Bible Outlines
Outlines of each book of the Bible
2 Timothy
- Persevere in Present Testing (2 Timothy 1:1 - 2:26)
- Thanksgiving for Timothy’s Faith
- Considered a son
- Thank God for Timothy
- Clear conscience
- Day and night remembers him in prayer
- Long to see him (with tears) – to be filled with joy
- Timothy’s sincere faith
- In Lois, his grandmother
- In Eunice, his mother
- Reminder of Timothy’s Responsibility
- Fan the flame of the gift of God
- God gave us a Spirit
- Not a worldly spirit - spirit of timidity
- Godly spirit
- Spirit of Power
- Spirit of Love
- Spirit of Self-discipline
- Keep a pattern of sound teaching
- With love and faith in Christ
- Guard the good deposit with the help of the Holy Spirit
- Paul’s days
- Asia deserted him (Phygelus and Hermogenes too)
- Household of Onesiphorus
- Not ashamed of Paul’s chains
- Refreshing
- Searched for Paul and found him
- Help Paul in many ways
- The character of a Faithful Minister
- % Be strong in grace in Christ Jesus
- Entrusted to reliable men to teach others
- % Endure Hardships
- & Earthly examples
- Like a soldier of Christ
- Do not get involved in civilian affairs
- Have the heart to please your commanding officer
- Like an athlete - must compete according rules
- Like a hardworking farmer - Should be the first to receive his crops
- & Godly examples
- Jesus Christ - Raised from the dead
- Paul - Chained like a criminal in prison
- Reasons why
- Word is not chained
- For the sake of the elect
- They can receive salvation
- Remember these trustworthy sayings
- Died with him – alive with him
- Endure with him – reign with him
- Disown him – disowns us
- If we are faithless – he is faithful = can not disown himself
- % Keep reminding them of these things
- $ We can not give up on those we are leading
- % Warn them against quarreling – no value
- % Present yourself as a workman approved by God
- No need to be ashamed
- Correctly handles the word
- % Avoid godless chatter
- You will become more and more ungodly
- Hymenaeus and Philetus
- They have wandered away
- Say the resurrection has taken place
- Destroyed faith of some
- Flee from the evil desires of youth
- Endure in Future Testing (2 Timothy 3:1 - 4:22)
- Godlessness in the Last Days
- Denying God’s Power
- Terrible times in the last days
- Characteristic of most people
- Lovers of themselves – Time, Money, Energy for them selves
- Lovers of money – Careers, Gambling, quick buck
- Boastful
- Proud
- Abusive – Verbal, Physical, and Mental
- Disobedient to the parents
- Ungrateful - Materialism
- Unholy – not separating ourselves from evil
- Without love
- Unforgiving – forgetting what we have done to others
- Slanderous – partial truth
- Without self-control
- Brutal
- Not lovers of good – Sins of Omission
- Treacherous
- Rash
- Conceited
- Lovers of pleasure – Premarital Sex, Gay/Lesbian
- Have only a form of godliness
- Denies the power of God (Self Help)
- % Have nothing to do with them
- Men who gain knowledge who will not acknowledge the truth
- Characteristics of not acknowledging God
- Gain control of weak-willed women
- Swayed by all kinds of evil desires
- Learning but not seeing the truth
- Example ( @ Jannes and Jambres opposing Moses)
- Men that opposed the truth
- They did not get very far
- Their folly was clear to everyone
- Charge to Preach the Word
- Continue the Way
- Paul’s Life Known to Timothy
- Teaching
- Way of Life
- Purpose
- Faith
- Patience
- Love
- Endurance
- Suffering
- Persecution in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra
- Lord rescued Paul
- Anyone who lives a godly life will be persecuted
- Continue what you have learned
- Become convinced of it by seeing the example
- You know the people you learned it from
- Holy scripture have made you wise since your infancy
- Word of God literally came from God’s mouth
- & Illustration – Excellence in Football
- Teaching (Do not know naturally know the plays or rules)
- Rebuking (Thinking you know how to play – your own way)
- Correcting (Showing you the proper techniques)
- Training (Not just one practice – day after day)
- Would you want to go play the game without your helmet/pads? vs. 17
- Direct Charge to Timothy
- Personal Remarks and Greetings of Paul
- Harm of Alexander, the metalworker
- Lord will repay him
- Be on your guard for him
- Everyone deserted Paul