2 Timothy 2:8-26 ASV and 2 Timothy 3:1-9 ASV

‘Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead’(2:8). God’s servants become part of our past. Christ remains the heart of our future. He is the risen Christ, the living Lord. When God’s servants become a distant memory, we must remember Him. Keep your eyes fixed on the Lord Jesus Christ. If we are to ‘avoid godless chatter’ and ‘stupid, senseless controversies’, we must keep Him at the very centre of our lives (16,23). If we are to be ‘lovers of God’ rather than ‘lovers of self’, we must keep on saying from the heart, ‘I must decrease. Christ must increase’(3:4,2; John 3:30). We may face problems - from those who ‘oppose the truth’, people of ‘corrupt mind and counterfeit faith’. Don’t be afraid of such opposition - ‘they will not get very far... their folly will be plain to all’(3:8-9). Keep your eyes on Jesus!