2 Timothy 4:1-4
Teaching is a subset of Shepherding – Matthew 28:16-20, 2 Timothy 2:2, 3:16-17
Four Points that Characterize Pastoral Preaching
1. The Weighty Accountability of Pastoral Preaching – Vs. 1
. A. A solemn charge
. B. In the presence of God
. C. In light of Christ’s judgment
. . 2 Corinthians 5:10, James 3:1, Hebrews 13:17
2. The Simple Mandate of Pastoral Preaching – Vs. 2a
. False Teachers – 2 Timothy 3:5–7, 13
. Combat them – 2 Timothy 3:14-17
3. The Practical Exercise of Pastoral Peaching – Vs. 2b-c
. . Colossians 1:28
4. The Consistent Opposition to Pastoral Preaching – Vv. 3-4
. . Timothy’s church in Ephesus – Revelation 2:1-7
. . Jeremiah 5:30-31