Dynamic Deposits (1 & 2 Timothy)

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Chapter 2: Dynamic Investments
(1 Tim. 1:11, 1:18, 6:20; 2 Tim. 1:12, 1:14, 2:2)

I. The word “deposit/invest/commit” and its uses elsewhere
- Associated with food/feeding: Mk. 6:41, 8:6-7, Lk. 10:8, 11:6, Ac. 16:34, 1 Cor. 10:27
- Associated with death/dying: Lk. 23:46
- Associated with dedication to God: Ac. 20:32, 1 Pet. 4:19
- Associated with teaching others: Matt. 13:24

II. The salvation investment (1:12)
- Paul’s investment of his life into Christ’s hands—surrender to Him (“committed”), dependence on Him (“believed”), relationship with Him (“know”)
- God guards this investment from satan (Jn. 10:27-30)
-God expects returns from this investment

III. The stewardship investment (1:11)
- God invested His gospel into Paul’s hands—made him a steward, responsible to protect and multiply to treasure of the gospel invested in him

IV. The strategy investment (1:18, 6:20, 1:14)
- Paul invested the life and gospel of Christ into Timothy—Timothy is now responsible to protect and multiply the treasure

V. The succession investment (2:2)
- Timothy instructed to invest in other disciple makers; had to be a teacher, not just a learner
- “invest/deposit” is the only command in 2:2
- “OTHERS ALSO” (4th generation) is the major emphasis of 2:2—no success without successors
- Good examples: Abraham’s descendants always mentioned when the promise to him is mentioned, Moses needing Joshua to finish his task, Jesus sending the Holy Spirit to carry on His work
- Bad examples: Israel’s decline due to Joshua’s lacking a successor & Saul’s opposition to his successor
- “Paul AND … (Timothy, etc)”—disciple maker, relational connection, & reproducing disciple. Who follows your “and”? Have they become your equal? (1 Thess. 1:1 “and…and”)
- “The wise man is the man who plants a tree under whose shade he knows full well he himself will never sit” Stanley Jones