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Church leaders, especially those in Pastoral positions have a clear duty to give more than a Sunday declaration of encouragement. Many churches today look more and more like HS pep rallies. These leaders must guard themselves and the flock against the influence of any and all unbiblical worldviews. They must PREACH the uncompromised Word of God and not shy away from the hard biblical text.

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Take heed … unto yourselves. Elders must watch their life and doctrine carefully, for they influence many (1 Tim. 4:16). the Holy Ghost hath made you. Though people appoint elders, the Holy Spirit rules over this process when it is conducted by prayer and the Word. overseers. Sometimes translated “bishop” (Phil. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3:2; Titus 1:7; 1 Peter 2:25), a title communicating the authority of elders that is delegated to them by God. feed. Pastor, care for the flock as a shepherd (Eph. 4:11; 1 Peter 5:2). which he hath purchased with his own blood. God in His divine nature does not have blood and cannot die (John 4:24; 1 Tim. 1:17). However, God the Son took upon Himself a human nature so that He might bleed and die to redeem sinners (Phil 2:6–8).

Joel R. Beeke, Michael P. V. Barrett, and Gerald M. Bilkes, eds., The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014), 1594.

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Preach—literally, “proclaim as a herald.” The term for the discourses in the synagogue was daraschoth; the corresponding Greek term (implying dialectial style, dialogue, and discussion, Ac 17:2, 18) is applied in Acts to discourses in the Christian Church. JUSTIN MARTYR [Apology, 2], describes the order of public worship, “On Sunday all meet and the writings of the apostles and prophets are read; then the president delivers a discourse; after this all stand up and pray; then there is offered bread and wine and water; the president likewise prays and gives thanks, and the people solemnly assent, saying, Amen.” The bishops and presbyters had the right and duty to preach, but they sometimes called on deacons, and even laymen, to preach. EUSEBIUS [Ecclesiastical History, 6.19]; in this the Church imitated the synagogue (Lu 4:17–22; Ac 13:15, 16).

be instant—that is, urgent, earnest, in the whole work of the ministry.

in season, out of season—that is, at all seasons; whether they regard your speaking as seasonable or unseasonable. “Just as the fountains, though none may draw from them, still flow on; and the rivers, though none drink of them, still run; so must we do all on our part in speaking, though none give heed to us” [CHRYSOSTOM, Homily, 30, vol. 5., p. 221]. I think with CHRYSOSTOM, there is included also the idea of times whether seasonable or unseasonable to Timothy himself; not merely when convenient, but when inconvenient to thee, night as well as day (Ac 20:31), in danger as well as in safety, in prison and when doomed to death as well as when at large, not only in church, but everywhere and on all occasions, whenever and wherever the Lord’s work requires it.

reprove—“convict,” “confute.”

with, —Greek, “IN (the element in which the exhortation ought to have place) all long-suffering (2 Ti 2:24, 25; 3:10) and teaching”; compare 2 Ti 2:24, “apt to teach.” The Greek for “doctrine” here is didache, but in 2 Ti 3:16, didascalia. “Didascalia” is what one receives; “didache” is what is communicated [TITTMANN].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, and David Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, vol. 2 (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997), 428.

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