The Contemplation of Christ an Incentive to Comfort and Constancy
T. Croskery 2 Timothy 2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: Timothy was to think of Christ's victory for himself and for us as a ground of encouragement. I. CHRIST THE PERPETUAL OBJECT OF CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCE. "Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel." The two great facts that were to be ever present to Timothy's mind were the Incarnation and the Resurrection - the two miracles that stood, respectively, at the beginning and the end of his earthly history. The one would speak of the hopes of the race of man springing from the Saviour's assumption of our nature in the royal line of David; the other of the completeness of the redemption sealed by the resurrection from the dead. Timothy would be encouraged to bear his trials by the thought of Christ's victory over death. II. CHRIST THE PERPETUAL THEME OF THE GOSPEL. "According to my gospel." 1. These two facts are fundamental in the gospel. Take them away, there is no hope for man, no atonement, no blessed life hereafter. 2. These two facts needed to be taught in an age when false teachers denied a real incarnation, saying that the Saviour had a phantom body, and a real resurrection, because a bodily resurrection was not to be thought of, as matter, being essentially evil, could not attach to a Divine being. - T.C. Parallel Verses KJV: Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: WEB: Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Good News,