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Memorize a Verse

  • Read the verse several times to get the meaning.
  • Start with the topic and reference, "Assurance of Salvation, John 5:24," and say it several times with the first phrase of the verse.
  • Then when you can say that by heart, add the next phrase, and say the topic and reference together with both phrases.
  • Continue phrase by phrase until you can say the entire verse from memory.
  • Then each time you review the verse, state the topic, the reference, the verse, and the reference again at the end.
  • By repeating the reference before and after the verse, it helps you remember the location of it in the Bible.

The key to successful Scripture memory is daily review. Review the verse every day until it becomes part of you. Carry cards with you so that they are handy for use during your spare time. Scripture memory can become a lifetime habit that will give you blessing and strength as you learn to apply the verses to your life.
 

Timothy Training: Lesson Four
 

The Timothy Principle
 

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The Timothy Principle

God wants every Christian to be fruitful. Jesus says, "I have chosen you...to go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain..." (John 15:16). A fruit tree bears fruit and each fruit has a seed to reproduce itself. You as a Christian should reproduce by helping to bring souls to Jesus. These new Christians should grow and mature so that they in turn can bring others to Christ. This is your duty. This is your destiny. Your life becomes fruitful when you bring others to Christ. They then in turn will reach others.

This principle is set forth in Paul's instructions to Timothy. We call it "The Timothy Principle." Paul states, "And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men who shall be able to teach others also" (2Timothy 2:2). There it is. Paul tells his spiritual son to pass on the instructions he has received to "Faithful men." These men in turn will be able to teach others.

God's first commandment to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden was "To be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28). God made everything to produce after its kind. Adam and Eve produced children after their likeness. Everything in this world that lives--trees, animals, people--must reproduce or die out. God said the seed of reproduction is within. It was placed there by God.

The principle of fruit bearing was also taught by Jesus to His disciples. Every branch in Christ should bear fruit (John 15:5). Every child of God should become a fruitful disciple, and in turn produce other fruitful disciples. "Yes," you may say, "I want to become a fruitful disciple. Where do I begin?" You begin by becoming a true disciple. Jesus tells us that the branch can only be fruitful as it is vitally linked to the vine. The life that produces fruit comes from the trunk to the branches or from the root to the vine. Every Christian must be vitally linked to Jesus Christ. Jesus says, "Abide in Me" (John 15:4).

"How do I abide in Jesus?" A study of John 15 will show us. First, His words are to abide in us. The Word of God needs to be in our hearts and minds. In previous lessons you learned various methods to get a firm and vital grasp on the Word of God.

Second, we abide in Christ through faithful prayer. Jesus says, "If ye abide in Me and My Words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you" (John 15:7). Third, we abide in Him as we keep His commandments (John 15:10).

Those who faithfully abide in Him will bring forth the fruit of reaching other lives who are true to Jesus (John 15:16). There it is! A true disciple is one who abides through the Word, Prayer and Obedience. Then there will be the fruit of bringing others who will in turn follow Jesus. They will also bear fruit.

(Sound familiar? Look again at the Wheel Illustration!)

You now have all the tools you need to be a fruitful disciple. All that remains is to bring a friend to Jesus and lead him into a mature relationship with Jesus. He then will be able to bring others to Christ.
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  1. What was the first thing God told Adam and Eve to do? (Genesis 1:28)


  2. God created man and woman equally by a separate act of creation.  In what form were they created? (Genesis 1:26,27)


  3. Apple trees will always produce apples.  Dogs reproduce puppies. Cats reproduce kittens. There can be no evolution of species. Why? (Genesis 1:11)


  4. What kind of tree will bring forth good fruit? (Matthew 7:17,18)


  5. What kind of Christian will bear fruit? (John 15:4)


  6. List four ways to abide in Christ:
    (a) John 15:7

    (b) John 15:7

    (c) John 15:10

    (d) John 15:16


  7. To what kind of people should Timothy pass on the instruction he had received from Paul? (2Timothy 2:2)


  8. What should these people do? (2Timothy 2:2)


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The Next Step...
  • Memorize 2 Timothy 2:2 & John 15:16

Timothy Principle

2 Timothy 2:2 (NIV)

And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.

2 Timothy 2:2

Timothy Principle

John 15:16 (NIV)

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

John 15:16

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