• Paul’s last letter ever written
and 20% of the letter
focusses on the importance
of The Word of God
• That is 17 out of 83 versus
deal directly with The Word
of God
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The Protection of the Word 1:13
The Passing on of the Word 2:2
The Pursuit of the Word 2:15
The Presenting of the Word 2:24-25
The Passiveness of those in the Word 3:7
The Personal effects of the Word 3:14-17
The Preaching of the Word 4:2-3
• The Passion for the Word 4:13
(2Ti 4:9-13) Do thy diligence to come
shortly unto me: For Demas hath forsaken
me, having loved this present world, and is
departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to
Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke is
with me. Take Mark, and bring him with
thee: for he is profitable to me for the
ministry. And Tychicus have I sent to
Ephesus. The cloke that I left at Troas with
Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee,
and the books, but especially the
parchments.
I. His desire to see his comrades
(2Ti 4:9-12) Do thy diligence to
come shortly unto me: For Demas
hath forsaken me, having loved this
present world, and is departed unto
Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia,
Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke is
with me. Take Mark, and bring him
with thee: for he is profitable to me for
the ministry. And Tychicus have I
sent to Ephesus.
(1Jn 4:7-8) Beloved, let us love one
another: for love is of God; and
every one that loveth is born of God,
and knoweth God. He that loveth
not knoweth not God; for God is
love.
(Joh 13:34) A new commandment I give
unto you, That ye love one another; as I
have loved you, that ye also love one
another.
(Joh 13:35) By this shall all men know
that ye are my disciples, if ye have love
one to another.
(1Jn 3:16) Hereby perceive we
the love of God, because he laid
down his life for us: and we
ought to lay down our lives for
the brethren.
I. His desire to see his comrades
II. His desire to receive his clothes
(2Ti 4:13) The cloke that I left
at Troas with Carpus, when
thou comest, bring with thee,
and the books, but especially
the parchments.
A. It show the state that
the apostle is in
• We learn where he is on
a finical standpoint
• We learn how utterly
forsaken the apostle was
by his friends.
• We learn that the Bible
heroes are on the same
level ground as us
A. It show the state that
the apostle is in
B. It shows
I. His desire to see his comrades
II. His desire to receive his clothes
III. His desire to receive his copy of
the Word
(2Ti 4:13) The cloke that I left
at Troas with Carpus, when
thou comest, bring with thee,
and the books, but especially
the parchments.
A. Its speaks volumes to
his need for Study
• At this time he gas been preaching for
about 30 years
• He speaks multiple languages
• He sat at the feet of Gamaliel
• Was a known world traveler
• Has written most of the New testament
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YET HE STILL WANTS BOOKS
(Act 9:3-6) And as he journeyed, he came near
Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about
him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and
heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou,
Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou
persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the
pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord,
what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto
him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee
what thou must do.
(2Co 12:2) I knew a man in Christ
above fourteen years ago, (whether in
the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of
the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
such an one caught up to the third
heaven.
(Act 20:9-10) And there sat in a window a
certain young man named Eutychus, being
fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long
preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell
down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
And Paul went down, and fell on him, and
embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for
his life is in him.
A. Its speaks volumes to
his need for Study
B. Its speaks volumes to
his love of Scripture
(2Ti 4:13) The cloke that I left
at Troas with Carpus, when
thou comest, bring with thee,
and the books, but especially
the parchments.
(Psa 138:2) I will worship toward
thy holy temple, and praise thy
name for thy lovingkindness and for
thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy
word above all thy name.
(Rev 3:7) And to the angel of the
church in Philadelphia write; These
things saith he that is holy, he that is
true, he that hath the key of David, he
that openeth, and no man shutteth; and
shutteth, and no man openeth;
Isaiah
22:22
And the key of the
house of David will I
lay upon his
shoulder; so he shall
open, and none shall
shut; and he shall
shut, and none shall
open.
(1Sa 13:14) But now thy
kingdom shall not continue:
the LORD hath sought him a
man after his own heart,
and the LORD hath
commanded him to be
captain over his people,
because thou hast not kept
that which the LORD
commanded thee.
• You can only find 2 times where David said he
“loved the Lord) (Ps. 18:1; 116:1)
• You can find in Psalms 119 which is the heart of
the Bible and longest chapter in the Bible, 11
times where David says “I love thy word”. 174 out
of 176 versus directly mention the Word of God
(Psa 119:97) O how love I thy law! it is my
meditation all the day.
(Psa 119:113) I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I
love.
(Psa 119:163) I hate and abhor lying: but thy law
do I love.
(Psa 119:165) Great peace have they which love
thy law: and nothing shall offend them.