0720 THE WORD

JULY 20 = 2 TIMOTHY 3

THE WORD

Words mean things, as a radio commentator used to say. That’s why they are important. Because they contain the means by which we communicate ideas with others. Without words, we have very few other ways to communicate clearly.

There are a couple of Greek words that are translated as “word:” logos and rhemos. Logos is the main one that we read about in the New Testament. It has to do with the declaration from God, or the story of God.

Paul charged Timothy to “Preach the word.” Tomorrow let’s talk about the art of preaching. Today, let’s focus on that “word” that he was to preach.

READ THE WORD / SAY IT

Timothy was commanded to read publicly.

 “Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching.”

‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭4:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2:42‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭6:4-9‬ ‭NIV‬‬

 

LET THE WORD CHANGE YOU

“But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭3:14-17‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭119:10-11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long. Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies. I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭119:97-99‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭119:105-106‬ ‭NIV‬‬

 

JESUS IS THE WORD 

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

‭‭John‬ ‭1:1-5‬ ‭NIV‬‬

THE GOSPEL = 1 TIM 1:15

““Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2:22-24‬ ‭NIV‬‬