KJB
Daily Devotion – Following
Jesus In Every
Chapter
Date: Friday,
December 11, 2015
Chapters: Book
of 2 Timothy
Message Title: Be A Godly Leader

Hello
My Friend,

The Book of 2 Timothy is the sixteenth book of
the New Testament, the fifty-fifth book of the Bible, and contains
four chapters. The author of this epistle is Paul and it was written
to Timothy approximately 64AD, which he wrote from prison fearing he
would soon be executed. The purpose of the letter was to encourage
Timothy to assume the responsibility of the ministry which the
apostle was handing over to him. What we are to learn from the book
is that each person who lives for Christ will suffer persecution, but
Christ gives them the power to endure and be a witness to others.
“Therefore I endure all things for the
elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in
Christ Jesus with eternal glory.” - 2 Timothy 2:10.

Did
you ever wonder why once godly, prosperous nations fall into wicked,
corrupt, and desolate ones? Simple, they don't know God. In order for
a nation to know God they need godly leaders, when those leaders have
not trained the next generation die, in a sense God dies along with
them because He's not prominent in that nation anymore. As
Christians, the most important reason for us to be godly leaders is
to keep Christ alive into the next generation. Yes, things are going
to get worse, each year there will be less and less people believing
in Christ until there is none and He returns, and the way it looks
it's going to happen rather quickly. Until then we need to step up
and be those godly leaders today. Paul wrote this letter to Timothy,
about a year after order had been brought to the church at Ephesus
while sitting in a Roman prison. He knew his time was coming to an
end, he praises Timothy for being a godly leader, then encourages him
not to fear what's happening to him.

“I
thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience,
that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night
and day; Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears,
that I may be filled with joy; When I call to remembrance the
unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother
Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of
God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. For God hath not
given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a
sound mind. Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our
Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions
of the gospel according to the power of God;” - 2 Timothy
1:3-8.

“which is in thee by the
putting on of my hands.” In a world full of wickedness and
persecution toward Christians, we can't live in fear, we must stand
strong in faith and truth and be the godly leaders that God needs us
to be for the next generation. Do you now why God allows so many
women to lead in His ministry (not in the church, but in the world)?
There are not enough men willing to be that living sacrifice Christ
needs to take the lead. God uses willing souls, those who are not
afraid to stand by their faith and His truths, if there is one thing
all women have in common is that they never give up, when they are
determined, they make things happen. Now, it's time for men to step
up, stop living in fear and be the soldiers Christ needs you to be.
You are not called by Christ to surrender, but to fight, which is
what Paul tells Timothy and all faithful Christians.

“Thou
therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the
same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others
also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus
Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. It
is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.”
- 2 Timothy 2:1-4,11-13.

“who
shall be able to teach others also.” While Christ can make
anything happen and certainly does not need us to keep Him alive in
the world, He entrusts us with His Gospel to teach it to the next
generation. It's not going to get easy, in fact, things are going to
get much worse for Christians, but we need not live in fear because
the living Christ lives in every one of us who have accepted Him as
their Saviour. In case you haven't noticed the Islamics are taking
over, it's only a matter of time before false Christian religions
join forces with them out of fear as part of the one world religion
order that will bring Christ to His throne. Many will be deceived,
and that's why we who know the living and true Christ need to be
ready to fight as His soldiers. Paul encourages Timothy to remain
faithful in what He has been taught, warning him of what is to come
as it draws closer for Christ to return.

“This
know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men
shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without
natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,
fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady,
highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a
form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn
away. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,
deceiving, and being deceived. But continue thou in the things which
thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast
learned them;” - 2 Timothy 3:1-5,12-14.

“that
in the last days perilous times shall come.” You know, when
Paul wrote all these letters to the churches he swore that Christ
would be returning rather quickly. Now, if things were pretty bad
then for him to think this, and every generation does this, so, can
you imagine what it is like now? We are definitely in perilous times,
which means we who are saved need to step up and be the leaders
Christ needs us to be to lead as many to Him as we can before it's
too late. Once Christ gets here, we will be raptured out of here, and
only unbelievers will be left on the earth. “For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in
Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” - 1
Thessalonians 4:16,17.

I know it seems unfair that we who
are faithful have to bare such a burden, but we can't live in fear
anymore, and we can't let people bully us into being silent. If we
don't speak up now, our next generation will be lost and they will be
stuck on their own, doing what's right in their own eyes, and will
not know Christ. Listen Christians, do you know how many churches
gather together, worshiping God, but do not know Christ? Thousands.
We who know the truth, but live it and preach it, because we are all
they have to hear the truth. As Paul closes his letter to Timothy, he
tells him the real importance of remaining a godly leader.

“I
charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who
shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove,
rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will
come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own
lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be
turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions,
do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I
am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept
the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at
that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his
appearing.” - 2 Timothy 4:1-8.

“who
shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;”
The quick are those who are alive when Christ returns, the dead are
those who died. There will be two judgments, the first is upon the
unbelievers, they will receive their judgment and be cast into the
lake of fire. The second is upon believers, they will be judged by
what they did after they are saved, no, we will not be cast into the
lake of fire if we lived wickedly, but we will lose rewards and
blessings in the Kingdom. Praise God that His mercy and grace gives
us today to make a change in our lives. When people try to judge and
condemn others for not living lives I like to point out Samson, he
was to be a godly leader, and far from it, but the day of his death
he was redeemed as he pulled down the temple and thousands of Baal
worshipers died. It's not what we have done in our past that
determines our future, it's what we do now, but make no mistake,
Christ will judge all. “Marvel not at
this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves
shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good,
unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the
resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing: as I
hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own
will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.” -
John 5:28-30.

Today's Prayer:
God, We do not have to be a Christian to know that something is
seriously going wrong in the world. Not only are we subject to the
constant immorality and false religion, we are being forced to
forsake You or face the consequences. I for one, am tired of people
telling me not to talk about You or to bow down to their god, I want
to be free to worship You, and live the way You want me to live. I
know I am going to face persecution for choosing You, but I rather be
hurt doing right than wrong any day. I never want be in a position
where I have to compromise my faith, or go against my morals ever
again, so, please God, put Your hedge of protection around be, and
give me Your power and strength to be the godly leader You need me to
be. I ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

God Bless You, I am
praying for you,
Christina

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