Post on 29-Dec-2015
1 Timothy 6 & 2 Chronicles 32
In our Lifetime two great
mythical Epics have been written…
The Lord of The Rings
The Chronicles of Narnia
“‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’
said Frodo. ‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such
times. But that is not for them to decide. All we
have to decide is what to do with the time that is
given us.’”J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of
the Ring
Fighting the Good Fight
“Fight the goodfight of faith...”
1 Timothy 6:11-13
“But you, O man of God, flee these
things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,
love,
…patience, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on
eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed
the good…
…confession in the presence of many witnesses. I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and
before Christ Jesus who…
…witnessed the good confession before Pontius
Pilate.”
Fighting the Good Fight“After these
deeds of faithfulness,
Sennacherib...”
Internally
Our Personal Battles!
Romans 7:22-25
“For I delight in the law of God
according to the inward man. But I see another law in
my members…
…warring against the law of my
mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O
wretched man that I am!
Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank
God—through Jesus Christ our
Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of
God…
…but with the flesh the law of
sin.”Romans 7:22-25
God’s Power let loose in the midst of our Personal Struggles!
Externally
Our Common Circumstance
s!
Ephesians 5:15-17
“See then that you walk
circumspectly, not as fools but as
wise, redeeming the time…
…because the days are evil.
Therefore do not be unwise, but
understand what the will of the Lord
is.”
The common battle of a
fallen, broken World!
A Worthy Goal
A Triumphant, Final
Goodbye!
2 Timothy 4:6-7
“For I am already being poured out
as a drink offering, and the time of my
departure is at hand.
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I
have kept the faith.”
At the Root of the Good Fight is an Everlasting Question!
What Is the most
redemptive thing I can do, say or be at
this moment!
What can I do?
What can I say?
What can I be?
Fighting the Good Fight is
answering that question each day, moment by moment by God’s grace!
1 Timothy 6 & 2 Chronicles 32