“Preach The Word! Reach The World!” | 2 Timothy 4:1-5 Bible Study ✞-word Puzzle | 9.25.24

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  1. 1. Like Timothy, God-breathed ____ ought to be our foundation for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness (2 Tim 3:16).
  2. 3. In ministry, we must be willing to endure ____ and persecution (2 Tim 4:5; cf. 2 Tim 2:3, 8-9, 3:12).
  3. 5. When someone is doing wrong, we can’t be afraid to raise our voice and ___ them, so they may repent (2 Tim 4:2; cf. Lk 17:3). A godly ___ is better than a flattering tongue (Pr 28:23).
  4. 8. (Two words) Instead of trusting the truth, many ___ ____ and listen to lies (2 Tim 4:4; cf. 1 Tim 4:1-2, 5:15; 2 Tim 1:15).
  5. 9. With God the Father and Jesus the Son as his witnesses (cf. Dt 17:6, 19:5; Mt 18:16; 1 Tim 5:19-21), Paul gives Timothy a solemn ___ to rightly preach the word (2 Tim 4:1).
  6. 10. In all situations, rather than being overcome with emotion or drunk with power or desire, etc., we must be ___-minded (2 Tim 4:5).
  7. 11. If a brother or sister is sinning, we ought to ____ them (2 Tim 4:2; cf. Mt 18:15; 1 Tim 5:20).
  8. 12. In some of his last written words (2 Tim 4:6), Paul tells timid Timothy (cf. 2 Tim 1:6-7) to be a true preacher (1 Tim 6:20-21; 2 Tim 1:13-14, 2:15; cf. Tit 1:9), as opposed to the ____ teachers (2 Tim 2:17-18; cf. Lk 6:26).
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  1. 2. Let’s do the work of an ____ (2 Tim 4:5)! We must teach and train believers, but also proclaim the Gospel to non-believers. Preach the word! Reach the world!
  2. 4. Whether it’s convenient or not, whether it will be accepted or not, we must ___ the word in season and out of season (2 Tim 4:2; cf. Jer 20:7-9).
  3. 6. Christ came to save His people from their sins (Mt 1:21); He will come again to ___ the world with justice (2 Tim 4:1; cf. Ac 10:42, 17:31; 2 Cor 5:10; 2 Tim 4:7-8).
  4. 7. Often, the time comes when people refuse to tolerate sound doctrine (cf. 1 Tim 1:3, 9-11). Rather, to suit their own (idiotic) ___, they gather a great number of false teachers to tell their ears what they want to hear (2 Tim 4:3; cf. Gal 1:10).