38722 Overview: 2 Timothy

Paul is near execution and offers a personal challenge to Timothy to keep following Jesus no matter the sacrifice and risk.

Paul’s final and most personal letter, 2 Timothy encourages church planter Timothy to accept his calling and deal with corrupt teachers.

The church needs faithful leaders

The letter also reminds Timothy to maintain faith and hope in Jesus’ resurrection and to raise faithful leaders who will teach the good news about Jesus. They must focus on the Scriptures’ unified story line that leads to salvation in Jesus and helps believers achieve their purpose of spreading the good news.

While following Jesus, believers will experience challenges, suffering, risk, tension, discomforts and struggles. In those dark and difficult moments, Jesus’ presence, love and faithfulness can become tangible and real, which imprisoned and abandoned Paul and generations of Christians after him, know firsthand.