How To Be Delivered From : 2 Timothy 2:26

[Behold]

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2 Tim 2:26


Reader,

Paul teaches that you can be deceived by the Devil if you are born again......>Not Possessed, but DECEIVED.

Heb 13:9, tells you that what the Devil does, is, He brings to you a FALSE THEOLOGY, that is most often a false Gospel, and its people who do this to you who are "professing christians".
Paul says they are ministers of the Devil. = 2 Corin 11:15.
'Jesus says they are a dark light.......Luke 11:35
They LIVE on a forum like this one, or inside a "christian commentary", or inside a UTUBE Video.
Reader, Christian, Saint.......the Devil is out to ruin your faith, and He does this by getting you caught up in a wrong faith, regarding ...

1.) How to be saved......and 2.) How to stay saved.

See those 2?
That is what the Devil is going to use against you, because if He can cause you to have wrong faith, then He has deceived you, and as Paul explains "you are taken by Him, at His will".

Now, the Devil's will for you, after you are saved.....is to ruin your faith.
See, if your faith is ruined, then God's Grace, and God instuctions, and even the abilty to understand the word of God, or hear from God is GONE........ITS LOST........ITs all hidden from you, because that is what Deception does to you, when your faith is wrong.
Your "spiritual ears" are turned off.

Now, if you've read some bible, then you read...where Paul tells us to "Put on the Helmet of Salvation".

Now what does a Helmet cover?
It covers your BRAIN........it covers your MIND.....so that the Devil cant get in there and lead you astray, and ruin your faith.

Understand.?

Now, many of you have a broken faith, and this was caused , usually, by you feeling guilty about something you've done wrong. And because you didnt understand your Salvation was Eternal, you began to try to stop doing whatever it is, thinking that you had to control it to stay saved... and you had some trouble there........so, you began to try to live right and try harder to STAY SAVED, and all that accomplished was to take you farther away from Real Faith in Christ alone to keep you saved.

Reader, real faith, gives JESUS THE SAVIOR... all the credit due Him alone, for saving you, and keeping you saved.
That's Real Faith in Christ, and anything else is zero faith in Christ.
Broken faith.

See, the DEVIL does not want you to believe that Jesus keeps you saved, becaue if you dont, then you will try to keep yourself saved and that can't be done, and all you will get is more confused and more deceived.
So.... right there, is where you went wrong in the past.
Listen, ... you are not in charge of staying saved..., and because you dont know this , your faith was ruined.

Now what is the "Helmet of Salvation?
Its RIGHT FAITH.
And what happens if you dont have right faith?
You have taken off the Helmet of Salvation, and now your mind is unprotected, and in comes the Devil with someone, and they are going to mislead you into trying to keep yourself saved.
For example on this forum 1stCenturyLady will happily teach you the LIE that you can lose your salvation, and they will have you trying to perform for God, to try to stay saved,
Even worse are those that will tell you to try to be saved again.....
And once all that is your broken faith.....and its wrong faith... then you wont be able to get your Discipleship back on track as God would have it for you.... until you get the revelation that is Right Faith, and that has to become Yours.

What is Right Faith?......Its simply to understand and believe that Jesus who saved you, when you were a sinner, before you ever kept a commandment or were water baptized or tried to "live right"......is still keeping you saved, forever with His BLOOD Atonement.
How?
By His Shed Blood and Death, that God has accepted on your behalf, for eternity, ONLY because you once gave God your Faith in Christ, and God accepted it FOREVER.
God then eternally washed your sin in the BLOOD of Jesus and gave your spirit the 'new birth".. = born again....and seated you in "heavely places, In Christ".......and you remain there, right now, even with your broken faith.
But down here, your mind is troubled, you are trying to stay saved, and that produces no peace with God, as the fruit of that deception.

So, lets turn it all around and get you back on the right track......that is RIGHT FAITH.

SAINT ...= You have to let go of trying to stay saved, and embrace the eternal reality that God who saved you, through Christ's Blood, will be faithtul to complete your Salvation... Philippians 1:6.....and that is not you trying to do it for Him.
That is God's Gift of Salvation, and Gift of Righteousness, and Gift of Eternal Life, completing your salvation.

You are now found HERE.......forever........= (KJV only) 1 Corin 1:30

Now listen, there is no need for you to come to me with your gospel of works and commandment keeping and Moses Law, to try to falsely prove all that you believe you have to do, to try to keep yourself saved.
I already know your faith is broken, and i know who caused it to become ruined. And all im trying to do for you, is get you back on Track, so that your faith is restored so that you BELIEVE in Christ Alone to KEEP YOU SAVED. And once you BELIEVE THIS, vs trying to do that for yourself...then you have put on the Helmet of Salvation , and if you will keep it on, then the Devil can't deceive you again and ruin your faith anymore.

Last edited: Today at 6:24 AM

 

[faithhopecharity]

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2 Tim 2:26


Reader,

Paul teaches that you can be deceived by the Devil if you are born again......>Not Possessed, but DECEIVED.

Heb 13:9, tells you that what the Devil does, is, He brings to you a FALSE THEOLOGY, that is most often a false Gospel, and its people who do this to you who are "professing christians".
Paul says they are ministers of the Devil. = 2 Corin 11:15.
'Jesus says they are a dark light.......Luke 11:35
They LIVE on a forum like this one, or inside a "christian commentary", or inside a UTUBE Video.
Reader, Christian, Saint.......the Devil is out to ruin your faith, and He does this by getting you caught up in a wrong faith, regarding ...

1.) How to be saved......and 2.) How to stay saved.

See those 2?
That is what the Devil is going to use against you, because if He can cause you to have wrong faith, then He has deceived you, and as Paul explains "you are taken by Him, at His will".

Now, the Devil's will for you, after you are saved.....is to ruin your faith.
See, if your faith is ruined, then God's Grace, and God instuctions, and even the abilty to understand the word of God, or hear from God is GONE........ITS LOST........ITs all hidden from you, because that is what Deception does to you, when your faith is wrong.
Your "spiritual ears" are turned off.

Now, if you've read some bible, then you read...where Paul tells us to "Put on the Helmet of Salvation".

Now what does a Helmet cover?
It covers your BRAIN........it covers your MIND.....so that the Devil cant get in there and lead you astray, and ruin your faith.

Understand.?

Now, many of you have a broken faith, and this was caused , usually, by you feeling guilty about something you've done wrong. And because you didnt understand your Salvation was Eternal, you began to try to stop doing whatever it is, thinking that you had to control it to stay saved... and you had some trouble there........so, you began to try to live right and try harder to STAY SAVED, and all that accomplished was to take you farther away from Real Faith in Christ alone to keep you saved.

Reader, real faith, gives JESUS THE SAVIOR... all the credit due Him alone, for saving you, and keeping you saved.
That's Real Faith in Christ, and anything else is zero faith in Christ.
Broken faith.

See, the DEVIL does not want you to believe that Jesus keeps you saved, becaue if you dont, then you will try to keep yourself saved and that can't be done, and all you will get is more confused and more deceived.
So.... right there, is where you went wrong in the past.
Listen, ... you are not in charge of staying saved..., and because you dont know this , your faith was ruined.

Now what is the "Helmet of Salvation?
Its RIGHT FAITH.
And what happens if you dont have right faith?
You have taken off the Helmet of Salvation, and now your mind is unprotected, and in comes the Devil with someone, and they are going to mislead you into trying to keep yourself saved.
For example on this forum 1stCenturyLady will happily teach you the LIE that you can lose your salvation, and they will have you trying to perform for God, to try to stay saved,
Even worse are those that will tell you to try to be saved again.....
And once all that is your broken faith.....and its wrong faith... then you wont be able to get your Discipleship back on track as God would have it for you.... until you get the revelation that is Right Faith, and that has to become Yours.

What is Right Faith?......Its simply to understand and believe that Jesus who saved you, when you were a sinner, before you ever kept a commandment or were water baptized or tried to "live right"......is still keeping you saved, forever with His BLOOD Atonement.
How?
By His Shed Blood and Death, that God has accepted on your behalf, for eternity, ONLY because you once gave God your Faith in Christ, and God accepted it FOREVER.
God then eternally washed your sin in the BLOOD of Jesus and gave your spirit the 'new birth".. = born again....and seated you in "heavely places, In Christ".......and you remain there, right now, even with your broken faith.
But down here, your mind is troubled, you are trying to stay saved, and that produces no peace with God, as the fruit of that deception.

So, lets turn it all around and get you back on the right track......that is RIGHT FAITH.

SAINT ...= You have to let go of trying to stay saved, and embrace the eternal reality that God who saved you, through Christ's Blood, will be faithtul to complete your Salvation... Philippians 1:6.....and that is not you trying to do it for Him.
That is God's Gift of Salvation, and Gift of Righteousness, and Gift of Eternal Life, completing your salvation.

You are now found HERE.......forever........= (KJV only) 1 Corin 1:30

Now listen, there is no need for you to come to me with your gospel of works and commandment keeping and Moses Law, to try to falsely prove all that you believe you have to do, to try to keep yourself saved.
I already know your faith is broken, and i know who caused it to become ruined. And all im trying to do for you, is get you back on Track, so that your faith is restored so that you BELIEVE in Christ Alone to KEEP YOU SAVED. And once you BELIEVE THIS, vs trying to do that for yourself...then you have put on the Helmet of Salvation , and if you will keep it on, then the Devil can't deceive you again and ruin your faith anymore.

Last edited: Today at 6:24 AM

everything is just faith, no obedience?

read it all

2 tim 2:19-26

19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

depart from iniquity!

James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

mt 26:41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.


mt 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

mt 7:14
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Jn 15:1-6

1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

mt 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Luke 9:23
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

heb 12:4
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.

phil 1:29
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

1 Peter 4:1
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in theflesh hath ceased from sin;

thks

 

[Behold]

everything is just faith, no obedience?

The obedience happens (discipleship) after you are saved.......as there is no obedience that an unsaved sinner can perform that God will accept. Nor is there any obedience that you can perform after you are saved that keeps you saved.
Obedience is what you do, after you have received from God "the GIFT of Salvation".
So......after the sinner is Saved, their obedience is stil not their Salvation.....its only their SERVICE...", and this is discipleship, and that is not Salvation.........its just SERVICE.
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Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. New Living Translation And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. English Standard Version I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Berean Standard Bible Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Berean Literal Bible Therefore I exhort you?, brothers, through the compassions of God, to present your? bodies as a living sacrifice, holy to God, well-pleasing, which is your? reasonable service. King James Bible I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. New King James Version I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. New American Standard Bible Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. NASB 1995 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. NASB 1977 I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Amplified Bible Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship. Berean Annotated Bible Therefore I urge you?, brothers (and sisters), on account of God’s {Theou} mercy, to offer your? bodies as living sacrifices, holy (set apart) and pleasing to God {The?}, which is your? spiritual service of worship (your reasonable service). Christian Standard Bible Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.

 

[David Lamb]

Why would any Christian wish to be delivered from 2 Timothy 2:26? Here is that verse, in the context of the two previous verses:

(2Ti 2:24 NKJV) And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
(2Ti 2:25) in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
(2Ti 2:26) and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

"Those who are in opposition" (v25) surely refers to unbelievers, those who, as verse 25 implies, have not been granted repentance, and who do not know the truth.

 

[Behold]

Why would any Christian wish to be delivered from 2 Timothy 2:26? Here is that verse, in the context of the two previous verses:

(2Ti 2:24 NKJV) And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
(2Ti 2:25) in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
(2Ti 2:26) and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

"Those who are in opposition" (v25) surely refers to unbelievers, those who, as verse 25 implies, have not been granted repentance, and who do not know the truth.

Titus is not written to unbelievers..
Notice vs 2........the context is "faithful men".......which is a Christian.

So, what Paul is teaching here is This.......>>"fallen from Grace", and how to help a Christian who is fallen from Grace......to recover themselves.

How do you fall from Grace?

Hebrews 13:9 (KJV) you are deceived by someone who is teaching a false theology/doctrine that you BELIEVED is TRUTH.

So, Paul is teaching Timothy and all real believers, that this deceived Christian can hopefully be recovered back to right faith......= delivered from the Devil's deception, that Paul teaches in Galatians as being "bewitched"...(KJV). Gal 3:1

And here is the sad part.....its possible that you can't help a deceived Christian be restored out of a theological mental stronghold that has trapped their mind.
I can tell you that no one online on Forums pushes deceived Christians back towards the Light with more force, then i do.
Thats a fact.
I push them HARD.......and they BITE BACK...........and sometimes they are recovered, but most of the time, they just dig in deeper and grow more hardened within their mental stronghold.
And you find these people on forums like this one trying to prove that you can lose your salvation, which is teaching the lie that Jesus does not keep you saved.
So, what we do on forums like this one is suffer them , because they are allowed to keep misrepresenting and denying God's Grace.

But out in the real world, where they can't hide and teach lies behind a keybord and an "alt"....we find that Real Christianity does not put up with them, and does not allow them to remain in the Congregation. This is Titus 3:10....
But on a forum, where the Mods generally try to create it as Facebook with the word "Christian" in the Title, .. the redeemed if they are going to use a forum, will have to wade through the religious sewer that is made up of all the deceived people who are either not really saved and want to teach, or they are completely deceived and want to teach.
This is what makes a "christian" forum like this one....a dangerous place to visit or hang out, if you are a baby Christian, as those who dont understand God's Salvation or dont have it are allowed to park and preach, endlessly, = which has the great potential to forever ruin the faith of a New Christian or any Christian.

 

[David Lamb]

Titus is not written to unbelievers..
Notice vs 2........the context is "faithful men".......which is a Christian.

I thought we were talking about 2 Timothy, not Titus. 1 and 2 Timothy are of course written to a believer, Timothy, but the subject of Chapter 2:25-26 is false teachers, who haven't been granted repentance and do not know the truth.

So, what Paul is teaching here is This.......>>"fallen from Grace", and how to help a Christian who is fallen from Grace......to recover themselves.

How do you fall from Grace?

But 2 Timothy 2 is not about believers who have backslidden, or fallen from grace. As I say, Paul explains that he is writing about people who haven't been granted repentance and don't know the truth, not people who once repented, and knew the truth but have since fallen from those things.

Hebrews 13:9 (KJV) you are deceived by someone who is teaching a false theology/doctrine that you BELIEVED is TRUTH.

So, Paul is teaching Timothy and all real believers, that this deceived Christian can hopefully be recovered back to right faith......= delivered from the Devil's deception, that Paul teaches in Galatians as being "bewitched"...(KJV). Gal 3:1

And here is the sad part.....its possible that you can't help a deceived Christian be restored out of a theological mental stronghold that has trapped their mind.
I can tell you that no one online on Forums pushes deceived Christians back towards the Light with more force, then i do.
Thats a fact.
I push them HARD.......and they BITE BACK...........and sometimes they are recovered, but most of the time, they just dig in deeper and grow more hardened within their mental stronghold.
And you find these people on forums like this one trying to prove that you can lose your salvation, which is teaching the lie that Jesus does not keep you saved.
So, what we do on forums like this one is suffer them , because they are allowed to keep misrepresenting and denying God's Grace.

But out in the real world, where they can't hide and teach lies behind a keybord and an "alt"....we find that Real Christianity does not put up with them, and does not allow them to remain in the Congregation. This is Titus 3:10....
But on a forum, where the Mods generally try to create it as Facebook with the word "Christian" in the Title, .. the redeemed if they are going to use a forum, will have to wade through the religious sewer that is made up of all the deceived people who are either not really saved and want to teach, or they are completely deceived and want to teach.
This is what makes a "christian" forum like this one....a dangerous place to visit or hang out, if you are a baby Christian, as those who dont understand God's Salvation or dont have it are allowed to park and preach, endlessly, = which has the great potential to forever ruin the faith of a New Christian or any Christian.

I agree that Christians should do all they can by praying and talking to the people concerned, to seek to restore backslidden Christians.

 

[Behold]

I thought we were talking about 2 Timothy, not Titus. 1 and 2 Timothy are of course written to a believer, Timothy, but the subject of Chapter 2:25-26 is false teachers, who haven't been granted repentance and do not know the truth.

The Bible, the NT, is devised by the Holy Spirit as a CIRCLE Revelation........its not written to be understood in a linear fashion, or by a carnal mind.
Its not a dictionary, and you can't just read it like its a NOVEL........as its a Spiritual Book that has to be revealed to you by the HS.
This is why when you are learning the Bible, (learning Paul's Doctrine) being led of the HS... you'll find a verse in one part of the NT that pops out for you...as its revealed to you, and you are ENLIGHTENED by the Light of the Holy Spirit...., and as you study more over time, you'll find a connecting verse in some other place.....that does the same thing again for you.
As you study God connects the verses and they become Revelation and En-Lightenment.

So, as we "study to show ourselves approved to God".... what happens is......God reveals a verse, then in some other place in the NT or OT< He connects it to the previous verse you have discerned, so that you get more revelation.
THat is how the HS teaches. Its sort of a "one brick at a time as we build the foundation".... and the bricks are not in the same place. They are discovered as you study.......and this way, you end up over time, learning about all the bricks, which means the entire NT begins to fit together, as a TOTAL revelation.

And here is a revelation for you.........the Entire Bible is about RIGHTEOUSNESS........how to get it.

Now looking again at your verses....

Notice that Paul is talking about RESTORING someone who is DECEIVED.
This means they HAD THE TRUTH, and have been deceived out of it... "they have fallen from Grace", and need to be RESTORED back to where they were, before they became deceived, if possible.

Whereas an UNBELIEVER who is not a Christian, has nothing they lost that needs to be restored......as they have not yet received anything from God, in the way of revelation knowledge . They are simply a lost sinner needing to be saved.
A sinner is not being restored, they are being REDEEMED for the 1st time........whereas a Believer who has become deceived, needs to be = restored to the understanding that they had before they became deceived and lost it.

What we do is lead the deceived believer back to the Light, that is their restoration, and we lead a LOST SINNER to The Cross so that they may find God's Salvation and become forgiven and born again.