Things God Does Not Give 2 Timothy 1

Things God Does Not Give 2 Timothy 1: 7

Things God Does Not Give The generosity of God is seen all throughout the Bible (Jn. 3: 16; Mt. 7: 11; Jas. 1: 17) However, there are some things God does not give… He does not give temptation (Jas. 1: 13) He does not give a spirit of fear (2 Tim. 1: 7)

Things God Does Not Give Timothy’s situation had challenges and Paul wanted to encourage him not to be fearful His youth His local church responsibilities His face-off with false teachers His grievous times of apostasy

Things God Does Not Give God does not give us fear (Rom. 8: 15) Fear (timidity, cowardice, afraid) is crippling and debilitating (Jn. 7: 13; 9: 22; 19: 38; Gal. 2: 12) Fear will cause us to be lost (Rev. 21: 8) Like Moses, we must act boldly and courageously without fear (Heb. 11: 27; 13: 6)

Power, Love, A Sound Mind We have a God-given “power” to act boldly against spiritual foes and trials; to stand for truth; to cope with daily struggles; to shoulder daily tasks Power to tell God’s word (Acts 18: 28) Power to over-come challenges (2 Cor. 12: 9) Power to give strength (Eph. 1: 19; 3: 16, 20; Col. 1: 11; Phil. 4: 13; 2 Tim. 4: 17) Power to work (2 Thess. 1: 11)

Power, Love, A Sound Mind We have a God-given “love” to serve boldly our God, our brethren, and the lost Love causes us to be strong in trying times (Rom. 5: 3 -5) Love speaks the truth (Eph. 4: 15) Love casts our fear (1 Jn. 4: 18) Love chastens (Rev. 3: 19)

Power, Love, A Sound Mind We have a God-given “sound mind” (soberness) to think clearly, carefully and correctly; to make wise choices; wise discretion; act sensibly; act with prudence Soberness comes from God giving us his wisdom and knowledge; we must open our ears and hearts to it (Prov. 2) Soberness is to be our way of life (Tit. 2: 12) and it will keep us from the devil (1 Pet. 4: 7)