Tag: Jesus

  • 2 Timothy 3 Standing Strong against Apostasy

    Apostasy to fall away – The abandonment of one’s religion. The word apostasy is rarely found in the Eng. Bible.. But the reality expressed by the word is found frequently. Israel’s history was one of continual apostasy as the people deliberately turned away form the God who had redeemed them out of Egypt, and followed…

    Apostasy - pictured evil spirit - 2 Timothy 2:19 depart from wickedness, 1 Timothy 4:1
  • 2 Timothy 3 Danger Within during Difficult Times

    χαλεπός – chalepos – But Mark This: The Apostle Paul continues in his second epistle to pastors, beginning a central section we label, 2 TIMOTHY 3, with a reminder of danger announced in the NIV, “But mark this: ..” But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 Timothy 3:1 NIV…

    chelepos definition worker and CHURCH under construction 2 Timothy 3
  • 2 Timothy 2 – Strong Teachers Charge them before God

    More than thirty years earlier the Apostle Peter preaching on Pentecost had charged all Israel to accept JESUS as both God and Christ: “This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses… And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”…

    a second epistle of the Apostle Paul from Rome: to Timothy