• II Timothy 1:5 - Timothy’s faith came from the teaching of his mother and grandmother and from his own study. Like him, we must study to build our own faith.

• II Timothy 1:6 - Timothy had a spiritual gift he had received from Paul.

• I Timothy 4:14 - The gift was through the agency of Paul with the approval of the elders. Some point to these two verses as a contradiction in the Bible, but a study of the original wording clarifies the issue.

• II Timothy 1:8 - We are to be joyful if we must suffer for the gospel.

• II Timothy 1. This is not teaching that obedience is unnecessary as some claim. We must still be obedient, but we can’t be obedient enough to merit our own salvation. We must still rely on God’s grace.

• I Peter 1:20 - Our salvation was planned before creation of the world.

• II Timothy 1. Timothy was to hold fast to what he was taught and teach it to others.

• The book of Habakkuk is unique in that the prophet takes his concerns about Juday to God. This is the only book of prophecy in which this is true.

• God told Habakkuk that He would use the Chaldeans to punish Judah for their sin.

• Habakkuk 2: God pronounces five woes on the Chaldeans

• Habakkuk 2:6-8 - because of human bloodshed and violence to the land

• Habakkuk 2:9-11 - because they got evil gain for their house

• Habakkuk 2:12-14 - because they built a city with bloodshed

• Habakkuk 2:15-17 - because they made their neighbors drunk

• Habakkuk 2:18-19 - because of their idolatry

• Psalms 11:4 - The Lord is in His holy temple.

• Habakkuk 3: Habakkuk prays to God

• Habakkuk pleads for mercy from God in His wrath.

• II Timothy 1:16-17 - Paul offered a similar prayer on behalf of Onesiphorus

• Habakkuk 3:18-19 - Habakkuk rejoices in the Lord, even though disaster was coming.

• See Hebrews 13:6

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