Some days there are just some great verses for the date and 2/2 has some great verses. So instead of sharing one, we will share seven. We start with
1 Samuel 2:2 “No one is holy like the LORD, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.”
*PERIOD!!
1 Kings 2:2 “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man.”
*David is dying and he has his son Solomon at his deathbed where he will charge him to be strong and prove yourself a man. Standing at the Tomb of David in Jerusalem I read 1 Kings 2:1-2 to my sons and told them they know what I expect of them!
1 Corinthians 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
*This is one of the top ministry verses for every pastor. The only thing that will make the difference is JESUS!
1 Thessalonians 2:2 But even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.
*Paul did not allow persecution to keep him from preaching and neither should we!
2 Timothy 2:2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
*This is the verse of verses for what discipleship is. What you learn is to be passed on to others and as you pass it on you tell them to pass it on.
1 Peter 2:2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,
*As believers we are to grow and without a diet of the Word you will not grow. Now the question is do you have a DESIRE for the Word like a newborn wants milk?
1 John 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
*Jesus Christ took the PENALTY that we deserved. He took the wrath of God that we deserved to the level that God was satisfied. What a Savior!
Continue Strong,
And Remember to Date the Word
Tag: Feb 2
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A Plethora Of 2:2 Verses For 2/2
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Making Disciples who Make Disciples is the Mission
2 Timothy 2:2 “And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”?
Christ’s mission to each Christian is to go and make disciples. Matthew 28:18-20 is the Great Commission. It says, “Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.”
With the mission stated we find the method of doing the mission in 2 Timothy 2:2.
Notice it again as I rewrote it to be more personal.
“Timothy, the things that you have heard from me, Paul, among many witnesses, I, Paul, want you, Timothy, to commit these teachings to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”From this verse, we have a discipler discipling a disciple. Paul is discipling Timothy. As he (Paul) is discipling Timothy he wants Timothy to start discipling some faithful men. Paul, the discipler, then teaches Timothy the disciple that those he is discipling are to them start discipling others.
In other words, Paul believes that part of discipling a person is that the person being discipled will start discipling a person.
2 Timothy 2:2 shows us four generations of disciples. There is Paul, then Timothy, then faithful men, and then others. For me, it started with a man named Jack Finch who would disciple Bill Crawford. Bill Crawford would disciple me. Now whoever I disciple is the fourth generation of Jack Finch. Jack to Bill, Bill to Dwayne, and Dwayne to others.
Let’s say you are “Timothy.” Where are you in the discipleship process?
Who is your Paul that has (maybe is) discipled/discipling you? Who is your Jack Finch?Who is your Timothy that is (maybe was) discipled by you? Who is your Bill Crawford?
Who are the faithful men that your Timothy is (maybe has) discipled? Who is your Dwayne?
Who are the others that the faithful men have (maybe is) discipling? Who are your others?
Each of us should be being discipled. Who is your Paul?
Each of us should be discipling someone. Who is your Timothy? As a Timothy you become a Paul
As we disciple our “Timothy” they should start discipling someone. Who are those faithful men?2 Timothy 2:2 is regarded as the Multiplication verse for discipleship. Did you know by discipling one person a year who then starts making a disciple a year who then starts making a disciple a year you can impact 1 billion people in 30 years? Here’s the math
1+ 1 = 2
2+ 2 = 4
4 + 4 = 8
8 + 8 = 16
16 + 16 = 32
32 + 32 = 64
64 + 64 = 128
128 + 128 = 256
256 + 256 = 512
512 + 512 = 1024 (10 Year mark)
1024 + 1024 = 2048
2048 + 2048 = 4096
4096 + 4096 = 8192
8192 + 8192 = 16,384 (yr 14 the discipler passes the evangelist)
16,384 + 16,384 = 32,768
32,768 + 32,768 = 65,536
65,536 + 65,536 = 131,072
131,072 + 131,072 = 262,144
262,144 + 262,144 = 524,288
524,288 + 524,288 = 1,048,576 (yr 20 u hit 1 million)
1,048,576 + 1,048,576 = 2,097,152
2,097,152 + 2,097,152 = 4,194,304
4,194,304 + 4,194,304 = 8,388,608
8,388,608 + 8,388,608 = 16,777,216
16,777,216 + 16,777,216 = 33,554,432 (yr 25)
33,554,432 + 33,554,432 = 67,108,864
67,108,864 + 67,108,864 = 134,217,728
134,217,728 + 134,217,728 = 268,435,456
268,435,456 + 268,435,456 = 536,870,912 (yr 29)
536,870,912 + 536,870,912 = 1,073,741,834 (yr 30)
That is One Billion seventy-three million seven hundred and forty-one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four.
Let’s put the method of 2 Timothy 2:2 into action and fulfill the Great Commission.Are you making disciples that make disciples?
Continue strong being a disciple that makes disciples who then make disciples,
And remember to DATE the Word