Kenya Sermon 1

Faithfulness

Introduction:

I. Paul’s Exclamation

Declaration

Many years ago

Back in the 1800s

There was a pastor in England

Named Charles Spurgeon

Now

Spurgeon

Was one of the greatest preachers

To ever have lived

he

preached many sermons

and many thousands

were saved

through his preaching

and

in one particular sermon

he preached

on faithfulness

or the lack

of faithfulness

And perhaps

The people in his church

Were not being very faithful

But

The truth is

A lack of faithfulness

Among Christians

Has been a problem

For

2000 years

Because the apostle Paul wrote

In

The book of 1 Corinthians

And in chapter 4:2

(1 Corinthians 4:2 “Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.”

Now

I want you to consider

What that means

It means that

Because

We are God’s stewards

God’s managers

He

Requires that

We be found faithful

The word faithful

Means literally

Trustworthy

See

When God saved us

He made us stewards

Of all that is His

We

Are stewards of God’s time

Stewards of God’s talents

Stewards of God’s treasure

Stewards of our life

The life God has given us

And

He requires us

To be trustworthy

With all of those things

It

Is required

It is mandatory

But

When it comes to all of us

How faithful are we?

Well

That all depends

On our faith

And how full we are

Of it

So

Let’s read our text

For this morning

It

Isn’t 2 Timothy 4

Beginning in verse 1

The Bible says

In 2 Timothy4: 1 – 10

2 Timothy 4:1–10 KJV 1900

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

Let’s pray

And ask the Lord

To speak to our hearts

Discussion

Now

Here in this text

We had the display

Of faithfulness

And the lack thereof

Demonstrated for us

We

Had to display

Of Paul’s faithfulness

In fact

Listen to what he said

In verse 7 (2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”

See

Paul

Was a faithful man

But

We also see in this text

The display

Of some

Who were unfaithful

Dimas

For example

Loved this present world

So

Let’s talk about

What it means to be faithful

And as we do

I

Want you to keep in mind

What Paul said

In 1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”

But

Notice Paul’s exclamation

That he made

Here in 2 Timothy 4

he Said

In verses 1 – 2

(2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”

In those verses

Paul Was saying Timothy

Be faithful

I charge you

To be faithful

Deliberation

And

He told Timothy

To be faithful to preaching

I charge you

To continue preaching

In

Other words

Paul was send Timothy

Be faithful

To herald the word

Preach the word

He said

By the way

The word preach

Is a word

That means simply

To herald the truth

And

In Bible days

A Harold was one

Who cared epistle messages

From the king

And then proclaimed them

To the populace

And obviously

In the context

Of what Paul was saying to Timothy

He was addressing the pastor

Timothy

Was a pastor

Who preached the Word of God

And that’s what pastors do

They herald the truth

They

They deliver the message

From the King of kings

Two people

But

Let me make an observation

If I may

God calls upon all of us

To preach

Whether we are a pastor or not

In fact

Jesus said

To the members of the Jerusalem church

In Mark 16:15 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”

And

That were preach

Is the very same word

That Paul used

In 2 Timothy 4

So

Just as Paul told Timothy

To stay faithful to your preaching

Preach the Word

Paul said

Well likewise

We as God’s people

Need to continue

Preaching the word as well

To those who are lost

We

Especially as the Lord’s church

Need to stay faithful

In preaching the Word

Presenting the Truth

To a lost world

But

Not only did Paul tell Timothy

Tuesday preaching

Continue preaching

But

He also told Timothy

Stay put

Saying your place

Because again

In verse 2

He said Timothy

(2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”

That phrase

Means literally

To stand upon

To stay where you are

That

Whether things are easy

Stay where you are

And even when things

Are not easy

Even when they are hard

Just

Stan your place

Stay with it

Stay put

And by the way

Sometimes

Things are hard

In the Christian life

Aren’t they

But

Paul said

Hey Timothy

You be instant

Stan your place

In season

Or out of season

And

God wants all of us

As believers

And as members of His church

to

Do likewise

God wants us

To just stay faithful

But again

Paul said Timothy

Stay preaching (Continue)

Stay put (Stan your place)

Deliberation

Then

Number 3

Stay peaceful

Timothy, Paul said

Remain calm

In fact

In verse 5

Paul sent Timothy (2 Timothy 4:5 “But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”

That phrase

Watch thou in all things

Carries the idea

Of soberness of mind

It’s

Like saying

Be calm

In the Lord

Even amid affliction

Just a calm

But

The only way to do that

Is to just

Trust the Lord

In fact

Solomon said

In Proverbs 3:5 – 6

Proverbs 3:5–6 KJV 1900

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.

So

Friends

Just a preaching

Preach the Word

And just stay put

That is

Stay in your place

And just a peaceful

That is, remain calm

Then

Number 4

Stay persevering

Paul said in verse 5

(2 Timothy 4:5 “But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”

The

Word afflictions

That Paul used here

Describes seasons of sufferings

It describes trouble

That takes place

It

Is when their physical hardships

Or financial hardships

Or familial hardships

Or even hardships with votes

That is, trouble with people

But

Paul said

In during those times

See

The tendency is

Tonight endured

The temptation is

In a hard time

To run away

Whether

It is a hardship in our home

With our health

Or even in God’s house

And

By the way

Those kinds of hardships

Take place all the time

And

When they do

We are tempted

To just run away

But

Paul said Timothy

There might be afflictions in your life

But just endure them

Be faithful to God

In spite of them

Just

State preaching

Stay put (In your place)

Stay peaceful (Calm)

Stay persevering

Then

Number 5

Stay proving

Paul said Timothy

“Make full proof of thy ministry”

In verse 5

Now

Do you know what that means

It means to carry out fully

Complete the task

Paul was saying

Finish the job

Just be faithful

Discussion

And

The reason

That Paul gave this charge

Is clear

In fact

Notice

Verse 2-3

Paul said (2 Timothy 4:2–3 “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;”

Paul was saying

We need to stay preaching

And stay put

And stay peaceful

And stay persevering

And stay proving

Because

Of a difficult problem

That the time is coming

He said

Where they will not endure

Sound doctrine

In other words

The time is coming

Where they won’t listen the truth

And being that I have pastored

For 34 years

I have seen that

It seems

That the time has come

Where people

Will not endure sound doctrine

And

When I say people

I’m not talking about

Lost people

We don’t expect lost people

To endure sound doctrine

But

When I say people

I’m talking about

Some people in the church

I’m afraid

That in some cases

There’s some people

In the church

Who just one endure sound doctrine

By the way

Do you know that means

It means simply

Some people just want

Tolerate

Sound doctrine

They

Would rather

Not have to hear it

And they would prefer

As

It says here in our text

To have teachers

Having itching ears

It says in verse 3

Which means

They prefer to have teachers

Whose only desire

Is to make you feel good

Much like scratching the ear

Feels good

Oh

But listen to me please

We hold in our hands

The whole Counsel

Of God

We hold the Scriptures

And

The Scriptures that times

Gratify us

They make us feel good

But then at times

They gouge us

And

By that I mean

Scripture sometimes

Brings great conviction

To our hearts

But

We need to be faithful

Sadly

A lot of believers these day

Aren’t so faithful

Their concern only

With having their ears scratched

They just want you

to make them feel good

But

Listen please

We need to stay faithful

Because of this difficult problem

Dilemma

But then

Paul said Timothy

You need to be faithful

Because of my departure

In fact

Notice verse 6

Paul said Timothy

(2 Timothy 4:6 “For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.”

He

Was telling Timothy

I’m leaving soon

I’m ready to be offered

Which means simply that

His life

Was about to be taken away

I’ll be departing soon

He said

And

Because I’m departing soon

And will no longer be here

You need to stay preaching

And stay put

You need to STAY persevering

Because see

Paul

Had been doing all those things

For decades

We know that

From reading his epistles

And the book of Acts

But

The time had come

For him

To pass off the scene

To depart this life

So

The time had also come

For Timothy

To do as Paul had done

And be thankful

And

The same thing is true

For us today

In God’s church

See

We must all be faithful

Even if the older generation

Passes away

In order generation

That has been faithful

By the way

But

As they pass all the scene

Everything will then depend

On the Newer generation

For example

All of the preaching

Will have to be done

By the younger men

All of the ministry

Will have to be done

By the younger generation

But

That brings me

To a very important point

Those of us

Who are a part of the older generation

And

That is me

I am 62 years of age

So what happens

If I cease to be faithful

To God’s church

And God’s work?

What happens

If I cease

To be faithful to attend the church

If I cease

To be faithful

To continue the work of God

Well

The younger generation

Is following me

And all of you older men

The younger generation

Is following you now

That

If You are a little unfaithful

To the church now

They will probably be unfaithful

A lot

In the future

So

Let me urge you

Especially as older men

An older women

Be faithful

Because

We as church leaders today

Are preparing

The next generation of leaders

For tomorrow

And because we are

We need to set the example

And listen

Our world

Is depending on us

The future of this church

And at your church

And of my church

Is depending on us

But again

Paul said

I am departing

I am about

To depart this life

So Timothy

I need you

To be faithful

Demonstration

But

Please don’t miss

A very important point here

Not only was it important

To stay faithful

Because

Of problems

That were difficult

Where people wouldn’t endure sound doctrine

And

Not only was important

To be faithful

Because of the departure

Of the apostle Paul

But

Paul shared a purpose

That was divine

With Timothy

he Said

In verse 1

(2 Timothy 4:1 “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;”

In

Other words

I charge you to be faithful

Because we are all

Going to stand before God the Father

And the Lord Jesus Christ

And

That could take place

At any moment

so

What motivation that is

To be faithful

It is required in stewards

That a man be found able

It says in 1 Corinthians 4:2

Which suggests

That one day

We will stand before God

And give an account

Of our stewardship

Which

Reminds me

Of a song that our church seems

From time to time

Written

The man

Named Edwin Young

Edwin Young wrote

I

won­der, have I giv’n my best to Je­sus, Who died up­on the cru­el tree? To think of His great sac­ri­fice at Cal­v’ry, I know my Lord ex­pects the best from me.

How ma­ny are the lost that I have lift­ed? How ma­ny are the chained I’ve helped to free? I won­der, have I done my best for Je­sus, When He has done so much for me?

But see

One day

The Lord will judge our works

But what will He find

What

Greater purpose is there

To be faithful

Then knowing

I’ll one day stand before my Savior

And

Paul addressed that

In writing to the Church of Corinth

He said

In 2 Corinthians 5:10 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”

So

When it comes to the charge

That Paul gave Timothy

In 2 Timothy 4

Where he said

In verse 1 (2 Timothy 4:1 “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;”

But

When it comes to that charge

Let me make

A few recommendations

If I may

To all of us

And

First of all

Let me charge you

To be faithful

To read your Bible

By the way

As preachers

We are always studying the Bible

But our study of the Bible

In preparation for sermon

ought

Never to replace

Just spending time

In the Word of God

And letting God

Teach our hearts

So

Listen please

You be faithful

To read your Bible

Paul said to lie,

Give attendance to reading

To exhortation

And to doctrine

In 1 Timothy 4:13

And

Not only that

But you be faithful

To spend time in prayer

Every single day

In fact

Paul said

Pray without ceasing

In 1 This loan is 5:17

And

Be faithful

To your spouse

Because God has made you

one flesh

And

Be faithful

To the work

That God has called you to do

Be faithful

To serve the Lord

Be faithful

To give your tithe

Be faithful

To witness

Be faithful

To love the brethren

Paul said

Be faithful

Be instant, in season and out of season

What an important exclamation that is

II. Paul’s example

Declaration

But then

Paul used himself

As an example

Of faithfulness

He said

In verse 7

(2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”

Now

Think about

What Paul was saying

He wasn’t boasting

But

He was saying simply

You continue to be faithful

Just as I

Have been faithful

See

Paul was an example

Of readiness

He was ready he said

To be offered

We are told

in verse 6

He was saying

I’m ready to die

Because I have been faithful

While I was living

But

Christian

Have you been faithful

To live for God

Have you done your best

For the Lord Jesus Christ

Well

The apostle Paul had

In one example he was

For young Timothy

That he was ready to die

But

Not only was Paul

Ready to die

But he was likewise ready

To do his duty

Again

He said

(2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:”

The

Phrase

Good fight

Refers to the worthiness

Of the Christian fight

With regards to our life

See

This life that we live

Which is a lot

Like a fight

Is worth living

It

Is worth Getting up

Early enough

To spend time with the Lord

In prayer

It

Is worth

Keeping short accounts with sin

Keeping then confessed

And repenting from them

It

His work being a diligent student

Of God’s Word

And being sacrificial

In my giving

It is worthy of serving

Because see

It is a good fight

Paul said

I

Have fought a good fight

One that was worth fighting

Paul said

But the question is

Have we

He said

I finished the course

That God gave me

And

He didn’t take shortcuts

He didn’t quit

Before the race was over

He finished it

But what about us

Discussion

But

Not only did Paul

Fight the good fight

And not only

Did Paul finish the course

But

Listen to what he said

I have kept the faith

Which means simply

He stayed faithful

To his faith

The things

That were dictated to him

From the Scriptures

In order to guide his life

Paul stayed faithful

to those things

But again

Not only was Paul

Ready to die

Because he had been Faithful

And

Not only was Paul

Ready to do his duty

But

He was a ready example

For all of us today

He

Lives his life

As an example of the believer

Just like

He had encouraged Timothy

To do

In 1 Timothy 4:12

See

Paul was ready

In that day

But could we say

That we are ready

And faithful to God

Well

Paul was an example

Of readiness

For young Timothy

But what kind of example

Are we

Deliberation

Number 2

Paul was an example

Of a righteous man

And we know that

Because

He faithfully serve God

In the happy times

And yes

Even in the hard times

But

How do we know this?

We know this because

Paul wrote this letter

2 Timothy 4

He

Wrote this letter

From a Roman prison cell

So I am sure

That

As he wrote this book

As he sat

In that dungeon

He remembered happier times

Times

Where the ministry

Was going great

And the blessings of God

Were innumerable

And

Isn’t it so easy

To be faithful to God

During the happy times

It’s

Easy to be faithful

When everything is going right

Is it not?

Oh

But what about

When things are hard

When things are difficult

Well

As for Paul

He was an example of faithfulness

Even when times

Were not so happy

When they were difficult

In fact

Keep your place here

In 2 Timothy 4

In turn back

To 2 Corinthians 11:23–28 “Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.”

Now

do you know what Paul

Was saying

Even in the hard times

I was faithful

And

The fact is

All during that time

He faithfully serve God

In fact

He said

All during those perils

In my life

I still had to care

Of all the churches

So

Even my life was hard

Paul just continued

To be faithful

To the Lord his God

And to the work of God

He

Just Faithfully

Serving God

While serving people

In fact

Paul served Timothy

He mentored him

And at the same time too

He mentored Titus

he

Served the churches

That God allowed him

To have a part in

But

Here’s my point

Paul was an example

Of a righteous man

Two young Timothy

But

Are we

Are we setting an example

To those who are young

In our midst

Be they

In our homes

In our churches

In our Bible institutes

Delegation

But

Not only was Paul

An example of readiness

In his day

He said

I’m ready to be offered

And

Not only was he an example

Of the righteous

In his day

But

Paul is an example

Of the importance

Of routine

And by that I mean

The things he made a habit in his day

And

Let me give you

An example

Of Paul’s routine

The

Bible tells us

That Paul was at the synagogue

Every Sabbath

In fact

The Bible says

About Paul

In Acts 18:4 “And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.”

Which

Tells me that

Every Sabbath day

Every Saturday

He was at the synagogue

But

Could that be said

About us

With regards to the church

That

Every single Sunday

We are at church

In our place

And on time

But

Not only

was he

at the synagogue

Every Saturday

But

Paul was always praying

For someone

In fact

He told the church at Philippi

“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you”

In Philippians 1:3

But

Let me ask you

Are you faithful to pray

For your family

And even your church family

We should be

Especially as leaders

In fact

I’m reminded

Of

Something Samuel the prophet

Said

Many years ago

He said

in

1 Samuel 12:23 “Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:”

But again

Paul

Was a very faithful man

He was always praying

And always present

At the synagogue

He

Was likewise

Always preaching (Acts 18:4 “And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.”

That word

Reason

Carries the idea

A preaching

So

What an example he was

To young Timothy

To one who was a youth

But

What about our example

In 2025

Oh listen

Paul told Timothy

To be an example of the believer

But what kind of example

Are we

To the believer

Are we faithful?

III. Paul’s examination

Declaration

But

Now that we talked about

Paul’s exclamation

He exhorted Timothy

To preach the word

And we are exhorted as well

To preach the word

Then

We talked about

Paul’s example

What a great example of the believer

He was

But

Let’s also talk about

Paul’s examination

See

Here in our text

In 2 Timothy 4

Paul examines some

Who had also been faithful

But that some

Had not been faithful

For example

Demas

Had not been faithful

In fact

Listen to verse 9

Paul said

Timothy...

(2 Timothy 4:9–10 “Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.”

Now

Listen please

There was a time when Demas

Have been faithful

To the Lord

And to the ministry

In fact

Paul mentioned him

In two of his epistles

In the context

A being faithful

For example

In Colossians 4

And in verse 14

Paul said (Colossians 4:14 “Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.”

Likewise

In the book of Philemon

Chapter 1:24

Paul said (Philemon 24 “Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.”

So

Think about that

Paul called this man

A fellow laborer

So apparently

There had been a time

In Demas’ life

Where he was living a life

Of faithfulness

In serving the Lord

He

Was serving in the ministry

As he was needed

He was in his place

And undoubtedly

He was praying like he should

And doing right

But

Unfortunately

The time came

Where there was a lapse

In his faithfulness

That is

He ceased

In laboring

Alongside his ministry partner

He

Didn’t turn up

For his duty

But rather

He became undependable

When he came to the ministry

As

A matter of fact

The were forbidden

There in verse 9

Means to dessert

Demas

Deserted Paul

And the work of God

But here’s the question

How does a man

Go from being dedicated

To being a deserter

How does he cease being faithful

To be unfaithful

Well

In Demas’ case

His love for the things of the world

Created

An unfaithful heart in him

And

Maybe he decided

I would rather have Material things

Than ministry duties

And sadly

Christian to become unfaithful

In 2025

Always have a reason

Sometimes

Time Is there reason

To cease being faithful

Or treasure

Or what ever else

But

The warning is clear

For all of us

That loving this present world

Will destroy your faithfulness

Discussion

And

The truth is

Some people even in our day

Have allowed their desire for treasure

To cause them

To cease to be faithful

Or cannot be is faithful

As they used to be

But

That’s what Demas did

That whereas

At one time

Paul called Demas

His fellow laborer

Yet

Here in the inspired Word

Of our God

He had to say

Demas hath forsaken me

He

Was no longer faithful

To the ministry

That God had called him to

By the way

And listen carefully

If you are a believer

Then God has given you a spiritual Gift

Or gifts

And therefore

You have a duty

To minister

To people

In fact

The apostle Peter wrote

In 1 Peter 4:10 “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.”

Oh

But as Paul

Examined Demas

He was found to be unfaithful

He

Started well

In being faithful

But in the end

He was unfaithful

Deliberation

There

Is another man

That Paul examined

Named John Mark

Here in our text

Paul said

In verse 11

(2 Timothy 4:11 “Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.”

Now

John Mark

Like most of us

Has started his Christian life

Doing well

He got involved in ministry

And was faithful

But

In time

He to

Much like Demas

Had deserted Paul

And the work of God

In fact

Read with me

Acts 13:13 “Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.”

Likewise

Notice Acts 15:38 “But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.”

See

For whatever the reason

John Mark

Who had been a helper

In Paul’s missionary team

Departed

Which means

He left the work

He quit

And we don’t know why

But John Mark asserted Paul

And the work of the ministry

He

Ceased serving

He left his fellow laborers

Shorthanded

In the work

With not enough hands

To do all the work

And unfortunately

Some believers today

Have done the very same thing

They left their brethren

Without any help

To do all the work of God

But apparently

According to our text

In 2 Timothy 4

John Mark

Had once again become faithful

Because again

Paul said in verse 11

(2 Timothy 4:11 “Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.”

John Mark

Apparently

Reengaged

In the work of God

He became profitable

In ministry

Once again

And

Perhaps you to

Have become unfaithful

In your life

Well

Listen please

We serve a God

Who is ready to help you

Become faithful again

If you will let Him

So that

Like John Mark

You can become profitable again

In the work of the ministry

If you’ll simply

Rededicate your all to Christ

But see

Dimas had become unfaithful

John Mark

Who lacked faithfulness

Became faithful once again

Deliberation

Oh but

Notice a very important statement

In verse 11

Paul said

“Only Luke is with me”

See

Luke started his Christian life

Being faithful

He continued

Being faithful in his life

He

Didn’t deserve Paul

Or the ministry

Not even once

And here in 2 Timothy 4

He finished well

So

Let me ask you

Who are you more like

When it comes to being faithful

To the Lor?

Are you

More like Demas

John Mark

Or Luke

IV. Paul’s exuberance

Well

The good news is

We serve a God

Who is absolutely faithful

In fact

Read verses 16 and 17

With me

If you would

The

Apostle Paul said

(2 Timothy 4:16–17 “At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.”

See

Even though men

Deserted Paul

And wouldn’t stand with Paul

Yet

The Lord did

The Lord

Still with Paul

He was faithful

To Paul

And

Listen please

The Lord

Will stand by you to

He is faithful

But

I want you to examine your life

Right now

Have you been faithful

To your God

If

You haven’t been faithful

Would you take a moment

And come to the altar

To rededicate your life to the Lord

(1 Corinthians 4:1–2 “Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.”

Conclusion: Let’s bow for prayer