Lesson: “Faithfulness in History”

I : God’s Faithfulness
    - II Timothy 1:6-10, Numbers 12:1-9, Deuteronomy 7:6-11, Proverbs 20:6,
      II Timothy 1:9-10

   A: The Planning of Salvation
       - II Timothy 1:9-10, Romans 10:13, Luke 19:10, Matthew 18:11, I Peter 1:18-20

   B: The Providing of Salvation
       - II Timothy 1:10, Galatians 4:4-5, Matthew 1:18-23, Luke 2:8-11
       
        Look what God did when Jesus came into this world…
         - 1: He “…hath abolished death…”
                - Romans 6:23, I Corinthians 15:54-55
         - 2: He “…hath brought life and immortality to light…”
         - 3: He did it all “…through the gospel:”
                - I Corinthians 1:17-21, I Corinthians 15:1-4, II Corinthians 4:3-5

II : Paul’s Faithfulness

    A: First of all, we see Paul’s Commission
        - II Timothy 1:11

         Look at what he declared here in this verse to Timothy…
          - 1: By the will of God, Paul knew he had been “appointed a preacher”
          - 2: By the will of God, Paul knew he had been made to be “an apostle”
                - Ephesians 2:19-22, I Corinthians 9:1-2
           - 3: By the will of God, Paul knew that he had been commissioned by God to not
                 only preach the message of the Gospel as an authorized Apostle of God, but
                 he was to work with those who were treated as outcasts by the Jews, but
                 whom he had led to Christ and now served as being “a teacher of the
                 Gentiles.”

    B: Paul’s Opposition
        - II Timothy 1:12a

    C: Paul’s Persuasion
        - II Timothy 1:12b, Romans 5:1-5, Daniel 3:25-30, Daniel 6:18-27


III : The Unfaithful Ones
      - II Timothy 1:15, Acts 19:8-10, Acts 19:18-20, Revelation chapters 1, 2,
        and 3, II Timothy 1:15

IV : Onesiphorus’ Faithfulness

     A: His Faithfulness in Ministry
         - II Timothy 1:16-17

     B: His Faithfulness in Mercy
         - II Timothy 1:18, Psalm 36:5


V : Timothy is Charged to Faithfulness

     A: In Doctrine
         - II Timothy 1: 13-14

     B: In Grace
         - II Timothy 2:1

     C: In Reproduction
         - II Timothy 2:2

Conclusion:

Let me ask you this morning, dear Conqueror’s Class member…will there be faithfulness in your life history, or will you be seen only as one of those unfaithful ‘used-to be’s’?

When you realized Jesus chose to give His all for you upon the cross of Calvary, and you chose to accept His gift of eternal life, did you choose to commit you all unto Him in faithfulness and truth?

Paul wrote there in II Timothy 1:12, “For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”

Can this be said of you and of me today? If not, why not?? Are we being faithful or are we being fickle today?