Sunday, October 15, 2023

The Pastoral Letters to Church Leaders (1 & 2 Timothy, Titus) QUESTIONS

Apostasy in the Gentile Church

READ 1 Timothy 4:1-2, and 2 Timothy 3:1-6

What will happen in the last days?

Why will the last days be perilous?

What does it mean to have a form of godliness but deny the power of godliness?

 

READ 2 Timothy 4:3-4

What does it mean to not be able to endure sound doctrine?

What kind of teachers will these people want?

What are “itching ears”?

What kind of “lusts” would cause people to frequent teachers with itching ears – that will praise and comfort them falsely?

Why do they turn their ears away from the truth?

What is a fable?

 

READ 2 Timothy 3:7

How does one “ever learn” but never come to a “knowledge of the truth”?

What is the opposite of this problem – those who are “never learning but always able to come to a knowledge of the truth?”

 

 

Sound Doctrine

READ Titus 2:1, 1 Timothy 4:13-16 and Titus 1:9

What is “sound doctrine”?

How does one find “sound doctrine”?

What does teaching “sound doctrine” do?

 

2 Timothy 3:15-17 and D&C 68:4

What is scripture?

Why does God give us His words via the Holy Ghost, written down as scripture?

 

READ 1 Timothy 4:12

Why should “no man despise” Timothy’s youth?

 

 

Follow After Righteousness

READ 1 Timothy 6:11-12

How do you “follow after righteousness”?

 

READ 1 Timothy 6:7, 9-10

Why is wealth a temptation and snare?

Why is the love of money the “root” of ALL evil?

 

READ 2 Timothy 4:7-8

Does “fight a good fight” mean to win?

Why must we finish the course?

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