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Jan 9, 2015 · 2 Timothy 2v7-13. No pains, no gains! No cross no crown! Introduction. Over the past few months we have returned a number of times to the theme of achieving a goal – esp. with the Olympic games in mind and now the Sydney 2000 Paralympics. Last week we saw how Paul writing to his young friend and protege Timothy urges him to be like:-.
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Apr 15, 2013 · Jesus Christ died, but He is risen forever (2:8). Paul himself is imprisoned and facing death, but he endures for the sake of God’s elect, so that they may obtain salvation and eternal glory (2:9-10). Third, Paul cites a hymn from the early church (2:11-13), which makes the point that faithfulness now results in future glory with Jesus Christ ...
- It seems odd for the apostle to write to his younger pastor friend (2:8): “Remember Jesus Christ….” Was Timothy in danger of forgetting Him? This s...
- Paul’s gospel was the reason that he suffered “hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal.” Then he adds the triumphant note, “But the word of God...
- Paul explains (2:10), “For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which i...
- Paul cites the words of a familiar hymn to remind Timothy that God’s promises are trustworthy and will not fail. He introduces it as a trustworthy...
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Think especially of the horrors of dying. It’s not too uncommon for those final minutes to be terrible. And that’s an understatement. And when the moments (or months) of dying are finally over, what good might it have served this world? You’re dead. No strengthened faith. No increased sanctification. Perhaps no sterling testimony to friends and fam...
First, let’s note how gloriously understated in our English is this phrase “beyond all comparison.” Paul puts together a stunning string of language here in an effort to communicate how mind-numbingly great is the fullness of our reward to come. “Beyond all comparison” translates the Greek kath huperbolēn eis huperbolēn which we might render litera...
We don’t know the half of all that will be included in this stunning glory to come, but even the sketch of it we do have is indeed “beyond all compare” — extraordinary degree, to extraordinary degree. First, we will see the risen, glorified Christ (1 John 3:2; Revelation 1:13–16; Matthew 17:2). And as if that alone weren’t enough, “we shall be like...
But how is it that our present sufferings relate to this coming glory that human language stammers to even give a glimpse? This is the unique contribution of 2 Corinthians 4:17. Paul says that our affliction in this age prepares for us this coming glory which is beyond comprehension and compare. The verb prepares (katergazomai) here means to work o...
Dear brother or sister in Christ, your afflictions are never wasted. Your pain is never in vain. Empty as our sufferings may seem in this world, they are working — they are producing for us — glory in the life to come, and glory so great that not even the apostle Paul can grab enough human language to do it justice. As John Piper declares on the ba...
These twin glorious truths indeed are grounds to “not lose heart.” Which is precisely what Paul says in the verse immediately preceding 2 Corinthians 4:17: Which doesn’t mean that we pretend that afflictions are not afflictions. Trouble is trouble. Pain is pain. Hurt is hurt. Bringing eternity into view doesn’t make our sufferings themselves any le...
Bearing fruit in the Christian life requires abiding in Jesus. When we are connected and intentional about our relationship with God, we produce the fruit God cultivates within us. It is God who does the work in us; our fruit-bearing is simply a result of what He does. Jesus said, "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that ...
- Jeremiah 29:11. 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
- Psalms 34:18. 18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Read Chapter All Versions.
- Psalms 147:3. 3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Read Chapter All Versions.
- Revelation 21:4. 4 ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Jan 1, 2005 · Like Paul with his thorn, by considering trials as part of our faith in God, we display His strength through our weaknesses. “No pain no gain” is true not just of muscle mass but of our spiritual maturity, our Christian character, and somehow, it seems, even of God’s glory. For God to try us and to display His strength through our ...
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