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Lesson Summary:

Paul exhorts Timothy to rekindle his gift and to persevere in the calling God has in his life.

Focus Passage: 2 Timothy 1

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. Remember Your Calling (1:1-7)

Principle: Believers Should Not Neglect God’s Calling in Their Lives.
Application: What’s the evidence that your faith and calling from God are genuine?
Scripture Reference

²¹and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
²²let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
²³Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
Hebrews 10:21-23 (NASB)

II. Remain in Your Calling (1:8-18)

Principle: Believers Should Persevere in God’s Holy Calling for their Lives.
Application: How are you persevering in your walk with God in the face of opposition and suffering?
Scripture Reference

²⁷Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
²⁸in no way alarmed by your opponents—which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God.
²⁹For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
Philippians 1:27-29 (NASB)