Sunday 4th August 2024 AM
Bible Reading - 2 Timothy 4:1-8
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“I have finished the race”
2 Timothy 4:1-8
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 2 Timothy 4:6
An athlete begins the race
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith Hebrews 12:1-2
for there is no one who does not sin 1 Kings 8:46
“The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.” Acts 17:30-31
An athlete runs the race
Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 1 Corinthians 9:25
So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:26-27
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ Philippians 3:8
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 2 Timothy 4:7
An athlete finishes the race
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. 1 Corinthians 9:24
An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 2 Timothy 2:5
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up 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 loved his appearing. 2 Timothy 4:7-8