Entrusted with the Gospel #1 – No shame (2 Timothy 1)

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Service Outline

A weighty, emotional letter…

  • The risk of shame (v8, 12, 16)
  1. Why there is no need to be ashamed of Jesus (vv8-10)
  1. No need to be ashamed of the Apostle Paul (v8, 15-18)
  1. The Main Task: Guard the Gospel (vv11-14)
    • 2 Timothy 1:14 is the centrepiece of the letter
    • Timothy’s gift?  
      • 1 Timothy 4:13-14

Things we need to remember (to avoid being ashamed)

  • It is only the gospel that saves
  • If you stick with the gospel, you will suffer
    • V8 …join me in suffering for the gospel
    • V12 …this is no cause for shame
  • Jesus guards the gospel and us
    • V12…I am convinced he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day