Timothy

From: Messages of God's Love: 1925

From: Messages of God's Love: 1933

THE aged apostle Paul, in the very last letter he wrote before he went home to be with Christ, said to Timothy,

“From a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Tim. 3:15¹⁵And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15).

Timothy had a godly mother and grandmother and they taught him to love the Word of God, but you see it was not being their child that saved him. They were persons of faith, but it was not because they had faith in Christ that could save Timothy, but it was his own faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that saved him.

He was a very useful man in the work of the Lord, and much loved and valued by Paul, as we see almost every time Paul speaks of him. (Romans 16:21²¹Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. (Romans 16:21); 1 Cor. 16:10¹⁰Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. (1 Corinthians 16:10); Phil. 1:1, 2:19-22; 1 Tim. 1:2²Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. (1 Timothy 1:2); 2 Tim. 1:5⁵When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. (2 Timothy 1:5)).

Paul tells us that the man of God could find all the instruction he would need for his work in the service of God in those very same Scriptures that he had known from a child.

The Lord wants to have a people in this world who will confess Him before men, and prove that they are not their own, but His, for He has bought them with His precious blood—that He has died for them, that they should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him, their living Lord and Master in heaven. “YE ARE NOT YOUR OWN, FOR YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE: THEREFORE GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY AND IN YOUR SPIRIT, WHICH ARE GOD’S.” 1 Cor. 6:19, 20¹⁹What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:19‑20).

ML 02/08/1925

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