2 Timothy chapter 4:6-11
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 10For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
4 DIFFERENT LIVES
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DEMAS.
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica;
The stage of DEVOTION.
Philemon 23-24
There salute thee Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus; 24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow laborers.
Stage of DECISION!
The Stage of DESERTION!
LUKE
Dr. Luke is the only one who is still with Paul.
2 Timothy 4:11
“only Luke is with me”.
Colossians 4:14
LUKE, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Acts 16:9-10
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us 10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately WE endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called US for to preach the gospel unto them.
3. Mark
Acts 15:36-37
36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark
Acts 15:38
But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
Acts 15:39
And the contention was so sharp between them,
that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
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Paul
2 Timothy 4:6 KJV
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2 Timothy 4:6 NLT
As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. The time of my death is near.
4 DIFFERENT LESSONS
1. DEMAS – No One Of Us Ever Gets Beyond Worldliness.
2. LUKE – No One Of Us Ever Gets Beyond Usefulness
3. MARK – No One Of Us Ever Gets Beyond Forgiveness. V11b
4. PAUL – No One Of Us Ever Gets Beyond Humanness.