{"id":28041,"date":"2023-09-27T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2-timothy-3_10-17-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T17:46:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:46:36","slug":"2-timothy-4_1-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2-timothy-4_1-8\/","title":{"rendered":"At the End of Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Timothy 4:1-8 \u00a0<\/strong>Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2\u00a0Timothy\u00a04:1-8.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

2 Timothy 4:1a (NIV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 1a:\u00a0\u00a0Jesus is the judge of the living and the dead.\u00a0 In the end, all of us will give an account to Him.<\/strong>\u00a0 So let\u2019s fear people and circumstances.\u00a0 Let\u2019s not be too concerned about how we look in front of others.\u00a0 Instead, let\u2019s live in the fear of the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0For in the end, it\u2019s Jesus\u2019 opinion of us that matters far more than anyone else\u2019s opinion.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

2 Timothy 4:1b-8 (NIV)<\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u2026and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage–with great patience and careful instruction.
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day–and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses\u00a01b-8:\u00a0 In a very formal way where he even calls on God the Father and Jesus Christ as his witnesses (v1), Paul charges\u00a0Timothy\u00a0to preach the Word (v2) — that is, to preach Jesus.\u00a0 He tells\u00a0Timothy\u00a0to preach the Word in season and out of season.\u00a0 Just as the Scriptures are useful for teaching, correcting, rebuking, and training people in righteousness (see\u00a03:16), Paul tells\u00a0Timothy\u00a0to \u201ccorrect, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction\u201d (v2).<\/p>\n

Why does Paul give\u00a0Timothy\u00a0this formal charge?\u00a0 It’s for\u00a02\u00a0reasons:<\/p>\n

1. Paul knew that in a world where there is great opposition against the truth of God’s Word and where false teaching is so rampant, the world is in desperate need of strong preachers of God’s Word and faithful, resilient pastors.\u00a0 As Paul writes in verse 3, “For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.”<\/p>\n

Like in Paul and\u00a0Timothy’s time,\u00a0the world more than ever needs Christians who are willing to preach the Word of God with great wisdom, courage, sensitivity, and love<\/strong>.\u00a0 I pray that you would be a Christian who lives out loud and preaches Jesus through your words and actions, with great care and patience.<\/p>\n

2. The second reason Paul charges\u00a0Timothy\u00a0to preach the Word is because Paul knew that his time on earth was nearing an end.\u00a0 As Paul writes in verse 6, “the time has come for my departure.\u00a0 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.\u00a0 Now there is in store for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day” (v6-8).<\/p>\n

Paul knew that his own time on earth was coming to an end, so he charges\u00a0Timothy\u00a0to carry on the ministry.\u00a0 This was Paul passing the torch to his disciple\u00a0Timothy.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?
\nFirst,\u00a0like Paul, when we near the end of our lives, may we be able to say that \u201cI fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith\u201d (v7)<\/strong>.\u00a0 From now until the very end, may we live our lives for Jesus.\u00a0 There\u2019s a crown of righteousness waiting for us at the end.\u00a0 Let\u2019s keep our eyes on that eternal prize.
\nSecond, have a heart for the next generation.\u00a0 When your own time on earth is done, may you be able to say that you invested in the next generation.\u00a0\u00a0May you be able to say that you didn’t just\u00a0live for your own success or happiness, but that you did everything you could to set up the next generation for success, to do greater things, reach higher heights, and impact the world for Jesus in ways that you and your generation never did.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That was Paul’s heart, a sign that he wasn’t in it for himself.\u00a0 Paul longed to see Jesus brought to every nation and every generation, even after he had departed.\u00a0 I pray that you and I would have a similar heart for the next generation.<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus, I pray that each of us would courageously preach Your Word through our words and actions.\u00a0 Help us to preach Your Word with courage, wisdom, sensitivity and love for others.\u00a0 May we always be 100% convinced that people are lost without Jesus and that we absolutely need to get the message of Jesus out to as many people as possible.\u00a0 We pray also for a heart for the next generation.\u00a0 May we invest our lives in helping the next generation to succeed in ways that we never did.\u00a0 Thank You.\u00a0 In Jesus’ name, AMEN!
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Copyright \u00a9 2021 Justin Lim. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs!<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is 2\u00a0Timothy\u00a04:1-8.\u00a0 Let’s go!<\/p>\n

2 Timothy 4:1a (NIV)
\n1\u00a0\u00a0In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead\u2026<\/p>\n

On verse 1a:\u00a0\u00a0Jesus is the judge of the living and the dead.\u00a0 In the end, all of us will give an account to Him.\u00a0 So let\u2019s fear people and circumstances.\u00a0 Let\u2019s not be too concerned about how we look in front of others.\u00a0 Instead, let\u2019s live in the fear of the Lord.\u00a0\u00a0For in the end, it\u2019s Jesus\u2019 opinion of us that matters far more than anyone else\u2019s opinion.<\/p>\n

On verses\u00a01b-8:\u00a0 In a very formal way where he even calls on God the Father and Jesus Christ as his witnesses (v1), Paul charges\u00a0Timothy\u00a0to preach the Word (v2) — that is, to preach Jesus.\u00a0 He tells\u00a0Timothy\u00a0to preach the Word in season and out of season.\u00a0 Just as the Scriptures are useful for teaching, correcting, rebuking, and training people in righteousness (see\u00a03:16), Paul tells\u00a0Timothy\u00a0to \u201ccorrect, rebuke and encourage – with great patience and careful instruction\u201d (v2).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28044,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28041\/revisions\/28044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}