1. According to Paul’s introductory verse in 2 Timothy 4, who is going to “judge the living and the dead”?
2. In 2 Timothy 4:2, what three things did Paul instruct Timothy to do as a minister of the Gospel?
3. What did Paul mean when he told Timothy that there would come a time when people would have “itching ears” (2 Tim. 4:3)?
4. What was Isaiah’s point when he said that the people of his day were saying, “Prophesy not unto us right things, but speak unto us smooth things” (Isa. 30:9-10)?
5. According to Matthew 24:35, how long will the Word of God last?
6. Why did God tell Jeremiah to “root out, pull down, destroy, and throw down” certain things (Jer. 1:10)?
7. Why did Paul urge Timothy to exhibit “longsuffering” toward others?
8. In 2 Timothy 4:4, Paul spoke of a time when people would “turn aside to fables.” What did he mean by that statement?
9. What was the point Paul was trying to get
across when he wrote, “I plead with
you, brethren…that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together
in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Cor. 1:10)?
10. Christians are engaged in a spiritual battle against Satan and the forces of
evil. According to Paul’s comments in 2 Corinthians 10:5-6, our weapons are
“mighty in God,” and are designed to do certain things. What are those things?
11. In
2 Timothy 4, Paul mentions a man who had once been a faithful Christian. What
was this man’s name, and what had he done that caused Paul to call him by name?
12. Explain the connection between 2 Timothy 4:10 and 2 Peter 2:20-22.
13. What did Paul mean when he said of Alexander the coppersmith, “May the Lord repay
him according to his works” (2 Tim. 4:14)?
14. In
Acts 15, Paul and Barnabas had engaged in a serious disagreement over something.
What was the cause of that disagreement?
15. Christ told Ananias (regarding Saul, who later would be known as Paul), “I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake” (Acts 9:16). What did Jesus mean by that statement?
16. Paul told Timothy to “endure” something (2 Tim. 2:3). What was that “something”?
THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,