Sunday, 5/11/2025

A CAUGHT FAITH

2 Timothy 1:1–5 (CSB) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will, for the sake of the promise of life in Christ Jesus: 2 To Timothy, my dearly loved son. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day. 4 Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and now, I am convinced, is in you also.

2 Timothy 1:5 “I recall your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and now, I am convinced, is in you also.”

A caught faith is a genuine, lived out, and taught faith.

A CAUGHT FAITH IS A GENUINE FAITH.

The Greek word for “sincere” means “genuine, without hypocrisy”

A CAUGHT FAITH IS A GENUINE AND LIVED OUT FAITH.

“I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice…”

The word for “lived” is also translated as “dwelt.”

A Living faith is one that goes through life every day and seeks to know God, love him, and follow the Holy Spirit wherever he leads no matter the circumstances.

Acts 16:1 “Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timo

thy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek.

Families that don’t look ideal, can be faithful witnesses of Christ too.

They were genuine in their faith, and they lived out their faith daily. That’s all something we can do. 

A CAUGHT FAITH IS A GENUINE, LIVED OUT, AND TAUGHT FAITH.

2 Timothy 3:14–15 “But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.”

They taught him the Bible, and over time and because they did teach the Scriptures and lived their faith out, Timothy became convinced that it was true.

1 Corinthians 4:17 For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.

Jesus loved his mother. As he hung on the cross, he made sure to provide for her:

John 19:25–27 (CSB) Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

One of the last things Jesus did while hanging on the cross was to provide for his mother and to give her away. 

Jesus gave his mother away so that you and I could know the deep love, some might even call it the motherly love, of God

God loves us with compassion, mercy, tenderness, and care