Dying Grace
2 Timothy 4:68
Intro: Why do we speak of dying to the living, to seminary students, many in the very beginning of ministry.
First, because unless Jesus intervenes and comes first you are going to die. Sooner or later, one way or another, all of us will die.
Second, To die well you must live well. said, New Testament. How you will respond to death being constructed! Your life is being built line by line, brick by brick, precept by precept, right now!
Remember, not all Christians die well as they should with dying grace.
But Paul did, so we look at his life as a pattern. The Holy Spirit told him his life was drawing to a close. He Is about ready to die.
Verse 6-8:1 ''I am now ready to be offered to be poured out like a drink offering upon the altar.''
A.D. 68: A place in Rome, perhaps the mamertine prison, hole in the ground, little light and, air, swill for food. The complaints of the living. The groans of the dying. It was here Paul wrote this book of Second Timothy.
Paul is looking back at the past. Looking on the present situation; looking on into the future.
It is the farewell of a fighter. It is Paul taking inventory before he goes to meet the Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul is taking a look into, the past with its, victories. He is taking a look into the present with its consolation. He is taking a look into the future with its promises.
He has no regrets. He is as happy as can be with God's help and direction, he has used his life like it should be!
ILL. of those who look back on youth as a Blunder, on maturity as a struggle, on old age With regret. Paul was anticipating his graduation to glory. Little old lady said, ''I'm just tickled to death to die!''
But you! I want you as you face your dying hour wherever whenever, however it comes to have the dying grace that Paul had. You begin right now to build it into your life.
I. PAUL LOOKED BACK TO HIS PAST DEDICATION.
I have - past tense. Paul uses three ...
2 Timothy 4:68
Intro: Why do we speak of dying to the living, to seminary students, many in the very beginning of ministry.
First, because unless Jesus intervenes and comes first you are going to die. Sooner or later, one way or another, all of us will die.
Second, To die well you must live well. said, New Testament. How you will respond to death being constructed! Your life is being built line by line, brick by brick, precept by precept, right now!
Remember, not all Christians die well as they should with dying grace.
But Paul did, so we look at his life as a pattern. The Holy Spirit told him his life was drawing to a close. He Is about ready to die.
Verse 6-8:1 ''I am now ready to be offered to be poured out like a drink offering upon the altar.''
A.D. 68: A place in Rome, perhaps the mamertine prison, hole in the ground, little light and, air, swill for food. The complaints of the living. The groans of the dying. It was here Paul wrote this book of Second Timothy.
Paul is looking back at the past. Looking on the present situation; looking on into the future.
It is the farewell of a fighter. It is Paul taking inventory before he goes to meet the Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul is taking a look into, the past with its, victories. He is taking a look into the present with its consolation. He is taking a look into the future with its promises.
He has no regrets. He is as happy as can be with God's help and direction, he has used his life like it should be!
ILL. of those who look back on youth as a Blunder, on maturity as a struggle, on old age With regret. Paul was anticipating his graduation to glory. Little old lady said, ''I'm just tickled to death to die!''
But you! I want you as you face your dying hour wherever whenever, however it comes to have the dying grace that Paul had. You begin right now to build it into your life.
I. PAUL LOOKED BACK TO HIS PAST DEDICATION.
I have - past tense. Paul uses three ...
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