Dependable Discipleship 07 – Daily Study Themes and Questions – 2 Timothy 1

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Dependable Discipleship 07 – 2 Timothy 1

Let’s choose seven themes from this chapter, one for each day of the week, for personal study. We’ll add a parallel passage each day for further consideration. Then we’ll pose some questions for thought and discussion.

DAY 1 – Serving God with a Pure Conscience (2 Tim 1:1-3). See also Acts 24:16.

DAY 2 – Longing and Praying for Each Other (2 Tim 1:3-5). See also Phil 1:3-11.

DAY 3 – Stirring Up God’s Gifts (2 Tim 1:6-7). See also Rom 12:3-8.

DAY 4 – Becoming Bold in Testimony (2 Tim 1:8-11). See also Acts 4:23-31.

DAY 5 – Suffering for the Gospel (2 Tim 1:12). See also 2 Tim 2:22-26.

DAY 6 – Holding Fast the Pattern (2 Tim 1:13-14). See also 2 Tim 4:1-5

DAY 7 – Refreshing Others (2 Tim 1:15-18). See also Phm 1:1-7.

Questions for Thought and Discussion

How can a Christian maintain a pure conscience? What if one’s conscience becomes defiled?

Did Paul have a soft, tender side? Discuss “as I recall your tears.”

What part might Lois and Eunice have played in nurturing Timothy’s faith? Why do some people, who are raised in the faith, NOT develop a genuine faith of their own?

Timothy had a special gift, but Paul had to encourage him to use it and not be timid. How about you? What are you afraid to do, that you know the Lord has given you the means to do?

Are we believers today ashamed of the message about Christ? If not, why are we not winning the people we know to Christ? If we are ashamed, why? What will it take to overcome this?

On what basis, by what means, and for what purpose has God saved us?

Jesus Christ “has destroyed death.” What are the consequences of this fact? How should it transform our view of aging, diseases, tragic crises, and funerals?

We sing, “I know whom I have believed …” What are we personally committing or entrusting to Him now, that we firmly believe He will keep until that Day?

Has God given us a pattern of teaching? Of worship? Of morality?

What will happen to the church if her leaders do not “guard the good deposit?”

Why might “all those in Asia” have deserted Paul? Does God’s gracious purpose guarantee that we can never desert His cause, abandon our faith, and be lost?

What makes Onesiphorus stand out? Why is Paul indebted to him?