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Series: Last Words - Lasting Words Full Your Purpose II Timothy 4:1-8 December 3, 2006 7/21/2015 1 II Timothy 4:1-8 1 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 7/21/2015 2 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. 5 But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 7/21/2015 3 6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; 8 in the future 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. 7/21/2015 4 Introduction-Review 1A. Fulfill Your Purpose by Facing You’re Accountability before God II Tim 4:1 2A. Fulfill Your Purpose by Following the Bible II Tim 4:2-5 1B. Preach the Word (2) 2B. Why Follow the Word (3) 3B. 7/21/2015Show that you are Following the Word (4) 5 3A. By Finishing the Job Which God Called You To – II Tim 4:6-8 Death – Face It? Fear It? Dedication – Finishing Well Demands It Destiny – Future: It Will Be Worth It All 7/21/2015 6 Find Us Faithful 1- We're pilgrims on the journey of the narrow road, And those who've gone before us line the way Cheering on the faithful, encouraging the weary Their lives a stirring testament to God's sustaining grace Chorus Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful May the fire of our devotion light their way May the footprints that we leave lead them to believe And the lives we live inspire them to obey Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful Find Us Faithful © 1987 Jonathan Mark Music\Birdwing Music, CCLI #136904 7/21/2015 7 2 - Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses Let us run the race not only for the prize But as those who've gone before us Let us leave to those behind us The heritage of faithfulness passed on through godly lives Chorus Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful May the fire of our devotion light their way May the footprints that we leave lead them to believe And the lives we live inspire them to obey Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful Find Us Faithful © 1987 Jonathan Mark Music\Birdwing Music, CCLI #136904 7/21/2015 8 3 - After all our hopes and dreams have come and gone And our children sift thru all we've left behind May the clues that they discover and the mem'ries they uncover , Become the light that leads them to the road we each must find Chorus Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful May the fire of our devotion light their way May the footprints that we leave lead them to believe And the lives we live inspire them to obey Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful Find Us Faithful © 1987 Jonathan Mark Music\Birdwing Music, CCLI #136904 7/21/2015 9 7/21/2015 10