Is it Supposed to be This Hard?

2 Ti 2: 3-13

Pastor Rick Hum

A. Three-fold admonition Regarding Trials

1. Serve U___________ as a s_________ (vv 3b – 4)

2. C________ as an At________ :v5

3. Work D__________ as a F_________ v. 2:6

-- 1Co 2:14 -

B. Right will win out (vv. 8 – 10)

1. Jesus was R ___________

2. 2. God’s Word not S__________

· 2 Ti 3:15-17

· Heb 4:12

· Isa 55:11

3. There is P_______ in S_________ (not for naught)

· Eph 1:4

· 2 Thes 1:14

· Deut 7:7

C. Final Illustration of Certainty of God’s plan (vv. 11-13)

· Mt 10:33

In Summary

· In Fallen World L______ N____ E_______

· Trials are not without P__________

· God still Sovereignly I__ C_______

· He W____!

*6^th in the series on 2 Timothy: “Passing it On”