Fight the Good Fight Dear Christian - Strive Lawfully to Gain your Crown. Amen!

 

STRONGS NT 1991: ἐπιστηρίζω

ἐπιστηρίζω; 1 aorist ἐπεστηριξα; a later word; to establish besides, strengthen more; to render more firm, confirm: τινα, one's Christian faith, Acts 14:22; Acts 15:32, 41; Acts 18:23 

 

2 Timothy 2

King James Version

2 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

² 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.

³ Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

⁴ No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

⁵ And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

⁶ The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

⁷ Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

⁸ Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

⁹ Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

¹⁰ Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

¹¹ It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

¹² If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

¹³ If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

¹⁴ Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

¹⁵ Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

¹⁶ But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

¹⁷ And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

¹⁸ Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

¹⁹ Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

²⁰ But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

²¹ If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

²² Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

²³ But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

²⁴ And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

²⁵ In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

²⁶ And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

² For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

³ Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

⁴ Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

⁵ Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

⁶ For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

⁷ Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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 To strive unlawfully for lawful things is to be an ungenerated OR SEVERELY SOULICAL man trying to do good works for good causes without the authority of God's rightly divided Word.  See notes below on Rightly divided word of God and its meaning regarding LAWFUL STRIFE. 

 

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To strive lawfully for unlawful things is a saved person walking in GRACE with the Rightly divided word of Truth in the right Dispensation who is doing works without properly studying the applicable scripture.  I.E. NOT DOING THEIR PROPER HOMEWORK.

in other words:  "A carnal or soulical Christian who is lazy and NOT well studied. 

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and to strive lawfully:  Living Galatians 2:20 KJV Romans 8:2 KJV

GRACE vs WORKS

Works is doing anything without GRACE which is only in APPLICATION OF the scripture of the Dispensation of GRACE

To strive lawfully we must conduct all our business by the use and application of doctrine which is God's Word Rightly Divided. *  2 Timothy 2:15 KJV -

Please take the time to read 2 Timothy Chapter 2 in its entirety to gain a proper overview in context. 

* Dispensation = The word of God is divided in different times addressing different people for different purposes. However, many think this means chopping out Romans to Philemon for the Church only.  To rightly divide we must examine every scripture.

Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth is NOT of the HYPER Dividers

DOCTRINE MATTERS. Be a good BEREAN (thethirdheaventraveler.com)

Galatians 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” King James Version (KJV) 

 

Romans 8:2 King James Version

² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

 

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