{"id":2808,"date":"2021-07-17T09:21:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T17:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2021-07-17T09:21:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T17:21:30","slug":"devotion-2-timothy-211-12-peace-from-his-faithfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2808","title":{"rendered":"Devotion 2 Timothy 2:11-12 Peace From His Faithfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Timothy 2:11-12<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>The statement is trustworthy: For\u00a0if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; 12\u00a0If we endure,\u00a0we will also reign with Him; If we\u00a0deny Him, He will also deny us;\u00a0<\/i><\/span>13\u00a0If we are faithless,\u00a0He remains faithful, for\u00a0He cannot deny Himself.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe statement is trustworthy: For\u00a0if we died with Him, we will also live with Him.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0If we die to self and live for Him, then as He lives permanently with the Father, we also will rise from death to live personably with God because we have believed the Gospel of Christ and have humbled ourselves and live in love and obedience for Christ.\u00a0 God has promised this to us.\u00a0 (Romans 6:5<\/b>) We should remember that God\u2019s promises have a flip side.\u00a0\u00a0John 3:16<\/b>\u00a0promises that Jesus died so that all who believe in Him will have will not perish but have eternal life.\u00a0 There is a condition in the verse and the condition is that one must believe in Jesus.\u00a0 The promise in\u00a0John 3:16<\/b>\u00a0has a condition and the condition is that one must believe (full meaning) in Jesus to receive eternal life.\u00a0 \u00a0John 3:18\u00a0<\/b>states the flip-side of the promise. It states that the one who does not believe in Jesus is not removed from the judgement of original sin that all people are born into. Therefore, they remain with the curse of original sin (death) and do not have eternal life.\u00a0 So we see that the promise to live eternally has a condition and the condition is the death of self to live for the Lord.\u00a0 (Philippians 1:21<\/b>)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we endure,\u00a0we will also reign with Him; If we\u00a0deny Him, He will also deny us.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Again first the promise is given, but then the condition of the promise.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We must endure in faith to Jesus and never walk away from it.\u00a0\u00a0Now this is not a verse that applies to the unbeliever because one who has not had faith in the Lord cannot endure something that he has never began or had.\u00a0\u00a0This verse is about a believer denying what he once had.\u00a0\u00a0(2 Peter 2:20-22, Hebrews 6:4-6<\/b>)\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s see this as it is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c13\u00a0If we are faithless,\u00a0He remains faithful, for\u00a0He cannot deny Himself.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0We need not fear, Jesus knows how to keep us and He will never cast us away.\u00a0\u00a0(2 Timothy 1:12, John 6:37<\/b>) Here we see a glorious and soul soothing promise.\u00a0\u00a0Again, Paul is writing to believers.\u00a0\u00a0If one who has faith in the Lord should turn from faith, the Lord remains faithful to us.\u00a0\u00a0He cannot and will not be faithless to us.\u00a0\u00a0Us being faithless is turning from full faith in Him, from His salvation, and in His provision and protection.\u00a0\u00a0It is a person of faith not keeping His promise to always believe in all who Jesus is.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus would not and could be faithless to us.\u00a0\u00a0He remains faithful to us in all ways.\u00a0\u00a0We know that Jesus has promised all who believe in Him eternal life because He loves us.\u00a0\u00a0We know that He is love. (1 John 4:7-10<\/b>) That means that in every part of Him, who He fully and intrinsically is, is love. What He is will be always and fully is expressed to us.\u00a0\u00a0In the same way Jesus remains faithful to us because that is likewise intrinsically who He is.\u00a0\u00a0It is less possible for Jesus to be unfaithful than for the Sun to be the Moon.\u00a0\u00a0God is love and faithfulness.\u00a0\u00a0That is part of what defines Him.\u00a0\u00a0Any being or thing attributed to be God who is not love and faithfulness is not God.\u00a0\u00a0For God to be unfaithful to us is to be unfaithful to Himself. Therefore we can trust Him because He cannot be untrustworthy and unloving.\u00a0\u00a0Knowing that about Him we have eternal peace to love and trust Him.\u00a0\u00a0Our God is always good, always loves us and is always faithful to us so we can always remain in peace and joy because it is based on Him.\u00a0\u00a0Praise Him!\u00a0\u00a0Praise our God!\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/i><\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2 Timothy 2:11-12\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0The statement is trustworthy: For\u00a0if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; 12\u00a0If we endure,\u00a0we will also reign with Him; If we\u00a0deny Him, He will also deny us;\u00a013\u00a0If we are faithless,\u00a0He remains faithful, for\u00a0He cannot deny Himself. \u201cThe statement is trustworthy: For\u00a0if we died with Him, we will also live…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[104,2554,2525,17,10,2036],"class_list":["post-2808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-hebrews","tag-john-philippians-peter","tag-micah-numbers","tag-psalm","tag-romans","tag-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2809,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions\/2809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}