Finishing Well “Fighting the Good Fight”
- So when is :finishing well” most tested?
- a) You can be severely tested to deviate from a life that “finishes well” is __________________________________________.
b) You can veer away from what it takes to “finish well” when you’re _________________________________________.
2 Timothy 2:3-7,15, “Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in civilian affairs, but rather tries to please his commanding officer. 5 Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules. 6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. 7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this… 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”
- As a soldier…
a) ___________ is a given and therefore, must be ___________.
b) Timothy must remember that he is in service to a __________
————— and therefore, he needs to be ______________
_____________in terms of duty and service.
3. As an athlete, the athlete had to compete according to the rules and had to swear an oath that he had been in ________________________ for at least 10 months prior to the competition.
4.To be like Jesus you don’t __________, you _____________.
Luke 6:40, “The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.”
1 Timothy 4:7, “Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.”
- Making a difference with our lives, fulfilling God’s dream for our lives, means ________________________ and getting to it.