Good Sunday Morning!

1. Questions – Who was the best teacher you ever had? If you left home without anything, what would be the first thing you’d ask someone to send to you? What would the temptation to tell people what they want to hear (rather than what they need to hear) be especially strong in Timothy’s situation? Instead, what is Timothy supposed to do?

2. Thought from 2 Timothy 4:1-5. In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct; rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. (From the Serendipity Bible)

“Again, there is no liberty, if the judiciary power be not separated from the legislative and executive. Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control, for the judge would then be the legislator. Were it joined to the executive power, the judge might behave with violence and oppression.” (Montesquieu – middle 1700s)