Title: Nearing the End (11)
Series: Paul-An Apostle of Christ
Author: Josh Malone
Text: 2 Tim. 4:6-8
- If you were writing your last text, email, or note, to a dear friend what would it say?
- We don't all know when the last moments are going to be. Some know that, some don't. There is a weight to someone's final words, when someone is staring death in the eye ... you might take them the most serious you ever have.
- In 2 Timothy we have the last recorded letter from Paul. He is in prison writing his friend he has mentored. Paul senses his death is soon to come as he writes from a dark prison cell. Paul would later be executed as a martyr under the reign of Roman Emperor Nero.
- We need to feel the tension. We need to smell the prison and hear the chains. We need to feel the weight of his impending execution. What does someone say in these moments?
- Context: You might recall when we left Paul last week he was standing before Festus and Agrippa after having been arrested and then imprisoned for a couple of years. Acts ends with Paul under house arrest in Rome.
Acts 28:30-31 - He lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who
came to him, 31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ
with all boldness and without hindrance.
- Ultimately history teaches us that he died a martyrs death under Nero's reign.
- It's during this time in his life that Paul writes 2 Timothy. He encourages Timothy to fulfill his ministry, to do the work of an evangelist. He is encouraging him to be faithful in the midst of unfaithfulness. Then Paul says this ...
2 Tim. 4:6-8 - 6For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my
departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the
faith. 8 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 ...
Series: Paul-An Apostle of Christ
Author: Josh Malone
Text: 2 Tim. 4:6-8
- If you were writing your last text, email, or note, to a dear friend what would it say?
- We don't all know when the last moments are going to be. Some know that, some don't. There is a weight to someone's final words, when someone is staring death in the eye ... you might take them the most serious you ever have.
- In 2 Timothy we have the last recorded letter from Paul. He is in prison writing his friend he has mentored. Paul senses his death is soon to come as he writes from a dark prison cell. Paul would later be executed as a martyr under the reign of Roman Emperor Nero.
- We need to feel the tension. We need to smell the prison and hear the chains. We need to feel the weight of his impending execution. What does someone say in these moments?
- Context: You might recall when we left Paul last week he was standing before Festus and Agrippa after having been arrested and then imprisoned for a couple of years. Acts ends with Paul under house arrest in Rome.
Acts 28:30-31 - He lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who
came to him, 31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ
with all boldness and without hindrance.
- Ultimately history teaches us that he died a martyrs death under Nero's reign.
- It's during this time in his life that Paul writes 2 Timothy. He encourages Timothy to fulfill his ministry, to do the work of an evangelist. He is encouraging him to be faithful in the midst of unfaithfulness. Then Paul says this ...
2 Tim. 4:6-8 - 6For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my
departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the
faith. 8 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 ...
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