Huge, Permanent, & Worthwhile

Living Sacrificially is Huge, :6

2 Timothy 4:6 ESV

6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

You are the drink offering being poured out

You are living with your bags packed

Fighting, Finishing, & Keeping is Permanent, :7

2 Timothy 4:7 ESV

7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Fighting the good fight

Finishing the race

Keeping the faith

Worthwhile

2 Timothy 4:8 ESV

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 me but also to all who have loved his appearing.

The award: The crown of righteousness

The presenter: The Lord, the righteous judge

The recipients: Paul and those who loved his appearing

The New American Commentary: 1, 2 Timothy, Titus (3) The Reward for Obedience (4:8)

The perfect tense for the Greek participle “have longed” suggests that those in mind had loved Jesus’ appearing in the past and continued to do so up until the moment of reward.

Titus 2:12–13 ESV

12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,