3. When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did–in his sleep.
Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car.

5. 2 Tim 4:6-8
“[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 race, I have kept the faith. [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.

6. “There is nothing that sharpens life’s priorities quite like a face-to-face encounter with one’s own mortality”

7. What does Paul say in the last chapter of his last letter?
Do Your Work
Make it Personal

8. What does Paul say in the last chapter of his last letter?
Do Your Work
[1] I 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, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
[5] As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
-- 2 Timothy 4:1-2, 5 ESV

9. What does Paul say in the last chapter of his last letter?
Do Your Work
PREACH THE WORD - BE READY IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON
REPROVE, REBUKE, EXHORT - WITH PATIENCE AND TEACHING
BE SOBER MINDED
ENDURE SUFFERING
DO THE WORK OF AN EVANGELIST
FULFILL YOUR MINISTRY

10. How Does 2 Timothy 4 Have Any Relevance to Me?
Even though you’re afraid of the title, many of you are teachers
All of us are “out-of-season” teachers.
All of us are to “Fulfill Your Ministry”

11. “In the New Testament, we don't find our gift through self-examination and introspection and then find ways to express it. Instead, we love one another, we serve one another, we help one another, and in so doing we see how God has equipped us to do so.”
-- Russell D. Moore

12. [23] Are they servants of Christ
[23] Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. [24] Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. [25] Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; [26] on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; [27] in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
-- 2 Corinthians 11:23-27 ESV

13. What does Paul say in the last chapter of his last letter?
Do Your Work
Make it Personal
[9] Do your best to come to me soon. [10] For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. [11] Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. [12] Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. [13] When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments. [14] Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. [15] Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. [16] At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me.
-- 2 Timothy 4:9-16 ESV

14. “In the New Testament, we don't find our gift through self-examination and introspection and then find ways to express it. Instead, we love one another, we serve one another, we help one another, and in so doing we see how God has equipped us to do so.”
-- Russell D. Moore

15. “In the New Testament, we don't find our gift through self-examination and introspection and then find ways to express it. Instead, we love one another, we serve one another, we help one another, and in so doing we see how God has equipped us to do so.”
-- Russell D. Moore