1. Priceless Treasure
2 Timothy 1:8-18

2. 2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God....

3. the gospel is a priceless treasure
The gospel demolishes death
Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins....

4. the gospel is a priceless treasure
The gospel demolishes death
Revelation 20:14b–15
This is the second death, the lake of fire. And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

5. the gospel is a priceless treasure
The gospel demolishes death
Romans 6:9
...Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.

6. the gospel is a priceless treasure
The gospel demolishes death
Revelation 1:17–18
“...I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore....”

7. the gospel is a priceless treasure
The gospel imparts everlasting life
1 Corinthians 15:53–55
For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality...

8. the gospel is a priceless treasure
The gospel imparts everlasting life
1 Corinthians 15:53–55
...then will come about the saying that is written, “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”

9. the gospel is a priceless treasure
We are saved...
by the power of God
according to His grace
through the finished work of Christ
as we respond in faith

10. Share the treasure without shame
“testimony” = witness

11. Share the treasure without shame
Jimmy Carr
When I was a kid I had an imaginary friend and I used to think that he went everywhere with me, and that I could talk to him and that he could hear me, and that he could grant me wishes and stuff. And then I grew up, and I stopped going to church.

12. Share the treasure without shame
“testimony” = witness = martyr

13. Guard the treasure above all else
1 Peter 3:15–16 ...in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.