“Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit who dwells in us” (vv.13-14)
Paul is now getting on in years and he is thinking about the future and what it may hold for Timothy when he is gone. Here in his second letter to Timothy he exhorts him to; “cling to the sound words” (the apostle’s doctrine), which he had heard from Paul (an appointed preacher, apostle, and teacher), and “guard the good treasure” entrusted to him.
This exhortation no doubt comes from Paul’s concern of “false teachers”, who would twist and turn this doctrine to their own interpretations. Therefore, he challenges Timothy, with the help of the “Holy Spirit” to, keep the “good news” pure and incorrupt, free from all the adulterations and mixtures of men, safe and sound, that it be not snatched away from the churches by false teachers.
As believers in Christ, we have been given this same Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth. And, just like Timothy, we need to fight the good fight of the gospel, to defend it with truth, not allowing it to be snatched away by false teachings, but to “Guard the good treasure we have been given!”
The Truth: “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.” (John 14:26)
