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A Spirit of Power, Love, and Discipline

The Lord's Day Morning February 13, 2005 II Timothy 1:1-7 “A Spirit of Power, Love, and Discipline” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Turn with me to II Timothy, chapter one. We have been working through the three pastoral letters of Paul — I Timothy, Titus, and now II Timothy — for some months now on Lord's Day mornings, on and off. We've taken them out of the order that they’re found in the Scripture. They move from I Timothy to II Timothy and Titus in your Bibles. We've taken them in chronological order, the order in which Paul wrote them, so we have moved from I Timothy to Titus, and now to II Timothy. This is Paul's last letter. He writes it imprisoned and awaiting his sentence of execution. He's calmly facing the last great crisis of his life, and as he does…

Not Ashamed and Holding Fast

The Lord's Day Morning March 13, 2005 II Timothy 1:12-18 “Not Ashamed and Holding Fast” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. It's inspiring to think that Christians have been using those words for 900 years to express their praise to the Lord Jesus Christ, and that the words that we had the privilege to hear read and which we sung back to God have been used by believers for 3,000 years to express their praise to God. If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to II Timothy, chapter one, as we continue our way through this last of Paul's letters. Paul is in prison. He is awaiting what will eventually be his death by execution for his fidelity to God, to Christ and to the gospel. And he is writing his beloved son in the Lord, Timothy–and this past Lord's Day you had…

Strong Grace, Hard Work, Good Memories

The Lord's Day Morning March 20, 2005 II Timothy 2:1-9 “Strong Grace, Hard Work, Good Memories” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III We have been working through the pastoral letters of Paul, I Timothy and Titus and II Timothy, and for the last month or so we have been in II Timothy, looking at the first chapter. Last week we said that Paul was giving Timothy and the Ephesian Christians, and us, marching orders for how to live and minister not only in a fallen world, but also in an imperfect church. We noted that beautiful section in which Paul speaks about the fact that so many of the Christians in Asia Minor that he had ministered to himself…he had drawn, been the instrument of God to draw to saving faith in Jesus Christ…had abandoned him. And yet he was encouraged by the…

The Result of the Resurrection

The Lord's Day Morning March 27, 2005 EASTER SUNDAY II Timothy 2:10-13 “The Result of the Resurrection” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to II Timothy, chapter two. Last week as we were looking at II Timothy 2, verses 1-9, we came to verse 8, a passage in which Paul makes a glorious declaration about the resurrection as a central part of his gospel. That's something that Paul repeats on numerous occasions. Tonight Derek Thomas…

The Results of the Resurrection

Flee and Pursue

The Lord's Day Morning April 17, 2005 II Timothy 2:22-26 “Flee and Pursue” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to II Timothy, chapter two. As we've been working through this great book together, we've seen Paul in this chapter over and over give glorious directions, imperatives, to this young minister, Timothy. And we've seen that those directions are relevant to any age, any era of ministry. But we've also seen that…

Biblical Priorities for the Life of the Church (1)…

The Lord's Day Morning October 22, 2006 II Timothy 3:1-5 “Where In the World is the Church? Biblical Priorities for the Life of Our Church (1)” Our Contemporary Context Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to II Timothy, chapter three.Last Sunday morning we completed a series where we worked through the five questions of membership, reminding ourselves what we had vowed individually when we became communing members of this congregation;…

The Last Days

The Lord's Day Morning May 8, 2005 II Timothy 3:1-9 “The Last Days” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If your have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to II Timothy, chapter three. As we work our way through the letters of Paul, called the Pastoral Letters, we have most recently been in II Timothy 2, where Paul speaks of his own suffering serving the interests of the church, as we were moved as we considered Paul's words there. In this passage today, Paul is reminding Timothy…

Continuing in the Truth of the Word

The Lord's Day Morning May 15, 2005 II Timothy 3:10-17 “Continuing in the Truth of the Word” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to II Timothy, chapter three, verse ten. Have you ever composed in your mind the last words that you were going to say to someone? Really–the last words. They were getting ready to depart this life; may have been a friend you’re going to see in the hospital, and you knew that this might be the last time…