2 Timothy 2: 1-13
Posted: January 11, 2024

A promise is only as good as the person who makes it. If a trusted friend, parent, or spouse makes you a promise, it’s as if it’s already done! However, if you’ve ever tried to sell something to a stranger on Facebook Marketplace, you’ll know that not everyone’s promises are created equal.

When God makes a promise, it’s as solid as it gets. Consider what the Apostle Paul writes to his protegé Timothy in 2 Timothy 2:13 – if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. God cannot deny who He is. He is the ultimate promise keeper. He is faithful!

Today, know that God’s promises to you are true and trustworthy – He cannot deny who He is!


Read: 2 Timothy 2: 1-13

1 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. 3 Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. 5 Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules. 6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. 7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.

8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

11 Here is a trustworthy saying:

If we died with him,
we will also live with him;
12 if we endure, we will also reign with him.
If we disown him, he will also disown us;
13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

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