out of the grace of God (verse 1), (2) commit God's Word and teachings to proven men capable of teaching others (verse 2), (3) endure troubles and hardships (verses 3-6), (4) ponder your instructions that God give you a fuller understanding of them (verse 7), (5) remember (time and again) the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the whole of God's Word is not chained (restrained) (verses 8-9), (6) remind the faithful men who will teach others - God is faithful and will keep His Word (verse 14), (7) exert energy to rightly deliver God's Word of truth (verse 15), (8) avoid vain conversations (verses 16-18), (9) depart, flee from sin and immature desires (verses 19-22), and (10) avoid arguments and disputes while focusing on patiently and humbly teaching God's truth. | 2 Timothy 2:1-26 | 2 Timothy 2:1-26 | God's Word, minister, spiritual leaders |
| All need reminded God's Word is not chained or restraint - it is working God's work in hearts and lives. | 2 Timothy 2:8-9 | 2 Timothy 2:8-10 | God's Word, remember, God's work |
| Those IN CHRIST called and gifted to minister God's Word to others in strengthening up the body of Christ must (1) suffer hardships together with others, (2) stay focus on accomplishing the God-given assignment, (3) endeavor according to the revealed (to you) ways and means (strategies and provisions) given you, (4) work hard and long, and (5) keep yourself strong by taking in God's Word day by day (don't try to feed others what you haven't eaten yourself). | 2 Timothy 2:3-6 | 2 Timothy 2:3-6 | discipline, God's Word, spiritual leaders |
| If a follower of Christ doubt God's Word, God remains faithful and will keep His Word regardless - God cannot deny His own Word. | 2 Timothy 2:13 | 2 Timothy 2:11-13 | doubt, God's Word, God's work |
| Do I know how to recognize a faithful man? Do I know how to commit to others what has been given me? Can I recognize the truths taught me by God (as opposed to earthly, temporary truths) and thus worthy to be entrusted to others? Am I focusing on teaching those who are able to teach others also? Am I consciously depending upon God's gracious supply of strength and empowerment to address this calling of entrusting to faithful men the 'things of God' He has granted to me? | 2 Timothy 2:1-2 | 2 Timothy 2:1-2 | God's Word, faithful, spiritual leaders |
| Son who serve God faithfully by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ and explaining God's Word will be considered an evildoer or incarcerated in prison. | 2 Timothy 2:8-9 | 2 Timothy 2:8-10 | gospel, God's Word, faithfulness |
