Text: Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness." (2 Timothy 2:19)
Intro:
I. Nevertheless…
Hymenaeus and Philetus
II. “firm”
III. “of God”
IV. First inscription: “The Lord knows those who are His.”
Paul’s situation
"But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.” (John 10:26-29)
V. Second inscription: “Everyone who names the Name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”
name the Name
Withdraw from wickedness
Application 1: Check your Foundation
Uncertainty
For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. (Romans 8:29-30)
Application 2: Check your Life
Bible
Church
2 Timothy 2:22
The Lord’s Day
Withdraw
2 Timothy 2:4, 14, 16, 23