2 Tim. 2:23-26, Timothy: Convince! Rebuke!

Now, having corrected and convinced of sin, the sin must be rebuked.

·       Mt 8:26: Jesus rebuked the winds and waves and it was completely calm (Mk 4:39; Lk 8:24)

·       Mt 12:16: Jesus warned healed people not to tell who he was.

·       Mt 16:20: Jesus warns his disciples not to tell who he is. (Mk 8:30; Lk 9:21)

·       Mt 16:22: Peter rebuked the Lord, "This shall never happen!" (Mk 8:32). Wow!

·       Mt 17:18: Jesus rebuked the demon, it came out, boy healed. (Lk 9:42)

·       Mt 19:13: the disciples rebuked people who brought children to Jesus (Mk10:13; Lk 18:15).

·       Mt 20:31: the crowd rebuked blind men, to leave Jesus alone (Mk 10:48).

·       Mk 3:12: Jesus told demons not to tell who he was.

·       Mk 8:33: after Peter rebukes Jesus (v32) Jesus rebuked Peter.

·       Mk 9:25: Jesus rebuked demon; it came out as he commanded.

·       Lk 4:35,39,41: Jesus rebukes demon, the fever in Peter's mom-in-law, and demons again (not allowing them to speak).

·       Lk 9:55: Jesus rebukes James, John for wanting to call down fire from heaven.

·       Lk 17:3: if your brother sins, rebuke him.

·       Lk 19:39: Pharisees tell Jesus to rebuke disciples who are praising him.

·       Lk 23:40: criminal on cross rebukes the other.

·       2 Ti 4:2: correct, rebuke, encourage w/great patience, careful instruction

·       Jude 9: Michael says to Satan, "The Lord rebuke you!"

This term coincides well with Paul’s words to Timothy in 1 Tim. 4: “Command and teach.”  The rebuke is, of course, a command.  But then, join all this to 2 Tim. 2:24-26 where Paul encourages Timothy not to be rough but gentle and to teach what needs to be taught to give a basis for the command. (In v25 the NKJV “correcting” is actually the word for instructing as is appropriate for the situation.  In pastoral ministry the pastor is never the dictator.  As Peter said in 1 Peter 5:3, nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.  Jesus used this same “lords” word in Mt. 20:25 and Mk. 10:42 when calling for servant leadership and not as the Gentiles who “lord it over people.”  This correcting and reproving ministry might not be such a problem if we pastoral types were servants.