1. Stick with Jesus
2 Timothy 2:8-13

3. Stick with Jesus

5. BECAUSE THE GOSPEL IS TRUE
Stick with Jesus
BECAUSE THE GOSPEL IS TRUE
1 Corinthians 15:16–17, 32
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins... If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.

6. BECAUSE THE GOSPEL CAN’T BE STOPPED
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BECAUSE THE GOSPEL CAN’T BE STOPPED
Hebrews 12:28
Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe....

7. Stick with Jesus BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
God rewards our courageous faith,
but if we shrink back
we miss out on His best.

8. BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
Stick with Jesus
BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
If we died...if we endure...
= those who have eternal life
If we deny...if we are faithless...
= those who do not have eternal life

9. BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
Stick with Jesus
BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
If we died with Him, we will also live with Him

10. BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
Stick with Jesus
BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
If we endure, we will also reign with Him

11. Stick with Jesus REIGNING WITH CHRIST Psalm 8:5–6
Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty! You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet....

12. Stick with Jesus REIGNING WITH CHRIST Daniel 7:27
“Then the sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.”

13. Stick with Jesus REIGNING WITH CHRIST Revelation 5:9–10
And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.”

14. Stick with Jesus REIGNING WITH CHRIST Revelation 5:9–10
“You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth.”

15. Stick with Jesus REIGNING WITH CHRIST Revelation 2:26
“He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations....”

16. RECEIVING CHRIST’S APPROVAL
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RECEIVING CHRIST’S APPROVAL
Matthew 25:21
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’”

17. SHARING CHRIST’S CROWN OF VICTORY
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SHARING CHRIST’S CROWN OF VICTORY
1 Corinthians 9:25
Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

18. SHARING CHRIST’S CROWN OF VICTORY
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SHARING CHRIST’S CROWN OF VICTORY
1 Peter 4:13
...but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.

19. CELEBRATING WITH CHRIST’S PEOPLE
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CELEBRATING WITH CHRIST’S PEOPLE
1 Thessalonians 2:19–20
For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? For you are our glory and joy.

20. BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
Stick with Jesus
BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
If we deny Him, He also will deny us
1 John 2:28
Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.

21. BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
Stick with Jesus
BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
If we deny Him, He also will deny us
2 John 8
Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward.

22. BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
Stick with Jesus
BECAUSE GOD REWARDS ENDURANCE
If we are faithless, He remains faithful,
for He cannot deny Himself

23. application
God rewards our courageous faith, but if we shrink back we miss out on His best.

25. Stick with Jesus
2 Timothy 2:8-13