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2 Tm 4:7

2 Tm 4:7. In tonight’s text, Paul will not take a dnf!. In fact, Paul says that he has finished his race. In tonight’s text, Paul will not take a dnf!. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Tm 4:7, ESV).

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2 Tm 4:7

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  1. 2 Tm 4:7

  2. In tonight’s text, Paul will not take a dnf!

  3. In fact, Paul says that he has finished his race. In tonight’s text, Paul will not take a dnf!

  4. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Tm 4:7, ESV).

  5. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Tm 4:7, ESV). • Christianity is often compared to a race.

  6. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Tm 4:7, ESV). • Christianity is often compared to a race. • “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly” (1 Cor 9:24-26, ESV).

  7. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” (2 Tm 4:7, ESV). • Christianity is often compared to a race. • “Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Heb 12:1, ESV).

  8. Tonight, we want to examine this race that we might run more effectively.

  9. Tonight, we want to examine this race that we might run more effectively. • We’ll use the acronym GAME.

  10. Tonight, we want to examine this race that we might run more effectively. • We’ll use the acronym GAME. • We’ll speak of the Groove, the Ambition, the Momentum, & the Enthusiasm.

  11. The groove

  12. Each of us has our own groove.

  13. Each of us has our own groove. • The kingdom of heaven “will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability” (Mt 25:14-15, ESV).

  14. Each of us has our own groove. • The kingdom of heaven “will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability” (Mt 25:14-15, ESV). • The Master gave his servants different talents.

  15. Each of us has our own groove. • The kingdom of heaven “will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability” (Mt 25:14-15, ESV). • The Master gave his servants different talents. • He knew that they each had different strengths, different grooves.

  16. Each of us has our own groove. • Mt 25:14-15. • “As in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them” (Rm 12:4-6, ESV).

  17. Each of us has our own groove. • Mt 25:14-15. • “As in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them” (Rm 12:4-6, ESV). We have different grooves, different abilities according to the grace given to us.

  18. In order to run effectively, we need to find our groove.

  19. Parable of the Talents: Had the servant with only one talent used it, he could have found his groove.

  20. Parable of the Talents: Had the servant with only one talent used it, he could have found his groove. • Instead, he buried his talent.

  21. Parable of the Talents: Had the servant with only one talent used it, he could have found his groove. • Instead, he buried his talent. • “You wicked and slothful servant! Cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Mt 25:26, 30, ESV).

  22. Paul found his groove.

  23. Paul found his groove. • He was uniquely qualified to be an apostle.

  24. Paul found his groove. • He was uniquely qualified to be an apostle. • He had an excellent education.

  25. Paul found his groove. • He was uniquely qualified to be an apostle. • He had an excellent education. • His persecution of Christians gave him a zeal to endure persecution himself.

  26. Paul found his groove. • He was uniquely qualified to be an apostle. • He had an excellent education. • His persecution of Christians gave him a zeal to endure persecution himself. • His tent-making gave him the ability to preach the Gospel where he otherwise couldn’t.

  27. Paul found his groove. • He was uniquely qualified to be an apostle. • He had an excellent education. • His persecution of Christians gave him a zeal to endure persecution himself. • His tent-making gave him the ability to preach the Gospel where he otherwise couldn’t. • Paul was quite the mentor.

  28. Paul found his groove. • He was uniquely qualified to be an apostle. • He had an excellent education. • His persecution of Christians gave him a zeal to endure persecution himself. • His tent-making gave him the ability to preach the Gospel where he otherwise couldn’t. • Paul was quite the mentor. You see how he prepared Timothy & Titus for their ministries.

  29. Have we found our groove?

  30. The ambition

  31. Ambition refers to desire.

  32. You’re not going to finish a race without ambition.

  33. You’re not going to finish a race without ambition. • Paul certainly had an ambition to finish.

  34. You’re not going to finish a race without ambition. • Paul certainly had an ambition to finish. • “Behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:22-24, ESV).

  35. You’re not going to finish a race without ambition. • Paul certainly had an ambition to finish. • “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith” (Phil 3:8-9, ESV).

  36. How is our ambition?

  37. “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness” (Mt 6:33, ESV).

  38. “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness” (Mt 6:33, ESV). • “He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment” (Mt 22:37-38, ESV).

  39. Do we have the proper ambition to finish our race?

  40. The momentum

  41. In athletics, we know the importance of getting momentum on our side.

  42. In athletics, we know the importance of getting momentum on our side. • Non-athletic example: Nazi Germany.

  43. In athletics, we know the importance of getting momentum on our side. • Non-athletic example: Nazi Germany. • Only FIVE percent of Germans supported the “final solution.”

  44. In athletics, we know the importance of getting momentum on our side. • Non-athletic example: Nazi Germany. • Only FIVE percent of Germans supported the “final solution.” • But, because they were able to gather steam, they were able to get others to go along with their plan.

  45. We need to get momentum on our side.

  46. It’s easy to lose momentum. We need to get momentum on our side.

  47. “I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first” (Rv 2:4, ESV).

  48. “I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first” (Rv 2:4, ESV). • The Hebrew Christians were in serious danger of losing momentum.

  49. “I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first” (Rv 2:4, ESV). • The Hebrew Christians were in serious danger of losing momentum. • “Lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather healed” (Heb 12:12-13, ESV).

  50. “I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first” (Rv 2:4, ESV). • The Hebrew Christians were in serious danger of losing momentum. • “Do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised” (Heb 10:35-36, ESV).

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