This document contains notes and reflections on passages from 2 Timothy. It summarizes key points: 1) God gives a spirit of power, love and self-control, not fear, so those qualities indicate the Holy Spirit's presence. 2) Christ has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality through the gospel. 3) Enduring hardship for the gospel brings salvation to others, so the writer is willing to suffer as a "criminal" to spread God's message. 4) Remaining faithful to God even when others deny him is important, as is turning from evil and pursuing righteousness, faith, love and peace.

1. Notes on 2 Timothy
2011

2. Chapter 1:7
• For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power
and love and self-control.
• So in times when I have fear that is not the Spirit of
the Lord. Rather when I have love and self control
that is when I can know it is the spirit of God.

3. 1:10
• but now made visible through the
appearing of our Savior Christ
Jesus. He has broken the power of
death and brought life and
immortality to light through the
gospel!

4. 2:8-10
• Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of
David; such is my gospel, 9for which I suffer hardship to the
point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God's message is not
imprisoned! 10So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen
by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its
eternal glory.
• Lord bring me to this point where I can be a criminal yet not
feel like one for the Gospel and bring me to the ability to
endure hardships for your Gospel.

5. 11:-13
• This saying is trustworthy: If we died with him, we will
also live with him. If we endure, we will also reign with
him.If we deny him, he will also deny us. If we are
unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself.
However, God's solid foundation remains standing, bearing
this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and
"Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn
away from evil."

6. 2:22
• But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue
righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in
company with others who call on the Lord from a pure
heart. 23But reject foolish and ignorant controversies,
because you know they breed infighting.

7. 3:2-4
• For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of
money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient
to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable,
slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to
what is good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving
pleasure rather than loving God.
• This really sounds like now and in our country. Even walking with the
Holy Spirit I feel that this is a battle for me. Either bring about the end
Lord or bring a way for revival in our country Lord!

8. 3:12
• Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ
Jesus will be persecuted.
• Help me Lord for if/when the time comes to remember that I will be
persecuted.

9. 4:2-4
• Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove,
rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction. For there will be a
time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their
own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they
have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. And they will turn away
from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to
myths.
• Again this sounds like today’s audience of the world. Help us Lord.
Bring about a revival if all possible.