An UNASHAMED SERVANT(Mother)—2Timothy 1:5
*This is a Mother's Day excerpt from 2Tim. 1:1-12.
Attention:
Things I've Learned From My Children(HONEST & NO KIDDING)
•A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. foot house 4 inches deep.
•A 3 year olds voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
•When you hear the toilet flush & the words "Uh-oh," it's already too late.
•Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, & lots of it.
•A six year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36 year old man says they can only do it in the movies. A magnifying glass can start a fire even on an overcast day
•DVD players do not eject PB&J flatbread sandwiches...even though TV commercials may show they do.
•Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
•ALWAYS look in the oven before you turn it on! Plastic toys do not like ovens.
•The fire department in in our town has a 5 minute response time.
*The mind of a six-year-old is wonderful.
Need:
Are you willing to be considered as a lackey/flunky/minion/menial/slave...of God?
Paul encouraged Timothy to give himself fearlessly & unashamedly to honor Christ.
Christians must unashamedly honor Christ.
How/When do Christians unashamedly honor Christ?
A hallmark/indictment of those who unashamedly honor Christ.
A hallmark/indictment of an unashamed servant of God.
We are Unashamed of God’s Good News when we...
OR:
5—Unashamed Servants of God...
INSTILL God’s GOOD NEWS Within FAMILY(:5)
Explanation:(:5a)Secure for the family, opportunity w/the Good News
:5—“when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois & your mother Eunice, & I am persuaded is in you also.”
In Timothy’s faithful ministering, Paul recalls the “genuine” nature(sincerity) of Timothy’s “faith.”
Such “faith” was always present in Timothy, whether it was openly/currently manifested or not.
Timothy’s “genuine faith” is the same “genuine faith” which had dwelt first of all in his own “grandmother, Lois” & also “in his mother Eunice.”
Paul was absolutely convinced(“persuaded”) that the same “genuine faith” was also in Timothy as well. Such “genuine faith” is “faith” that is built around the truth from God’s voice as well as from His written revelation. It is a “faith” that is intended to be shared.
*Family is the first point of sharing the “genuine faith” that is born of Christ Jesus. Those whom we care about the most are those of our own immediate family.
Those closest to us are the ones with whom we will first share Christ.
These know us well & know our sincerity or lack thereof.
These know our motives because they know how we may react in certain situations.
These know if & when we have been genuinely affected by something.
These are most attentive to our troubles as well as to our greatest joys & celebrations.
Paul is urged to make this statement directly to Timothy as he has a fatherly concern which is voiced in the next verse.
*Mothers are ultimately teachers. Godly mothers are teachers of God’s truth to their children. They will not be satisfied appeasing their children with worldly platitudes & other lies.
Godly mothers lodge The Good News In their children...in those they love dearly.
Unashamed godly mothers(& fathers), grandmothers(& grandfathers), aunts(& uncles), etc., make certain that every opportunity is used to glorify God thru His Good News that is in Christ.
*I don’t want you to walk away with the idea that your ‘family’ is the only ‘people-group’ with whom we should share God’s Good News.
God must come first in our lives!(Mk. 6:33—“But seek first the kingdom of God & His righteousness, & all these things shall be added to you.”). If God has blessed you with family, then He has blessed you with grave spiritual responsibilities, both close & distant.
“When...Call(Take)”—lambanw—Present Active Participle[Byz/TR]—2Aorist Active Participle[MajT]—1) To take. Strong—a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; To take(in very many applications, literally & figuratively [properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas decomai is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while aireomai is more violent, to seize or remove]).
“Remembrance”—upomnhsiv—Noun Fem.—1) a reminding; 2) Remembrance. Namnhsiv denotes an unassisted recalling, upomnhsiv, a remembrance prompted by another, however in classical Greek the words are easily interchangeable. Strong—A reminding, OR reflexively--Recollection. Used 3X.?From—upo—Preposition—1) By, under. Strong—a primary preposition; Under, i.e. Beneath, or Through; Whither, underneath, or where--Below, or time when--At.—&—mimnhskw—a prolonged form of—mnaomai(from which some of the tenses are borrowed); To remind, i.e. (middle voice)--To recall to mind.
“Genuine”—anupokritov—Adj.—=‘un-hypocritical’—1) Unfeigned, undisguised, sincere. Strong—Undissembled, i.e. Sincere. Used 6X.?From—A(as a negative particle).—&— a presumed derivative of upokrinomai—1) To take up another's statements in reference to what one has decided for one's self—1a) To reply, answer; 2) To make answer(speak) on the stage—2a) To impersonate anyone, play a part; 3) To simulate, feign, pretend. Strong—To decide(speak or act) under a false part, i.e. figuratively--Dissemble(pretend).
“Faith”—pistiv—Noun Fem.—1) Conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God & divine things, generally with the included idea of trust & holy fervor born of faith & joined with it; 2) Fidelity, faithfulness. Strong—Persuasion, i.e. Credence; moral conviction(of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly--Constancy in such profession; by extension--The system of religious(Gospel) truth itself.
“In”2X—en—
“You”2X——
“Dwelt”—enoikew—Verb—1) To dwell in; 2) metaph.--To dwell in one & influence him(for good). Strong—To inhabit(figuratively). Used 6X.?From—en—1) In, by, with etc.. Strong—a primary preposition denoting (fixed)position(in place, time or state), & by implication--Instrumentality(medially or constructively), i.e. A relation of rest(intermediate between eiv[into, unto, to, towards, for, among] & ek/ex[out of, from, by, away from]).—&—oikew—To occupy a house, i.e. Reside(figuratively, inhabit, remain, inhere); by implication--To cohabit.
“First”—prwton—Adverb—1)First in time or place—1a) In any succession of things or persons; 2) First in rank—2a) Influence, honor, 2b) Chief, 2c) Principal; 3) First, at the first. Strong—as adverb (with or without o, h, to); Firstly(in time, place, order, or importance).
“Grandmother”—mammh—Noun Fem.—1) Mother(the name infants use in addressing their mother); 2) Grandmother. Strong—of natural origin[“mammy”]; A grandmother. Used 1X.?English=“Mammy”
“Lois”—Lwiv—Lois = “agreeable”—Noun Proper Fem.—1) The grandmother of Timothy. Strong—of uncertain origin; Lois, a Christian woman. Used 1X.
“Mother”—mhthr—Noun Fem.—1) A mother; 2) metaph.--The source of something, the motherland. Strong—apparently a primary word; A “mother”(literally or figuratively, immediate or remote).
“Eunice”—Eunikh—Noun Proper Fem.—Eunice = "good victory”—1) The mother of Timothy. Strong—Victorious; Eunice, a Jewess. Used 1X.?From—eu—neuter of a primary euv(good); adverbially--Well.—&—nikh—apparently a primary word; conquest(abstractly), i.e. figuratively--The means of success.
“Persuaded”—peiyw—Verb—1) Persuade—1a) To persuade, i.e. To induce one by words to believe, 1b) To make friends of, to win one's favor, gain one's good will, or to seek to win one, strive to please one, 1c) To tranquillize, 1d) To persuade unto i.e. move or induce one to persuasion to do something; 2) Be persuaded—2a) To be persuaded, to suffer one's self to be persuaded; to be induced to believe: to have faith: in a thing—2a1) To believe, 2a2) To be persuaded of a thing concerning a person, 2b) To listen to, obey, yield to, comply with; 3) To trust, have confidence, be confident. Strong—a primary verb; To convince(by argument, true or false); by analogy--To pacify or conciliate(by other fair means); reflexively or passively--To assent(to evidence or authority), to rely(by inward certainty).
“Also”—kai—Conjunction—1) And, also, even, indeed, but. Strong— And, also, even, so then, too, etc..
Argumentation:
Deut. 4:3-10—[Moses to Israel]—“Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal Peor; for the LORD your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor. But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today, every one of you. Surely I have taught you statutes & judgments, just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess. Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom & your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, & say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise & understanding people.’ “For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the LORD our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? And what great nation is there that has such statutes & righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day? Only take heed to yourself, & diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, & lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children & your grandchildren, especially concerning the day you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, & I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, & that they may teach their children.’”
Deut. 6:4-25—“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, & with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, & shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, & when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, & they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. “You shall write them on the doorposts of your house & on your gates. So it shall be, when the LORD your God brings you into the land of which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob, to give you large & beautiful cities which you did not build, houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards & olive trees which you did not plant--when you have eaten & are full--then beware, lest you forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. You shall fear the LORD your God & serve Him, & shall take oaths in His name. You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are all around you‘(for the LORD your God is a jealous God among you), lest the anger of the LORD your God be aroused against you & destroy you from the face of the earth. You shall not tempt the LORD your God as you tempted Him in Massah. You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, His testimonies, & His statutes which He has commanded you. And you shall do what is right & good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, & that you may go in & possess the good land of which the LORD swore to your fathers, to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken. When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, & the judgments which the LORD our God has commanded you?’ “then you shall say to your son: ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, & the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand; ‘& the LORD showed signs & wonders before our eyes, great & severe, against Egypt, Pharaoh, & all his household. Then He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land of which He swore to our fathers. And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day. Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us.’”
Deut. 11:19-21—“You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, & when you rise up. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house & on your gates, that your days & the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth.”
Isa. 54:13—“All your children shall be taught by the LORD, And great shall be the peace of your children.”
Mat. 5:17-20—[Jesus said]—“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven & earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, & teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does & teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes & Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Mk. 3:14-22—“Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him & that He might send them out to preach, & to have power to heal sicknesses & to cast out demons: Simon, to whom He gave the name Peter; James the son of Zebedee & John the brother of James, to whom He gave the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Cananite; & Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. And they went into a house. Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. But when His own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they said, “He is out of His mind.” And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebub,” &, “By the ruler of the demons He casts out demons.”
Jn. 7:1-10—“After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here & go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” For even His brothers did not believe in Him. Then Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. “The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil. You go up to this feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come.” When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee. But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.”
Jn. 1:1-5, 10-14—“In the beginning was the Word, & the Word was with God, & the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, & without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, & the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, & the darkness did not comprehend it. He was in the world, & the world was made through Him, & the world did not know Him. He came to His own, & His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh & dwelt among us, & we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace & truth.”
Rom. 1:16-17—“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
Illustration:
My Dad the dentist/He always taught us boys to brush our teeth at least twice a day...Never suck on hard candy(constant bathing in sugar encourages bacterial decay--no Jolly Ranchers in our house!)...Never suck on lemons(acidity erodes tooth enamel)...& Never crunch ice with your teeth(cracks tooth enamel)/Daddy laid down the law, But MOMMA enforced it!!/INSTILL God’s GOOD NEWS Within FAMILY
Not long after I got saved, I tried my best to be a witness for Christ to my family members/I was somewhat unsure of how I would answer their questions if they had any, but I approached them anyway—because I loved them & didn’t want them to die without Jesus!...I also wanted their current lives to be surrendered to God so they would experience the peace & assurance of a life lived for God!/INSTILL God’s GOOD NEWS Within FAMILY
There are certain sea turtles which all simultaneously congregate on particular islands to lay their eggs/The entire ‘economy’ of the island & ocean around it is changed because the ‘good news’ is shared among them all/INSTILL God’s GOOD NEWS Within FAMILY
Application:
?As an Unashamed Servant of God, do YOU ‘INSTILL God’s GOOD NEWS Within FAMILY’?
?Are YOU An Unashamed Servant of God?
CONCLUSION:
Visualization:
Things I've Learned From My Children.
Action:
Unashamed Servants of God...
5. INSTILL God’s GOOD NEWS Within FAMILY(:5)
Presented Mother's Day 05/13/2018am to:
FBC C’belle
206 Storrs Ave. SW(SE Ave A)
Carrabelle, FL 32322
