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| Pastor Gbenga Aluko |
Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-5
- We will discuss the great topic with the
following sub-headings:
- Background
- Unfeigned faith, Personal
application/choices
- Becoming a Godly model
Background
The
second epistle of Paul to Timothy was written when Paul was counting down both
his life and ministry and needed to pass down information and burden to one of his
proteges, Timothy.
He
was writing from a prison in the then Roman empire, In Lystra (modern day
Turkey) yet he managed to write deep things as inspired by the Holy Spirit, about
the last days 3:1-9. He gave some apostolic counsels and encouragement
3:13-15, and he also gave a summary of his life/sufferings. Paul in prison was
more useful to heaven than most people in the palace then, as he was tuned
enough to pick up the frequencies of the Holy Spirit regarding the end of the
age. How tuned are we to God and His Spirit?
What
kind of epistle is our life writing? God is watching and will reward us all.
Gal. 6:9
Unfeigned
faith, Personal application/choices
Unfeigned faith 2 Tim 1:5
the ἀνυπόκριτος
(anypókritos) faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother
Eunice.”
Here it means:
- real faith
- not religious acting
- faith that is inwardly true.
In contrast we sadly live
in an era of make-belief, deceit and deception, with untamed inputs from social
media, public image/perception, unbridled ambitions for popularity and gains,
rooted more in just perception than personality. The spirit of this age.
2 Cor. 4:4, Eph 2:2,2 Tim. 3:1ff.
Timothy met at home, what
do our children see us do? Not only what they hear us say.
Personal
application/choices: unfeigned faith in thee.
Timothy was born in an
atmosphere of great faith but he also chose a life of unfeigned faith, are we
reflecting the great values of Godliness, uprightness, hard work (industry)
amongst others that we were privileged to meet at home?
Becoming
a Godly model
·
Being born again: There is no
gain in this world in its entirety, you can’t influence a system if you are
like it, God made us to be the salt of the earth and the light of the
world. Matt 5:14-16.
·
A life of prayer: Susanah Wesley (world famous mother of John
and Charles Wesley (referred to as the mother of Modernism, had 10 children
surviving out of 19, known for her deep devotion, she faced immense poverty and
hardship, including her husband being in debtors’ prison. To find privacy for
prayer, she would sit in her chair and lift her apron over her head to pray.
Her children knew this was a “tent of meeting” and would not
interrupt her.) Never preached a sermon in church nor wrote a book but her role
can never be erased in the annals of history.
·
Love for God’s Word 2 Tim.3:15
·
Full and consistent obedience to
God and His word
·
Skill, Re-skill, upskill &
Hard work Prov. 31 woman
C.A.C.G.H.B
HYMN VARIOUS 13
stanzas
3&4
3. God
give us Christians homes
Homes where the mother in queenly quest
Strives to show others thy way is best
Homes where the Lord is an honoured guest
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes
4. God
give us Christian homes
Homes where the children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so
Homes where the alter fire burn and glow
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes.
Amen.