The Heart of Faith Given to Us

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Summary:
Paul thanks God, whom he serves with a clear conscience as his forefathers did, and tells Timothy that he constantly remembers him in his prayers night and day. He longs to see him, recalling Timothy's tears, so that he may be filled with joy.

He calls to mind the sincere faith within Timothy - a faith that first dwelt in his grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice, and which Paul is sure dwells in Timothy as well.

For this reason he reminds Timothy to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in him through the laying on of Paul's hands. For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.


Teaching:
The Old Testament and the New Testament are not severed from one another; they are joined as covenant and the fulfillment of covenant. The faith of Timothy's mother and his aunt belongs to the Old Testament, but it is faith in the covenant of God. Of course they came to know Jesus through Paul's gospel, yet the grandmother, the mother, and Timothy as well held a faith that stood within God's covenant. Faith within the covenant has the Law and the prophecies of the prophets at its core. And when you put the Law and the prophecies together, that is the covenant.

Likewise, the New Testament, which we call the gospel, is also a covenant. Therefore the New Testament and the Old Testament are not separate but one. The Old Testament is prophecy concerning Christ Jesus and the Law that makes Christ Jesus known. It is, in that sense, a covenant concerning Christ.

We must confirm‎ God's anointing upon us. God's choosing—and the one who has been chosen must live his church life continually kindling into flame the grace of that choosing and the Word that has been given.

Excerpt from the sermon by Pastor Lee, Sep 24, 2026
2 Timothy 1:3-7