1. From apprentice to worker 2 Timothy 2:1-10 “The successful applicant will be…”

2. The successful applicant will be… (2:1-10)  a sense of urgency  coping with danger and obstacles  dependability  a need to learn to use resources  a need to be law abiding  the handling of important documents  a need to know where you are going!

3. The successful applicant will be… (2:1-10) "everyone in the province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes" (1:15) What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you-- guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. 1:13 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. 2:2

4. traditionalism is the dead faith of living people, but tradition is the living faith of dead people. Are you a courier?

5.  A soldier (4)  An athlete (5)  A farmer (6) You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus (v1)

6. The successful applicant will be… (2:1-10) If we died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us; if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

7. The successful applicant will be… (2:1-10) From The Times, June 27, 2007 ‘I have never been happier’ says the man who won gold but lost God A giant leap of faith took Jonathan Edwards to Olympic glory in Sydney. Then he found the foundations of his life were crumbling

8. The successful applicant will be… (2:1-10) … strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus (v1)