2 Timothy 4

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1. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

   Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites 2 Timothy 4:3

   …ither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 4:3 — “For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to su…

2. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

   John Chrysostom — The Golden-Mouthed Shepherd cites 2 Timothy 4:2

   … of season; correct, rebuke and encourage — with great patience and careful instruction” (2 Timothy 4:2, NIV). His own sermons, preserved in eighty-nine homilies on Matthew and sixty-eight on G…

3. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

   The tests of love to God cites 2 Tim. iv. 8

   …ousness laid up for me, and not for me only, but for them which love Christ’s appearing” (2 Tim. iv. 8). Love desires union; Aristotle gives the reason, because joy flows upon union. When our …

4. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

   The First Stage cites 2 Tim. 4:8

   …e given us; and garments that will make us shine like the sun in the firmament of heaven. 2 Tim. 4:8; Rev. 22:5; Matt. 13:43. Pliable: This is very pleasant; and what else? Christian: There …

5. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites 2 Tim 4: 17

   … them.’ Psa 22: 4. ‘And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion,’ namely, from Nero. 2 Tim 4: 17. ‘Thou laidst affliction upon our loins, but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.…

6. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   Christian Perfection cites 2 Tim. 4:7

   …2:2] which itself was wrote several years before he finished his course. [see Acts 20:24; 2 Tim. 4:7] So that he had after this, a long course to run, many battles to fight, many victories t…

7. Men and Women Who Gave Everything · Ochorus Originals

   John Stott — The Bible Teacher Who Served the World cites 2 Timothy 4:1–2

   …his appearing and his kingdom: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season” (2 Timothy 4:1–2, NIV). He had preached it for sixty-six years. He entrusted the preaching to the next gen…

8. Prayer – The Pulse of Life · Hannah Buyinza

   His Return! cites 2 Timothy 4:8

   …ng, so prepare yourself for Him. He is coming for “...all who have loved his appearing.” (2 Timothy 4:8), those who are ready for Him. The Bible says blessed are those who are waiting for His r…

9. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

   A.W. Tozer — The Prophet in the Pulpit cites 2 Timothy 4:3–4

   …ars want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths” (2 Timothy 4:3–4, NIV). The popular pastor, he warned, was often the most dangerous kind — not because his…

10. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

    Richard Baxter — The Reformed Pastor Who Visited Every Door cites 2 Timothy 4:1–2

    …ngdom, I give you this charge: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season” (2 Timothy 4:1–2, NIV). It was always the season. Baxter was equally insistent about the pastor’s own spir…

11. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    Accountability cites 2 Timothy 4:11

    …he faith, full of love and honesty. Paul, in his last days, said, "Only Luke is with me" (2 Timothy 4:11), and he asked Timothy to come quickly. Even the great apostle needed companions. Jesus H…

12. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XI. It is no sign that affections are right, or that they are wrong, that they make persons that have them exceeding confident that what they experience is divine, and that they are in a good estate cites 2 Tim. 4:7

    …persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day;" 2 Tim. 4:7, 8, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Hencef…

13. Men of Prayer · Ochorus Originals

    Billy Graham (1918 – 2018) cites 2 Timothy 4:2

    … believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?” 2 Timothy 4:2 — “Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage —…

14. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Concerning God’s purpose cites 2 Tim. iv. 8

    … crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day” (2 Tim. iv. 8). This is the force of their argument. If God in justice rewards our works, then they mer…

15. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 2 Tim. 4:6

    …postle chiefly comforted himself in the consideration of, when he was going to martyrdom: 2 Tim. 4:6, 7, "For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fo…

16. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.2 Love cites 2 Tim 4: 6

    …e has a disposition of mind to suffer, if God call him to it. ‘I am ready to be offered.’ 2 Tim 4: 6. Not only the sufferings were ready for Paul, but he was ready for the sufferings. Origin…

17. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Preface cites 2 Tim. iv. 1

    …t up our voice like a trumpet, and shew your transgressions and your sins, Isa. lviii. 1. 2 Tim. iv. 1, 2. But alas! to the grief of our souls and your own undoing, you stop your ears, you sti…

18. Men and Women Who Gave Everything · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Missional Life cites 2 Timothy 4:1–2

    …, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven.” 2 Timothy 4:1–2 — “I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the …

19. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    A Legacy That Outlives You cites 2 Timothy 4:7

    …e the dictator — they fought the good fight. They finished the race. They kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7). They have passed the torch. Now it is your hand that holds it. Will you take up the tor…

20. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites 2 Tim 4: 17

    … mercy in delivering us. ‘And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion’ (viz., Nero). 2 Tim 4: 17. He has restored us from the grave. May we not write the writing of Hezekiah, ‘when he ha…

21. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites 2 Tim 4: 3

    …d, not so much to get grace, as to enrich themselves with notions: having ‘itching ears.’ 2 Tim 4: 3. Augustine confesses that, before his conversion, he went to hear Ambrose for his eloquen…

22. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Seventh Stage cites 2 Tim. 4:10

    … hast been already condemned for thine own turning aside, by one of his Majesty’s judges, 2 Tim. 4:10; and why seekest thou to bring us into the like condemnation? Besides, if we at all turn …

23. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.2 Degrees of Sin cites 2 Tim 4: 10

    …Demas forsook the truth and afterwards became a priest in an idol temple, says Dorotheus. 2 Tim 4: 10. To fall is a sin; but to fall away is a greater sin. Apostates cast a disgrace upon reli…

24. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.4 Baptism cites 2 Tim 4: 10

    …. It is damnable perjury to go away from God after a solemn vow. ‘Demas has forsaken me.’ 2 Tim 4: 10. He turned renegado, and afterwards became a priest in an idol-temple, says Dorotheus. Ju…

25. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Deity of Jesus Christ cites 2 Tim. 4:1

    …he last day." The transformation of our bodies is ascribed to Him in Phil. 3:21, R. V. In 2 Tim. 4:1 judgment is ascribed to Him: we are told that He shall "judge the quick and the dead." Je…

26. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    January cites 2 Timothy 4:8

    …ice with unspeakable joy. January 10 “There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.” (2 Timothy 4:8) Doubting one! thou hast often said, “I fear I shall never enter heaven.” Fear not! all t…

27. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    July cites 2 Timothy 4:18

    …volume shall come honour the Lord and receive his smile. July 12 “His heavenly kingdom.” (2 Timothy 4:18) Yonder city of the great King is a place of active service. Ransomed spirits serve him d…

28. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    How Spiritual Power is Lost cites 2 Timothy 4:7-8

    …rown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day, " (2 Timothy 4:7-8.) Or better yet, with Jesus, "I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you…