Paul is Concerned for the Elect (2 Tim. 2:10)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7-29-02

 

My Worship Time                                                      Focus:  Paul is concerned for the elect

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                     Reference:  2Timothy 2:10

 

            Message of the verse:  “10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.”

            “Therefore I endure all things for the elect.”  Paul was enduring hardship for the cause of Jesus Christ, and one of the reasons that he is doing this is for the elect.  These are those who have been chosen for salvation before the world began, that Paul has written much about.  He is going through this hardship so that “they may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.”  This is the ultimate outcome of salvation.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  This is the way that God has chosen to operate when it comes to the salvation of the lost.  Salvation has come through the suffering of Jesus Christ on the cross.  After the suffering came the glory.  There are many times when believers have to suffer for the sake of the gospel and there may be a time in my future that I may have to suffer for the cause of Christ.  This is a good example for me to follow, the things that Paul went through.  God had said of Paul that he would have to suffer much for the cause of Jesus Christ right after he was saved in Acts chapter nine.

           

The Word of God was insightful as I read and studied it today.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  One was getting over to the EMH to work out today.  I want to continue to have prayer with my wife today.

 

Memory verses for the week:  1Timothy 6:9

 

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.