Aug 25, 2019 |Singular

Preach The Word

08.25.19 | Singular

Preach The Word

James Granger

2 Timothy 4:1-8

Seeing the big picture changes how we see the small details. Do you live differently, knowing that Jesus wins in the end? Pastor James Granger reminds us that we are called to live a life of pointing others to the Gospel. Since Jesus is coming back, we need to proclaim the truth of God’s Word.
2 Timothy 4:1-8

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I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of his appearing and his kingdom:

2 Timothy 4:1

 

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; rebuke, correct, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

2 Timothy 4:2

 

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

Romans 10:13-15 ESV

 

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Romans 10:17 ESV

 

For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear. They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

2 Timothy 4:3-4

 

But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

2 Timothy 4:5

 

Four instructions for Timothy

1. Exercise self-control in everything

2. Endure hardship

3. Do the work of an evangelist

4. Fulfill your ministry

 

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. There is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved his appearing.

2 Timothy 4:6-8

 

Five crowns in the Bible
1. The Imperishable Crown (I Corinthians 9:24-25)
2. The Crown of Rejoicing (I Thessalonians 2:19)
3. The Crown of Glory (I Peter 5:4)
4. The Crown of Life (Revelation 2:10)
5. The Crown of Righteousness (II Timothy 4:8)

 

There is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved his appearing.

2 Timothy 4:8

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