Lamoille Valley Grace Brethren Church
February 18, 2024
Psalm 23:1–4NASB95
- The Solid Rock
- Take My Life and Let It Be
Acts 19:23–41NASB95
- Observations from Paul’s personal remarks.1. We All Need FriendsA. Good Friends Have Urgency
2 Timothy 4:9 NASB95 9 Make every effort to come to me soon;Make every effort. Timothy Probably was gone for 6 months. This was an Important conference for Timothy’s benefit but also for Paul’s. The profit to the churches of meeting outweighed the loss ministry at Ephesus.B. Some Friends Will Abandon You.2 Timothy 4:10 (NASB95)10 for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica;Demas -Colossians 4:14 NASB95 14 Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas.Philemon 24 NASB95 24 as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers.C. Some Friends Aren’t Available2 Timothy 4:10–12 (NASB95)10 … Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.11 Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.12 But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.CrescensTitus Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon (1149 Δαλματία)as “Dalmatia” once. 1 a part of Illyricum on the Adriatic Sea; on the east adjoining Pannonia and upper Moesia, on the north separated from Liburia by the river Titus, and extending southwards as far as the river Drinus and the city Lissus. Additional Information: Dalmatia = “a priestly robe”.LukeColossians 4:14 NASB95 14 Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas.MarkTychicus2 Timothy 4:9–16 NASB95 9 Make every effort to come to me soon; 10 for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service. 12 But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. 13 When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments. 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. 15 Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our teaching. 16 At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.2. We All Need Necessities2 Timothy 4:13 NASB95 13 When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.A. ClothingB. PurposeJon Courson’s Application Commentary Chapter 4You’ll know what a man’s passion is by what he does when he doesn’t have to do anything.
Jon Courson’s Application Commentary Chapter 4Yet he said, “Even though the hour is come to hoist up the anchor, to take off the yoke, to fold up the tent, I want to know more about Jesus.”
3. We All Need Perspective2 Timothy 4:14–16 NASB95 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. 15 Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our teaching. 16 At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.Alexander “Opposed” Paul’s teaching -2 Timothy 3:8 NASB95 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.Paul was not despairing even though he had been deserted. Unlike Elijah.1 Kings 19:1–14 NASB95 1 Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” 3 And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.” 5 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat.” 6 Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. 7 The angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, “Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you.” 8 So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. 9 Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 He said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” 11 So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. 13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 14 Then he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”Paul learned Stephen:Acts 7:60 NASB95 60 Then falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” Having said this, he fell asleep.Stephen learned it form JesusMatthew 5:44 NASB95 44 “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,This kind of perspective can only come by the grace of God. We can have this same attitude as we drink deeply of the grace that God has poured out to us through Jesus Christ. 2 Timothy 4:9NASB95
Colossians 4:14NASB95
Philemon 24NASB95
Colossians 4:14NASB95
2 Timothy 4:9–16NASB95
2 Timothy 4:13NASB95
2 Timothy 4:14–16NASB95
2 Timothy 3:8NASB95
1 Kings 19:1–14NASB95
Acts 7:60NASB95
Matthew 5:44NASB95
- I Need Thee Every Hour
- It Is Well With My Soul
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