1. Seasonal Religion
2 Timothy 4:2

2. Analysis of the Text
I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 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. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. (2 Timothy 4:1-8)

3. Analysis of the Text Paul’s great and final charge to Timothy
A prisoner in Rome – His death is imminent
Admonition to an evangelist, but applicable to everyone
A Christian must be “urgent” “ready”
Titus 3:1
Romans 1:15
2 Corinthians 12:15
Urgent “in season, out of season”
No “off-season” for the Christian

4. Christianity Demands Faithfulness
Christianity is a practice and not a mere profession
James 1:27
Matthew 7:21
James 2:14
1 John 5:3
1 Thes 1:3

5. Christianity Demands Faithfulness
Christianity is a practice demanding fervor
Matthew 25:26
Revelation 3:15-16
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Luke 9:62
1 Corinthians 15:58
1 Peter 3:15
Philippians 2:12
FERVOR: Intense heat; intense feeling; ardor; zeal

6. Christianity Is Not A Seasonal Religion
Christianity is not dependent upon:
Place
We must be Christians wherever we are
Time
We must be Christians regardless of the day
Weather
We must be Christians in spite of the weather
Feelings
We must be Christians regardless of our feelings

7. Christianity Is Not A Seasonal Religion
Reasons for not being seasonal Christians
The test of Christianity is in serving
Uncertainty of the future should inspire fervor
1 Thessalonians 5:4-6
Matthew 24:44
Examples of seasonal Christians
Demas (2 Timothy 4:10)
Galatians (Galatians 1:6)
Constant Christian – Apostle Paul