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COMITTED TO THE END

INTRODUCTION

MANY OF US HAVE NOT STARTED OUR LIVES ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WHAT WE CANNOT DO, IS GO BACK CORRECT WHAT WAS ALREADY DONE. BUT GOING FORTH WHAT WE CAN DO IS COMMIT OUR LIVES TOTALLY UNTO GOD UNTIL JESUS CHRIST RETURN.

PAUL INSTRUCT TIMOTHY HOW WE SHOULD COMMIT TO THE END.

FIGHT TO WIN.

FINISH THE RACE.

KEEP THE FAITH.

A. FIGHT TO WIN

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

PAUL LIFE CONSIST OF SPIRITUAL BATTLES, BATTLES OF THE MIND, BATTLES AGAINST ACCUSATIONS, BATTLES OF THE FLESH, BUT IN ALL THE BATTLES HE FACED, HE CAME OUT VICTORIOUS, BECAUSE OF HIS TRUST IN GOD.

THE PROBLEM WITH MOST CHRISTIANS THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIGHT. THAT’S WHY SO MANY OF THEM SO EASY TO GIVE UP. SIN IS SATAN GREATEST ATTACK HE CAN USE AGAINST A CHRISTIAN. SATAN JOB IS TO CATCH YOU WITH YOUR GUARDS DOWN.

A GOOD FIGHTER DON’T RUN OR GIVE UP, HE FIGHT UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN HIM TO FIGHT. SIN WEIGH YOU DOWN TO THE POINT THAT YOU HAVE NO MORE ENERGY LEFT.

BUT IF YOU FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, YOU WILL PUT ON THE ARMOUR OF GOD AND MAKE YOUR STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL.

A GOOD FIGHTER HAS OFFENCE AND DEFENCE, HE KNOWS HOW TO JAB YOU WITH THE WORD OF GOD, AND SHIELD HIMSELF WITH THE WORD FROM THE FIERY DARTS OF THE DEVIL.

1 Timothy 6:12 “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.”

B. FINISH THE RACE.

IN THE RACE OF LIFE YOU’RE GOING TO CONTINUE OR YOU’RE GOING TO GIVE UP. IT IS SO EASY TO GIVE UP IN LIFE, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A GOAL IN YOUR LIFE. OUR GOAL AS CHRISTIANS IS TO BE READY FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST. HOW WE DO THIS IS THROUGH COMMITMENT AND SUBMISSION TO GOD.

TOO MANY CHRISTIANS ARE NOT EQUIP TO FINISH THE RACE, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO ENDURE HARSHIP. IF YOU’RE A CHILD OF GOD, YOU WILL SUFFER FOR HIS SAKE. THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN TODAY, YOU BETTER HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD OR YOU WILL GIVE OVER TO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD, THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES AND THE PRIDE OF LIFE, WHICH WILL KEEP YOU FROM FINISHING THE RACE.

WHEN YOU COMMIT TO ANYTHING, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLETE WHAT YOU HAVE STARTED. JESUS FINISHED HIS MINISTRY ON EARTH WHEN HE SAID IT IS FINISHED. HE FINISHED WHAT GOD HAD SENT HIM TO DO. YOU HAVE TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU DOING IN ORDER FOR YOU TO COMPLETE THE TASK.

A SPIRITUAL RACE IS NOT FOR THE SWIFT, BUT TO THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO ENDURE TO THE END.

Hebrews 12:1–3 “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”

C. KEEP THE FAITH

HOW YOU KEEP YOUR FAITH WILL TOTALLY DEPENDS ON YOUR COMMITMENT TO GOD. WHEN YOU’RE COMMITED TO GOD, YOU TRUST HIM AND NOT YOURSELF. YOU GAIN PERSPECTED, SOREIGNITY, AND AN LIFE WITH HIM ETERNALLY. YOU TRUST IN GOD AND DO NOT SEEK VALIDATION OR GUIDANCE FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES. REAL FAITH WILL STAND ON THE PROMISES OF GOD AND WILL NOT BE SHAKEN BY LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES.

Jude 20–21 “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”