We are going back to 2 Timothy 2.
Let us read the first two verses there.
We are going back to 2 Timothy 2.
Now when you come to the book of Timothy, you find one of the major themes of the book of Timothy is the issue of false teaching.
There are different facets of false teaching in the church in Ephesus.
And it is from this context where Timothy preached the Lord Jesus Christ.
So in 1 Timothy 2.
There is a lot about false teaching.
I just want to highlight maybe a few verses.
Turn with me in 1 Timothy 1 and verse 3.
1 Timothy 3.
1 Timothy 4.
I urged you when I went into Macedonia
remain in Ephesus that you may
charge some that teach
no other doctrine
nor give yeas, febles and
endless genealogies which cause disputes rather than
godly education which is in fact.
Chapter 4 and verse 1 of 1 Timothy
it says, now the spirit expressly says that
in the latter times some will depart from the faith
giving yeas to deceitful spirits and doctrines
of demons. Look at
chapter 4
2 Timothy 4
chapter 4 verse 3
for the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine but according to their own desires
because they have eating ears they will give up
for themselves teachers and they will turn their ears away from the truth
and to be turned aside to febles.
Paul taught Timothy
how to deal with hostity.
some of the things that he brought up
as follows. The first one
is in 1 Timothy 2
in fact
we are not going to read that chapter
but in 1 Timothy 2 what does he do?
He says you must
pray.
Right? I
exhort first of all that
supplications, prayers, intercessions
and so on
will be made for all men.
You know you pray for people
not only you pray for people
you are praying
so that
in your church
there is not total dependence on God in everything
so in order to deal with hostity
we must have a prayer for church
a church that prays for the preacher
a church that comes to the church prayer meeting
and because
how else are we going to do Christian ministry without prayer
and so
Paul
you know
puts prayer in a very important place
as far as
the young man Timothy
is being told here
but secondly
it says
you must choose
elders
and deacons
who are qualified
according to scripture
and that is in 1 Timothy 3
so elders
and deacons
are leaders
who must be
biblically qualified
one of the
problems
about hostity
is that you have elders
and deacons
who are grounded
in the faith
you know
whose marriages
or relationships
in that area
is not good at all
who
are not living lives
according to scripture
as it were
and so it says
when you are choosing leaders
make sure
they are in accordance
with 1 Timothy 3
what the bible teaches you
above reproach
right
and
managing the family well
and being grounded
in the scriptures
now
if you are going to deal
with host teachers
you must first of all
have
your leadership
sorted
properly
and I mean
2 Timothy 4
and verse 2
it says
dealing with host teachers
you must preach
the word
preach the word
be ready
in season
and out of season
convince
review
exhort
with all long
suffering
and teaching
if you want to deal
with host teaching
you must teach
the truth
and the scriptures
are the truth
and the Lord Jesus Christ
is the truth
if you are teaching
the Lord Jesus Christ
then you are going
to be dealing
with host teaching
this
in this particular
generation
when you are
delivering God's word
now
you must make sure
that you are
preaching
the word
you are not just
teaching
your ideas
things
made up by men
but it must be
something that comes
from
the word
of God
so host teaching
can be dealt with
right now
by teaching
what is in scripture
by explaining
what the bible says
you know
the unfolding drama
of salvation
in our Lord Jesus Christ
you look at any page
of scripture
in the bible
old and new
you will find
that you can be able
to teach
about the Lord Jesus Christ
in there
and so when you
teach the truth
you are dealing
with the issue
of false teaching
then the passage
that we are going
to have tonight
second Timothy
chapter 2
and verse 2
it says
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
if you want
to do
or to deal
with false teaching
for my
grandmother
I write
my sixth
grandmother
you must
raise
a new generation
of preachers
right
preachers
might become
scarce
there may not
be as many
different parts of the world
who are faithful
but it is important
that the local church
invests
in a new generation
of preachers
and I have come
across churches
not only
in Zambia
but even here
when the pastor
retires
or
you know
he resigns
whatever happens
or he dies
you find
that's when
some of the churches
are saying
oh where are we going
to find another pastor
and he starts
searching all over
the place
but what about
raising your own
young men
within the church
so that
when the pastor
goes
there is someone
within the church
who is ready
you have been
training a young man
who is able
to take over
the weight
of God
raising a new
generation
of preachers
is dealing
with false teaching
in the future
so we don't
just deal
with the false
teaching now
you deal
with the false
teaching
in the future
the apostle
Paul says
deal there
for my son
now
try and observe
where this
started from
if you turn
with me
to Acts
chapter 16
in the book
of Acts
chapter 16
we read
in verse 1
then he came
to David
and Israel
and the
holy
certain
disciple
was there
named
Timothy
the son
of a certain
Jewish woman
who believed
that his father
was Greek
and he was
well spoken of
by the brethren
who were
Alistra
and Iconia
who wanted
to have him
go on
with him
and he took
him
and circumcised
him
because the
Jews
were in
that region
for they all
knew that his
father was
Greek
if you remember
the apostle Paul
on his first
missionary journey
he went with
Barnabas
and he went
to a number
of places
and then
they returned
back to Antioch
and then
there was
an issue
to do
with circumcision
where it
contributes
to salvation
and there
was the
Jerusalem
council
and it
was noted
that salvation
is by grace
and grace
alone
and so
they went
and reported
back to the
church
in Antioch
and along
with them
Silas
joined
from Jerusalem
and he went
to Antioch
as well
and so now
when Barnabas
and Paul
were to set
on their
second missionary
journey
you find
that there
was a big
dispute
between them
because Barnabas
wanted to
carry
John Mark
and Paul
said no
he had
turned back
and as a
result of that
Paul ended
up going
with Silas
for the
second
missionary
journey
from the
first missionary
journey
the young
man
Timothy
must have
been
converted
in one
of the
churches
and now
they find
that this
young man
is well
spoken of
as someone
who has
grasped
the things
of the
Lord
and his
testimony
was outstanding
and the
apostle Paul
says
young man
come
and learn
from me
come
on this
particular
mission
journey
so when
you look
at
the time
when
Lydia
was
being
converted
Timothy
was there
when the
slave girl
in Philippi
was
being released
from that
different divination
spirit
Timothy
was there
the Philippian
jailer
as I guess
converted
Timothy
is there
when there
was an
uproar
when they
were
you know
basically
calling out
remember when
they said
great is
the Diana
of the
Ephesians
and so on
Timothy
was aware
of all
that was
going on
at that
particular
time
as
all
sufferers
Paul
and Timothy
was available
to actually
see it by
you know
with his own
eyes
that the
Apostle
Paul
you know
was being
persecuted
you know
for the
gospel
Tim
Paul
says
my son
yes
come with
me
come and
see
the
suffering
that I'm
going to
go through
come and
learn from
me
because
later on
you are
going to
be in
charge
Tim
they didn't
know
how it
was going
to be
but he
followed
the Apostle
Paul
and
Silas
on that
particular
mission
journey
and the
Bible tells
us
2 Timothy
2 verse
1
you therefore
my son
so Paul
has got
Timothy
his son
and he
says
be strong
in the
grace
that is
in trust
Jesus
dealing
with
false
teaching
those
who know
the
doctrines
of
grace
need
to have
their
sons
or
daughters
people
that
they
are
training
doctrinally
one of
the things
we used
to do
at our
local
church
in
Kittweb
the ones
who got
baptized
they were
then
taken
into
a
doctrinal
class
the basics
of the
Christian
faith
so that
they
know
what
we stand
for
just as
you read
the
confession
here
you know
there ought
to be
that
grounding
what
you
have
put
in
your
constitution
as
the
beliefs
of
the
church
the
young
believers
must
be
taught
so the
question
is
who
is
your
Timothy
who
are
you
training
who
is
your
son
who
is
your
child
who
is
your
daughter
in
terms
of
the
doctrinal
!
beliefs
of
the
church
and
then
Paul
says
you
must
be
strong
in
the
grace
that
is
in
Christ
Jesus
this
is
another
area
where
people
come up
with
all
sorts
of
things
our
grace
must
be
strong
in
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
we
are
saved
by
grace
our
Christian
walk
is
by
grace
you
see
the
Galatian
legalism
what
does
Paul
say
he
says
I
boss
nothing
else
but
the
cross
you
look
at
the
legalism
what
does
Paul
say
look
at
the
sufficiency
and
supremacy
in
all
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
we
read
Ephesians
2
verse 8
by
grace
by
yourself
through
faith
grace
where
else
in
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
nowhere
else
you
see
if
your
religion
does
not
have
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
then
it
is
false
because
the
Bible
tells
us
there
is
no
other
way
that
we
can
come
to
God
except
to
Christ
I
know
there
are
many
ways
of
climbing
Mount
Kilimanjaro
and
so
there
are
many
ways
of
going
to
God
no
there
is
no
other
name
under
heaven
by which
we
must
be
served
if
there
is
a
religion
where
there
is
no
Christ
in
it
take
it
from
me
it
is
false
it
will
not
lead
you
to
God
because
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
has
clearly
said
I
am
the
way
the
truth
and
life
and
no
one
comes
to
the
Father
you
cannot
know
God
without
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
he
has
put
it
very
clearly
in
there
no
Christ
there
is
no
truth
because
he
is
the
truth
he
is
the
truth
so
Paul
says
I
desired
to
know
nothing
but
Christ
crucified
Christ
crucified
and
so
the
apostle
says
my
son
you
must
be
strong
in
the
grace
that
is
in
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
if
you
are
going
to
combat
hostaging
you
must
cling
to
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
you
must
know
the
fullness
of
the
grace
that
we
have
in
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
don't
be
caught up
with
other
things
altogether
it
is
only
Christ
and
Christ
alone
some
people
say
Christ
another
prophet
no
we
have
the
popular
teaching
prosperity
gospel
which
has been
beamed
into
Zambia
from
America
sorry
American
friends
!
where
you
are
poor
there
is
something
wrong
with
you
as
a
Christian
right
if
you
are
suffering
as
a
Christian
there
is
something
wrong
with
you
are
king
skips
you
must
have
the
money
and
you
must
have
the
good
health
all
the
time
and
they
are
using
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
because
Christ
owns
everything
and
therefore
you
as
a
child
of
God
there
ought
to be
no
time
when
you
are
suffering
but
the
apostle
Paul
says
Timothy
come
and
watch
how
I
suffer
for
the
gospel
come
and
watch
how
I
suffer
for
the
gospel
and
the
apostle
suffered
so
much
that
we
need
a
whole
night
to be
able
to
talk
about
his
suffering
for
the
sake
of
the
gospel
and
people
come
up
and
say
they
believe
in
Christ
without
suffering
no
they
need
to
embrace
what
the
Bible
teaches
rather
than
the
things
that
are
made
up
by
men
so
the
apostle
Paul
was
able
to
teach
Timothy
a lot
and
Timothy
was
able
to
learn
a lot
from
the
apostle
Paul
specialised
in
knowing
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
Timothy
could
see
that
Paul
specialised
in
preaching
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
Timothy
could
be
able
to
see
that
and
Arthur
was
able
to
be
left
at
Ephesus
to
be
able
to
look
after
the
church
of
God
so
the
thrust
is
coming
in
from
verse
2
which
is
what
we
are
about
in
proclamation
Zambia
and
this
is
about
dealing
with
post
teaching
not
just
for
now
but
even
in
the
generations
to
come
we
train
a
new
generation
of
preachers
this
country
has
had
great
preachers
that
history
is
very
clear
we've
read
about
that
while
in
Zambia
C.H.
Spenjot
a
well-known
preacher
at the
time of
his
death
they
say
the
whole
of
London
came
to
a
stand
still
because
he
was
connected
with
the
ordinary
people
and
he
was
able
to
preach
to
so
many
in
the
city
of
London
just
in
the
recent
passage
of
Martin
Lloyd
John
who
again
attracted
so
many
people
into
London
because
of
the
preaching
and
Paul
is
saying
to
Timothy
you
must
preach
the
words
and
it
is
the
words
that
is
going
to
deal
with
the
false
teaching
and
so
there
ought
to
be
a
new
generation
of
preachers
should
we
just
glory
in
the
history
of
the
preachers
of
the
past
no
young
men
today
you
know
we
know
very
well
that
Spedio
started
preaching
at
the
age
of
16
and
Martin
Lloyd
joins
at
the
age
of
21
but
today
you
find
young
people
that
age
are
being
told
by
some
of
the
elders
you
are
too
young
to
get
anywhere
near
the
pupil
you
know
you
are
too
young
it's
important
that
we
develop
them
to
a
point
that
they
are
able
to
!
reach
out
if
the
youngest
in
the
church
is
my
age
then
there
is
trouble
because
we
need
young
men
who
are
able
to
learn
how
to
preach
God's
word
so
that
the
next
generation
can
be
able
to
be
guarded
against
false
teaching
and
we
need
that
guarding
if
the
truth
is
going
to
be
preached
if
Christ
is
going
to
be
preached
we
must
make
sure
that
there's
a
new
generation
of
preachers
so
the
apostle
says
Timothy
can
you
pass
on
what
you
have
learned
from
me
invest
in
these
are
the
characteristics
of the
men
you're
supposed
to
invest
in
invest
in
reliable
men
invest
in
a
faithful
man
invest
in
men
who
believe
the
truth
men
who
are
faithful
to
God
just
like
Moses
saw
in
law
you
remember
when
Moses
was
told
what
you're
doing
is
too
much
can
you
please
choose
people
who
can
help
you
!
and
what
kind
of
men
was
he
supposed
to
choose
it
was
men
of
integrity
who
were
capable
of
doing
the
work
you
know
there
was
a
description
of
the
type
of
people
that
we
are
going
to
be
delegated
to
and
in
the
same
way
that's
what
our
voice
is
telling
Tim
here
you
must
commit
these
to
faithful
men
who
will
be
able
who
will
be
able
they
must
have
the
ability
as
well
it's
not
a
matter
of
delegating
to
any
man
as
it
were
no
they
must
be
faithful
in
teaching
God's
word
they
must
be
reliable
they
must
have
the
ability
and
then
he
says
Timothy
don't
be
selfish
you
must
pass
on
what
you
have
played
sometimes
we
become
Christians
and so
we
are
rejoicing
we
going
to
heaven
but
we
become
very
selfish
we
don't
want
to
share
the
gospel
with
our
children
with
our
parents
with
our
neighbors
with
our
neighbors
we
just
enjoy
ourselves
now
the
apostle
Paul
is
saying
no
Timothy
what
you
have
learned
from
me
my
child
even
as
I
picked
you
up
from
Debbie
what
you
have
learned
from
me
I
want
you
to
pass
that
on
to
a
new
generation
of
preachers
people
who are
able
to do
the
work
of
God
don't
keep
it
to
yourself
there
are
some
of us
here
who
are
very
knowledgeable
in
the
doctrines
of
the
church
and
there
comes
up
some
young
people
who
are
not
knowledgeable
as
we
are
and
then
the
ones
who are
knowledgeable
are
just
keeping
their
knowledge
to
themselves
you
are
doing
disservice
the
change
of
God
when
you
do
that
have
a
Timothy
this
is
not
just
the
pastor
teaching
we
have
other
people
who
have
known
God's
truth
and
there
are
many
ways
of
passing
that
on
in
order
to
be
others
so
these
faithful
men
are
to
teach
others
and
they
must
also
teach
others
they
must
also
teach
others
and
so
it
goes
on
you
know
and
on
there
ought
to
be
this
continuity
in
terms
of
teaching
God's
word
and
doing
this
ministry
it's
not
always
easy
and
it
gives
an
example
of
the
soldier
you
know
suffering
soldier
is
suffering
service
you
don't
distract
it
by
civilian
places
it's
not
easy
to
be
in
ministry
and
to
be
able
to
raise
up
a
new
generation
of
preachers
it
gives
an
example
of
an
athlete
obedient
unfaithful
no
cheating
focus
on
the
finishing
line
that
is
a
challenge
the
farmer
the
hard
working
slogging
service
don't
be
lazy
and
impatient
as it
were
be
strong
in
the
Lord
and
trust
to
faithful
men
share
the
suffering
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
is
your
focus
be
strong
in
the
grace
of
the
Lord
and
when
that
goes
on
you
find
that
change
is
going
to
survive
you
know
there
was
a
very
strong
church
in
north
africa
where
there
was
augustine
and so
others
well
the
church
must
guard
against
hostages
for it
to
stand
the
generations
to
come
of