1. Big God Great Grace

3. Death is imminent

4. One last email Or letter

5. One last email Greatest, closest friend

6. What would the Last and greatest letter Of your life be?

7. One last email Greatest, closest friend Son in The Faith

8. For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure - vs. 6

9. One of the most interesting And complicated men ever Knows…and writes

10. Paul= Life of religion Pedigree, Zeal Self-righteousness, Pride and Ego "One of the ones God loves"

11. Paul= Knocked off his donkey Grace and Humility Spurning Pedigree Christ-righteousness One God loves by Grace Alone

12. Last words… From a life of grace

13. Do your best to come to me quickly, for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica…

14. …Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me…

15. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry. I sent Tychicus to Ephesus

16. When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, and my scrolls, especially the parchments

17. Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done

18. You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message

19. At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them

20. But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it - 2 Tim. 4:9-17

21. So what?

22. Drips grace… Real grace Hard grace Biblical grace

23. Grace speaks Truth

24. Do your best to come to me quickly, for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica…

25. …he loved this world We should love the world As God does

26. Demas: Reputation Freedom Safety Pleasure

27. Does it cause me to stand And serve? Or compromise and bolt?

28. Grace speaks Truth

29. False Grace: - Ignores it (nothing changes)

30. False Grace: - Ignores it (nothing changes) - Justifies it (no need to repent)

31. False Grace: - Ignores it (nothing changes) - Justifies it (no need to repent) - Becomes harsh (not grace)

32. Paul the gossip?

33. Grace Speaks the Truth In Love

34. What they need to hear Not what I need to say What is helpful to them Not what is hurtful or vengeful

35. Grace Communication: - What they can hear - As much as they can hear - In a way they can hear - When they can hear it

36. Pray and Repent

38. Grace doesn't Throw people away

39. Only Luke is with me… Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry

40. Mark sounds like A good, reliable man!

41. Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing”

42. Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, but Paul did not think it wise to take him…

43. …because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work

44. They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company - Acts 15:36-39

46. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry

47. What changed?

48. What changed? Mark! By the grace of God…

49. Grace doesn't Throw people away

50. Because of Grace: None of us are static individuals

51. Because of Grace: None of us are static individuals - People aren't their mistakes

52. Because of Grace: None of us are static individuals - People aren't their mistakes - You aren't your mistakes

53. God is the God Of the next chance We are called to be people Of that same grace

54. In all of The Faith Grace is the one thing Christians Are so quick to demand And so unwilling to give

55. The grace we've received Forms the basis for the grace We give Receiving God's grace makes us Responsible to Share that grace

56. Grace doesn't Throw people away

57. Pray… For Eyes of Faith And a heart of Grace

58. Grace gives to God What belongs to God

59. Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him for what he has done

60. You too should be on your guard against him, because he strongly opposed our message

62. Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme - 1 Tim. 1:20

63. Grace gives to God What belongs to God Grace doesn’t stay angry or Get bitter or seek revenge It doesn’t repay

64. Do not judge (as to condemn) The ground is level at the cross We want grace Not justice

65. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap

66. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you”

67. The moment I demand justice Instead of turning it over to God And seeking Grace I turn myself over to Justice

68. Don't miss this! There's peace here Joy and Spiritual Filling

69. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you”

70. You are never more like God Than when you forgive what Doesn't deserve forgiveness

71. Grace gives to God What belongs to God

72. Pray And Let Go Of what's not mine

73. Grace makes room For God's Presence

74. …for if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins - Matt. 6

75. Has Paul forgiven?

76. At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them

77. Grace: Ultimate Betrayal= Absolute Forgiveness

78. Grace makes room For God's Presence

79. But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it

80. Betrayal= Greater sense of God's Presence And strength To accomplish God's work

81. In Christ- As I live Grace and Forgive well I am never alone I am never without strength

82. Simply because of God's grace Given through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross

83. Pray And choose to Forgive

84. Death is imminent Your life is your letter Time to Grace it With God's Presence

85. Our God is Great Grace is his masterpiece

86. As a Church…

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