The Deep End - "Strength In Persecution" - 2 Timothy 1- Mike Maglish

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Strength In Persecution
2 Timothy 1
Mike Maglish

Part of The Deep End
A Study in 1 & 2 Timothy

November 10, 2024

FAITH LINEAGE matters

3 I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4 As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, 7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. —The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (2 Ti 1:3–7). (2016). Crossway Bibles.Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. —The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Heb 12:1–2). (2016). Crossway Bibles.

There is POWER in our TESTIMONY

8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner —The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (2 Ti 1:8). (2016). Crossway Bibles.10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. —The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Re 12:10–11). (2016). Crossway Bibles.9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. 10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been. —The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Re 6:9–11). (2016). Crossway Bibles.

Do not be ASHAMED but STAND STRONG

but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God, 9 who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, 10 and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11 for which I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher, 12 which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me. —The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (2 Ti 1:8–12). (2016). Crossway Bibles.

Takeaway - What we SUFFER for reveals what we BELIEVE.