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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 these instructions for Timothy are not just for Timothy, and they’re not just for preachers, and they’re not just for elders; but they’re for the whole church–the whole of the people of God. Even when Paul is giving directions to Timothy, there is something for us to learn in those…

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…

Savior of the World

The Lord's Day Morning September 12, 2004 I Timothy 4:9-10 “Savior of The World” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Turn with me to I Timothy, chapter four. We've been working our way through these so-called “pastoral letters,” these three small letters to two faithful pastors, Timothy and Titus, and to their congregations in Asia Minor. Some Jewish Christians, some Gentile Christians are part of these little folds of sheep faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ. These people are persecuted; they are marginalized to some extent. They are facing great obstacles, and Paul, an apostle, an elder, a pastor, a veteran missionary/evangelist/church planter, writes under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to give divine direction for the priorities of these local congregations. And so in I and II…

Defending the Faith

If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to the book of Jude right at the end of the New Testament, as we continue the second of five studies in this great book. The last week we looked at what was essentially the greeting, the salutation, “the dear-so-and-so” part of the book. It's found in verses 1 and 2. And even in those words of greeting and words of blessing–because the second verse contains a beautiful blessing, a beautiful benediction which Jude pronounces…

Truth and Love In Life

The Lord's Day April 25, 2004 3 John 1-8 Truth and Love in Life Turn with me to 3 John, as we continue to make our way through these three, little letters of the Apostle John. We have just finished a brief look at the 2nd letter, and today we are moving into that 3rd letter, a letter short enough to be written on one single sheet of papyrus in John's day. It is addressed from “the elder” again, just like 2nd John. This time, however, instead of being addressed to “the elect…

Joy at Walking in the Truth

The Lord's Day April 4, 2004 2 John 1-4 Joy at Walking in the Truth If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to 2nd John. We've been looking for a few months at 1st John, and it's part of a larger study of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John. And today we come to one of the two smallest books of the New Testament, the other being 3rd John. These are letters, letters from the Apostle John very possibly to the church in Ephesus where he pastored in the latter days of his life.…

Rock of Ages: The Christian Experience of Sole Hope in…

If you have your Bible I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 62. We’re in Psalm 62 this week and this Psalm shows us the fruits of adversity, or to say it right, the way that God in His wisdom and grace brings forth spiritual fruit in our lives in and through adversity. Adversity, as you know, in and of itself doesn't create spiritual fruit. You've known friends who were made bitter and hard and cynical by adversity, and you have known friends who were made a fragrant aroma of…

Examination For Assurance

The Lord's Day March 28th, 2004 1 John 5:13-21 Examination for Assurance If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to 1 John chapter 5. Today we come to the end of our study of 1 John. This is the epilogue of the book, from the 13th verse of this chapter to the end: John's final words, his parting words, an afterword to us in which he sums up some of the great emphases of this book. Now we've focused much on what John has said about three tests of genuine…

Life In His Son

The Lord's Day March 21st, 2004 1 John 5:6-12 Life in His Son If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 1 John chapter 5. We’re continuing in our study of 1 John today, and we're coming close to the end of the book. Now much of the book of 1 John has been about tests, three tests in particular that the Lord gives us whereby we may measure the genuineness of our profession. These three tests are doctrinal, moral, and relational or social. They’re doctrinal in the…

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