Perseverance To The End!

May 29, 2016
Sermon
Lesson 17
2 Timothy 4:19-22
 
2 Timothy: Perseverance to the End!
(Review of 2 Timothy)
 
Main Idea:
If we are to be saved, we must persevere to the end
in faith, love, and obedience to Christ!
 
 Commands to persevere
 Gifting (2 Tim 1:7); Boldness in suffering (2 Tim 1:8)
 Obedience (2 Tim 1:13-14); Grace (2:1)
 Teaching (2:2); Suffering (2:3-5)
 Endurance (2:12a); Faithfulness (2:12b)
 Diligence (2:15); Right living (2:19)
 Pursuit of virtues (1 Tim 2:22); False teaching (2:23)
 Civility (2:24); Avoidance of wicked people (3:1-5)
 Unwavering consistency (3:14); Preaching (4:2)
 Fulfilling his ministry (4:5)
 
 Individual examples from Paul
 Those who DID NOT persevere : Phygelus, Hermogenes, Demas, Alexander and Hymanaeus, false teachers (3:8)
 Those who DID persevere
 Priscilla and Aquila (4:19a)
 Onesiphorus and his household (4:19b)
 Crescens and Titus (4:10)
 Luke (coworker who remained with Paul) (4:11)
 Mark (4:11)
 Erastus (4:20)
 Trophimus (4:20)
 Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, and Claudia and all the brothers (in Rome) (4:21)
 
 Source of perseverance: God’s preservation
 The Lord stood by me (4:17)
 The Lord be with your spirit (4:22)
 
Applications
 
Let us acknowledge God’s sovereignty in our lives today!
Let us persevere to the end in faith, love, and obedience to Christ!