1. According to Paul’s comments, Timothy received his faith from two people. Who were they?
2. Explain Paul’s statement in Ephesians 6:4, “Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.”
3. In 2 Timothy 1:6, Paul indicated that he had given Timothy “a gift.” What was that gift?
4. Paul told Timothy, “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Tim. 1:7). What can we infer about Timothy from Paul’s comments?
5. What is the point for us today of 2 Timothy 1:7?
6. According to Matthew 25:29, what will happen to the talents we possess if we do not use them for God’s glory?
7. Paul was in a situation when he penned 1 and 2 Timothy that “could have” caused Timothy and other Christians to “be ashamed” of the apostle. What was that situation?
8. In Romans 1:15-16, Paul said that there was a reason he was not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. What was that reason?
9. When the Jewish rulers in Acts 4 saw the boldness of Peter and John as they preached the Gospel, what did they conclude from the apostles’ actions?
10. What did Paul mean when he wrote that God “saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace which was in Christ before time began” (2 Tim. 1:9).
11. According to 1 Peter 1:18-19, what “redeems us”?
12. Using Ephesians 2:8-9 and 2 Timothy 1:9-10 as your guides, explain the types of meritorious works that men must perform in order to be saved.
13. In 2 Corinthians 5:21, Paul provided the reason as to why Christ could pay for the sins of humankind. What was that reason?
14. According to 1 John 3:8, what impact has Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection had on the works of Satan?
15. In 2 Timothy 1:11-12, Paul said that had been appointed as a preacher to a particular group of people. What was that group?
16. According to 1 John 5:13 and 2 Timothy 1:11-12, why is it that Christians are not agnostics?
17. What was Paul’s point in telling Timothy to “hold fast the pattern of sounds words” (2 Tim. 1:13)?
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,