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<v SPEAKER_00>Good morning, First Baptist Wimberly.

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is Mike Gibbons.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Welcome to Friday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>We have the distinct pleasure this Sunday of hearing from our minister to students and families, Isaac Morehouse.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He will be preaching from 2 Timothy 1, verses 1 through 7.

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<v SPEAKER_00>So please take some time to read, meditate, and pray through those verses before Sunday.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Let me read verses 1 and 2.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, according to the promise of the life that is in Christ Jesus.

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<v SPEAKER_00>To Timothy, my beloved child.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus, our Lord.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Now, I've said this before, but we cannot skip over the greetings in the epistles.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Those greetings set the tone and tell us a lot about the relationship between the writer of the letter and the recipients.

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<v SPEAKER_00>In this case, tough times had fallen on the Apostle Paul since the writing of his first letter, 1 Timothy.

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<v SPEAKER_00>When he first wrote Timothy, he was traveling, hoping to see him in Ephesus.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Now he is chained in prison, his second Roman imprisonment.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He expects he will soon be executed.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And Luke was the only one with him.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Demas had abandoned him because, as Paul describes it, he loved this world.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And for Timothy, things in Ephesus where he was pastor had deteriorated.

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<v SPEAKER_00>There were desertions after the discipline and excommunication of Hymeneus, who unfortunately was still causing division in the church at Ephesus.

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<v SPEAKER_00>And the focus of the first letter was on the church.

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<v SPEAKER_00>The focus of this letter is personal.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Many consider 2 Timothy to be Paul's last will and testament.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He is reviewing his work for the gospel and urging Timothy to persevere in the ministry of that gospel.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He calls Timothy his beloved child.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Paul, cold and lonely in prison, was kept warm by the thought of his beloved young disciple.

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<v SPEAKER_00>He penned in this letter a triple blessing: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Grace to the undeserving, mercy for the helpless, and peace to the restless and the weary.

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<v SPEAKER_00>Paul knew what Timothy needed to hear.

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<v SPEAKER_00>I'm asking myself today, who is your Timothy?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Who needs your encouragement today?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Who needs to be reminded in your life of the grace, mercy, and peace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ this week?

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<v SPEAKER_00>Whoever comes to mind, would you reach out to them today?

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<v SPEAKER_00>This is Mike Gibbons, and I love being your pastor.