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2 Timothy chapter 4 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Second Timothy chapter 4 Let us pray our Father, our Lord, our
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  everything. We thank you God for another
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  day. We thank you for who you are.
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  Father, I pray healing from on high.
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  Lord, I pray that you'll heal our broken bodies.
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  God, I pray that you'll put parents back together.
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  God, I pray for the children. Father, I pray that you'll heal
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  families. Lord, I pray that you'll heal
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  childhood diseases. Lord, I pray that you'll cause
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  Alzheimer's and dementia to fall off.
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  God, I pray that you will regrow limbs.
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  God, I pray for heart disease to be healed in the name of Jesus.
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  I pray against epilepsy. God, I pray that you'll give us
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  sound minds and sound bodies. Lord, I pray for the children
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  that are in school. God, I pray against the doctrine
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  of demons. Lord, I pray God for righteous
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  judges and righteous leaders to rise up in this hour.
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  God, I pray against the schemes of the enemy.
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  Lord, in the name of Jesus, bind the enemy from off of us.
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  God, I pray for a hedge of protection around our house, a
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  hedge of protection around our families.
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  God, I pray that we'll be the high priest of the home.
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  I pray, Lord, that you'll be well pleased with the reading of
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  your Scripture today, Lord. I pray that you'll help us to
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  know what to do and when to do it and how to do it.
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  It's all about you, King Jesus. It's always been about you, King
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  Jesus. It'll always be about you, King
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  Jesus. I decrease as you increase.
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  Holy Spirit, give us direction and discernment.
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  Holy Spirit, help us. It's all about you, Lord.
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  Thank you, Maranatha. The Spirit and the bride says,
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  come, we worship you today in spirit and truth, and it's in
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  Jesus Christ, holy and precious name that I pray, Amen.
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  Well, let's start in verse one. I charge you, therefore before
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  God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and
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  the dead as his appearing and his Kingdom.
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  So you need to understand that Paul here had a full insight of
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  the millennial reign of Jesus Christ and Armageddon and the
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  rapture of the church. And he's writing to Timothy as
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  if he already knew. And he's letting us know by way
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  of what to expect. Evil will be dealt with, God
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  will not be mocked, and His word never returns void.
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  And we need to understand the evil can have its heyday, but it
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  does not change the facts that it will be dealt with.
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  And God is a just God. And we're not going to be able
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  to stand before God one day and say, I didn't know.
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  We're not going to be able to stand before God one day and
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  give them our pedigree of all the things that we did for
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  people. We're not going to be able to
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  stand before God one day and call him into the courtroom and
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  tell him that we are moral and that we are good people.
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  It just does not work that way. Evil will be dealt with, whether
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  it is on the grand scheme or whether it is the evil of
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  blaspheming the work of the Holy Spirit while He's drawing you,
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  while God draws you to Himself. Friends, you need to understand
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  that and hear all of evil. All wants Timothy to know and
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  God wants us to know that all of evil will be done away with
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  before we enter into glory and eternity into the new Jerusalem
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  and the new heaven and the new earth.
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  Friends, to preach the Word, be instant in season and out of
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  season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and
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  doctrine. So whether you feel like it or
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  not, whether it's popular or whether it is not, we all are
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  called to be the preachers and the teachers.
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  It is not just for the learned man.
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  This is for the fishermen and the tax collectors.
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  Friends, we cannot just farm out our doctrine and theology to
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  those who have a plaque on the wall.
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  It does not work that way. We need to be rooted and
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  grounded in God's Word. And if you will not call any of
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  His Word into question, and if you'll read it literally and
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  seriously, God will be well pleased to show you sound
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  doctrine and sound theology. And all of it is congruent and
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  it all works together. And His name is Christ Jesus. 3
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  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine,
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  But after their own lust they shall heap to themselves
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  Teachers having itching ears. You can see it, it is here, it
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  is now. There are people who only want a
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  sounding board. And no matter what side of the
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  fence you want to find yourself on, there's enough people out
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  there to substantiate what it is that you want to believe.
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  And you've already made a love decision for the world and for
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  all of the things of the world. And that is what you need to
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  understand. Because anyone who has ever
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  approached God honestly, anyone who has ever tried to disprove
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  or discredit the word of God has become a believer.
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  Because there is enough proof and there is enough to
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  substantiate that God is real and that the word of God is
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  trustworthy. But if you would want to amass
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  to yourself teachers who teach you that homosexuality is OK.
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  And if you want to amass to yourself teachers who tell you
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  that abortion is OK, and if you want to amass to yourself
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  teachers who tell you that evolution is real, then there is
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  enough out there and you can see that it is to their own demise.
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  And God said that it would be that way.
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  They shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be
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  turned into fables. There are people who actually
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  believe in aliens and alien abductions.
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  They actually believe that we evolved from a single cell.
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  There's actually those that believe that we can have life on
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  another planet. There are those that believe
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  that we came from nothing and it is fables and it is garbage.
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  And they'll believe all that, but they won't believe in one
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  true, living God who created everything, friends, from the
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  breath of his mouth, He spoke it all into existence.
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  And what it is, is they've already made their decision of
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  who they want to serve, and they serve the Father of lies because
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  they don't want conviction for their sinful behavior. 5 But
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  watch you and all things endure afflictions.
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  Do the work of an evangelist. Make full proof of your
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  ministry. So we're called to be
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  evangelist. We're not just called to be
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  preachers and teachers, but we're actually called to put our
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  faith into action and to go out into the highways and the
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  hedges, into the harvest, and to snatch those out of the fire.
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  Friends, we need to be able to go into the hardest and the
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  darkest places. And there are those that go, and
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  there are those that send, and that'll prove our ministry by
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  doing the work of an evangelist. 6 For I am now ready to be
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  offered in the time of my departure is at hand.
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  So Paul knew that at any day the executioner could come and lob
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  off his head friends. And you need to understand that
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  Paul was not afraid, he said to live his Christ and to die his
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  gain. And you can see the entirety of
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  Second Timothy has been seasoned with Paul foreknowledge of what
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  is to come. Seven.
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  I've fought a good fight. I've finished my course.
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  I've kept the faith. That is what you need to
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  understand. It's easy to start a race, but
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  it's hard to finish. And we are called to finish
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  well. We are called to increase our
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  faith. We are called to keep our love
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  hot and burning. We are called to keep our oil
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  filled, our lamps full, our Wicks trimmed.
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  Friends, we do not need to grow despondent.
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  We do not need to grow disconnected.
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  We need to increase the love and increase the faith that we have
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  for God and that we have for Jesus, that we have for the Holy
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  Spirit and that we have for the Saints and for the world.
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  Friends, for those that will come to a saving knowledge.
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  And God will have a representative from every nation
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  and every tongue and every people.
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  Group 8 From now on there is laid up for me a crown of
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  righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give
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  me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all them that
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  love His appearing. There are so many people who are
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  so turned around and they're don't actually look forward to
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  the second coming of Christ and they just want this life and
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  they just want things to go well for them now.
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  And they like the idea of not going to hell, and they like the
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  idea of living a comfortable life, but they don't actually
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  look forward to the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ
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  and all of his glory, friends. And that is where they air
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  because they need to be those who await and look and watch.
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  They need to be those who speed his coming friends.
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  That is what the Bible is clear about.
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  And there are so many people who do not actually look forward to
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  it. They don't teach it, they don't
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  believe it. They're not rooted and grounded
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  in God's Word. And that is why it is so
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  important to learn the entirety of God's Word.
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  Because if you're just relying on a person to tell you what the
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  Bible says, they're going to cherry pick verses that fits
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  their theology, that fits their worldview.
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  And that is where you get these teachers and these pastors and
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  these preachers that are apostate and that are heretical
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  and they are just propagating prosperity, friends.
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  And you can see that it is not God's heart.
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  We need to be those that stay ready.
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  Not only do we get ready, but we stay ready for his coming
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  friends. And it could happen today.
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  It happens like a thief in the night.
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  He's going to come, friends, in the sound of a trumpet, friends,
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  the voice of an Archangel, friends, and the twinkling of an
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  eye, friends, he's coming. I pray that you're ready.
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  I pray that you're looking forward to it. 10 or actually 9.
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  Do your diligence to come shortly to me.
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  So Paul here is going to give some personal remarks.
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  He's ended his letter here for the most part, and he's going to
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  give us some some remarks, some ending remarks of what it is
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  that he would like for all of his constituents to do.
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  Do your diligence to come shortly to me. 10 For demons has
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  forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed
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  unto Thessalonica, crescents to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
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  So here Paul is saying that everyone's abandoned him while
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  he's in prison, some for the wrong reasons and some for the
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  right reasons. 11 Only Luke is with me.
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  Take Mark and bring him with you, for he is profitable to me
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  for the ministry. So you can see here that Luke
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  the Doctor Who wrote the Gospel of Luke and the book of Acts, he
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  is actually with Paul here and he is helping Paul.
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  And so Paul also wants John Mark to come with him.
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  And we remember John Mark, that is, who wrote the Gospel of
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  Mark, and Paul here is requesting him to come to him
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  because he's profitable for the ministry. 12 Antiochus have I
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  sent to Ephesus. 13 The cloak that I left at Troas with
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  Carpus, when you come, bring it with you in the books, but
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  especially the parchments. So Paul, even though he knew
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  that he was about to be martyred, he still was holding
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  on to the faith that if God had more things for him to learn
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  about or to write that in divine Providence, these things would
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  come to him. 14 Alexander the coppersmith did much evil, did
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  me much evil. The Lord reward him according to
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  his works. So vengeance is the Lord's.
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  But Paul made sure to let Timothy no to be on guard
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  against Alexander the Coppersmith, 15 of whom be you
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  where also, for he has greatly withstood our words.
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  So this Alexander the Coppersmith was hostile towards
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  the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ. 16 At my first answer,
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  no man stood with me, but all men forsook me.
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  I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
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  So Paul is just like the Lord Jesus Christ when he says,
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  forgive them, for they know not what they do.
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  He has that sentiment here. 17 Notwithstanding, the Lord stood
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  with me and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might
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  be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear, And I was
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  delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
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  So the Lord stood with him. How amazing is that?
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  How much better is it for God to be well pleased with us than
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  man? How much better is it for us to
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  listen to God than it is for us to listen to man?
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  How much better is it for us to have the fear of God more than
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  the fear of man? Friends, that is what you need
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  to understand. Even if you're the last believer
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  on planet earth. Finish the race well.
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  Do not grow weary. Make sure that you are telling
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  everybody about what Christ did for you. 18 And the Lord shall
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  deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his
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  heavenly Kingdom, to whom be glory forever and ever.
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  Amen. When we are on our deathbed,
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  when we are drawing our last breath, I pray that we can have
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  this same sentiment, that we can know that God is able to deliver
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  us into his Kingdom, just as Christ told the thief on the
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  cross that today you will be with me in paradise.
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  We need to know and we don't need to be afraid of death.
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  We need to know that God is able to carry us through the waters
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  and He'll be waiting for us on the other side and we will will
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  be with him in glory forever and ever with incorruptible bodies,
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  Friends, because we placed our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ
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  and that was the greatest thing that we ever did with our entire
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  life. And every single moment and
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  every single second of every single day is another
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  opportunity for you to get it right, friends.
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  And if you've got breath in your lungs today, it's not too late.
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  Place your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and know that he is
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  able to rescue you from death. 19 Salute Prissa and Aquila in
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  the household of Onisphorus. 20 Erastus abode Corinth, but
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  Trophemus, have I left it my light?
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  I'm sick. 21 Do your diligence to come before winter.
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  Ubilis greets you, Impudence and Linus and Claudia and all the
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  brothers. 22 And the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
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  Grace be with you. Amen.
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  What an amazing finality to this letter to Timothy.
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  Look at how Paul is finishing strong.
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  There's no feeling of fear. There is no sense that he is in
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  dismay. He's bold and he's confident,
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  and he knows that to live is Christ and to die is gain.
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  And if he has another day on planet earth, it's to preach the
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  good news of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  But if he is to be executed, he has full confidence that he will
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  go to be with the Lord. I pray that you have that
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  confidence today. I pray that you can know that
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  you know, that you know that you know where you're going to spend
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  eternity and that you do not have a hope.
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  So maybe so kind of faith, but that you have full assurance
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  that you are His. You are in Him and He is in you.
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  And if you do not have that full assurance, then let today be the
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  day of salvation. Confess with your mouth that
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  Jesus is Lord. Believe in your heart that God
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  raised him from the dead. You shall be saved.
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  I'm praying for you. I love you.
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  God is so good to us. He's so amazing.
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  We give them all do honor and glory.
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  It's all about him. Stay prayed up today.
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  God bless you. See you back here tomorrow.