Stay the Course! | 2 Timothy 3:1-17
Text: 2 Timothy 3:1-17
Title: Stay the Course!
Big Idea: “Beware the Self-Love path! Godly disciple-makers and biblical teaching pave a better road!”
Movement 1: Beware the Self Love Path
All the distress and heartache of the spirit of the age erupts from love of self.
Here are some of the marks to know if you are on the path of self love:
Greed
2. Pride
3. Struggle with authority
4. Calloused
5. Not to be trusted
This path is NOT the one to be pursued. If you realize you are moving down this road, BEWARE!
This path is POWERLESS, to be AVOIDED, and is a DEAD END ROAD.
Movement 2: Godly Disciple-Makers and Biblical Teaching Pave a Better Road
Godly Disciple-Makers -- Here we have the Disciple-Maker’s play book. 1 part formal, 8 parts informal. Enduring suffering and sharing the whole of life while your disciples watch.
Biblical Teaching – The sacred writings are powerful. God’s very breath. Like the warm honey breath of Aslan, making us brave, reminding us of what is truth.
A better road – self love is a dead end. This road paved by faithful disciple makers leads to salvation and to completion. Ultimately, this is not a one and done issue. We determine each morning, noon and night which road we are going to move down. A faithful disciple maker and an open bible remind us of the gospel. We remember that our “self” is riddled with sin and needs to be crucified. We lay down our love of self in humility and brokenness. Then we experience love and renewal through the welcoming and forgiving love of Jesus. This breaks us of our destructive self-love path and sets us free to drive the highway that leads to salvation and fruitfulness.
Stay the Course!