Message from Scripture: 12/18/2021

 

Our message from Scripture today is 2 Tim. 2:8: “Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel.”

 

Memory has been defined as the faculty by which the mind stores and recalls information. While accurate, it seems somewhat cold and distant. Memory is more than just information, it’s the events of life, the knowledge of people, places, and events that have had an impact on our lives. It’s those things from our past that still can impact our present and future. It is tragic that, as we age, we can lose some of the most precious memories we’ve had. More tragic is we just count things unimportant and let their memory go.

 

When Paul wrote these words to Timothy, it wasn’t that Paul thought Timothy had forgotten who Jesus is, or what Jesus had done for us all. Paul wasn’t reminding Timothy that the Lord Jesus was raised from the dead, but that he needed to have that in his mind constantly, and what that knowledge brought with it, the change of life it meant, the hope it offers, the promise of His return, all revealed in the truths of the gospel.

 

We can remember all these things because the Holy Spirit inspired men to write God’s word for us, and we are blessed to have access to it, to set it in our minds and hearts. The remembrance of all this should make a difference in us. It’s not just facts and random sayings, but living truths that guide us out of sin to a sanctified life, a better life, an abundant life. Peter tells us, “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence” (2 Pet. 1:3).

 

Today, don’t forget what God has done for us in Christ, and who we are to be in Christ. In all you say and do, remember Jesus Christ as the reason for it all. God bless.

 

Robert