2 Timothy 1:15

You know that everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. -2 Timothy 1:15, NIV Not all your “friends” before the infidelity discovery will remain your friends afterwards. This is a hard truth to accept. Yet it is a reality best accepted to avoid further heartache. I think this is one of … Continue reading “Expect to lose some “friends””…

Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.” (2 Timothy 1:8) “I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed.” (2 Timothy 1:12) “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed.” (2 Timothy 2:15) “I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.” (Romans 1:16) “May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.” (2 Timothy 1:16) Peter also calls us to stand firm in the gospel. “If anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name.” (1 Peter 4:16) Christ calls us to be ashamed for turning aside, turning away, turning towards a gospel that removes the need for a savior. Thirty years after all in Asia turned away from Paul’s teaching the rich, self-sufficient Church in Laodicea tolerated such shameful behavior that Christ threatened to vomit them out of his mouth.…