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A Good Worker 2 Timothy 2:14-26

Paul emphasizes the power of words, urging believers to use words of truth that build up rather than unhealthy words that lead to destruction. Healthy words are foundational, while unhealthy words cause spiritual ruin and spread like a disease. Believers are called to be diligent workers who handle God's truth rightly, becoming vessels ready for God's use, characterized by holiness and readiness for good work. Through the Gospel, these words can lead others to repentance, knowledge of the truth, and freedom from the devil's snares.
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A Good Worker 2 Timothy 2:14-26

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Classroom Instructions

Section 04
21:25A Good Worker 2 Timothy 2:14-26A Good Worker 2 Timothy 2:14-26

Question: What work will you do with your words? Notice how unhealthy words lead to “de-creation” rather than “new-creation”:

Healthy Words

  1. Words of truth

Unhealthy Words

  1. Quarrel about words

  2. Ruins the hearers

  3. Irreverent babble

  4. Lead to more ungodliness

  5. Spread like gangrene

  6. Swerved from the truth

    1. Upsetting the faith of some

Two foundations:

  1. Sand of unhealthy words that bring a great crash
  2. God’s firm foundation which stands

The Lord knows those who are his (Numbers 16)

Worker who rightly handles the word of truth (2:15)

● Like a farmer plowing

● Like a stonemason chiseling

● Like a carpenter cutting

Vessel who is ready for the master to use (2:20-21)

● Cleansed

● Set apart as holy

● Useful to the master

● Ready for every good work

The Lord’s Servant (2:22-26)

● List the characteristics of what it looks like to be a servant in the house of the Lord.

Gospel words that set the captives free

  1. Repentance(2:25)

  2. A knowledge of the truth(2:25)

  3. Come to their senses(2:26)

  4. Escape the snare of the devil(2:26)

A Good Worker 2 Timothy 2:14-26 Instructions

Section 04
21:25A Good Worker 2 Timothy 2:14-26A Good Worker 2 Timothy 2:14-26

Question: What work will you do with your words? Notice how unhealthy words lead to “de-creation” rather than “new-creation”:

Healthy Words

  1. Words of truth

Unhealthy Words

  1. Quarrel about words

  2. Ruins the hearers

  3. Irreverent babble

  4. Lead to more ungodliness

  5. Spread like gangrene

  6. Swerved from the truth

    1. Upsetting the faith of some

Two foundations:

  1. Sand of unhealthy words that bring a great crash
  2. God’s firm foundation which stands

The Lord knows those who are his (Numbers 16)

Worker who rightly handles the word of truth (2:15)

● Like a farmer plowing

● Like a stonemason chiseling

● Like a carpenter cutting

Vessel who is ready for the master to use (2:20-21)

● Cleansed

● Set apart as holy

● Useful to the master

● Ready for every good work

The Lord’s Servant (2:22-26)

● List the characteristics of what it looks like to be a servant in the house of the Lord.

Gospel words that set the captives free

  1. Repentance(2:25)

  2. A knowledge of the truth(2:25)

  3. Come to their senses(2:26)

  4. Escape the snare of the devil(2:26)