1. 4: 1- 7 A free CD of this message will be available following the service This message will also be available for podcast later in the week a calvaryokc.com

2. 2 Timothy = Paul's Swan Song 4: 1- 7 2 Timothy 4 = Paul's Epitaph

3. Charge ~ diamarturomai 4: 1- 7 dia ~ through (when used as a prefix, serves to intensify word) martus ~ martyr Living and the dead ~ KJV, quick and the dead

4. Preach 4: 1- 7 the Word Not from

5. poimanō – tend (feed, nourish, care for) 4: 1- 7

6. 8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, And note it on a scroll, That it may be for time to come, Forever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the L ORD ; 4: 1- 7 Isaiah 30:8-11 10 Who say to the seers, “Do not see,” And to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. 11 Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before us.”

7. Heap up ~ NIV, gather around 4: 1- 7

8. “Some come to hear, not to learn, just as we go to the theatre, for pleasure, to delight our ears with the speaking or the voice of the plays.” 4: 1- 7 Seneca the Younger BC 4 – AD 65

9. “When you have hearers with itching ears, you will have preachers with itching palms - wanting to be scratched by money, and satisfy the ‘market’ of itching ears.” 4: 1- 7 David Guzik Commentary on 2 Timothy

10. “If God consistently sent lightning bolts in response to bad doctrine, our planet would sparkle nightly like a Christmas tree.” 4: 1- 7 Philip Yancey “Disappointment with God”

11. Truth ~ 6x 4: 1- 7 2:15 2:18 2:25 3:7 3:8 4:4

12. Poured out ~ spendō – Paul was being “spent” 4: 1- 7 Departure ~ analusis – of a ship leaving the dock or the striking of a tent

13. Fought ~ agōnizomai ; fight ~ agōn 4: 1- 7