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Demas · Compass Point

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  Hi, I'm Pete Smith. Today on Compass Point.
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  My friend Phil Coulson meditates on Demas.
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  Paul speaks of him three times. These three references to Demas
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  span a time period of five to seven years and indicate A
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  tragic decline in the enthusiasm and testimony of a dear brother
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  in Christ. Paul was a man of high standards
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  and to be described by him as my fellow labourer in Philemon One
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  verse 24 was an accolade indeed. However, the commendations that
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  Paul gave to others in his final greetings to the Colossians were
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  all absent when in chapter 4 verse 14, he simply mentioned
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  Demas. Before long, Demas turned his
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  back on Paul as we read in Two Timothy 410.
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  Demas has forsaken me and traded eternal reward for love of this
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  present world. How is our devotion and
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  commitment to the work of the Lord?