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Lesson Summary:

Paul gives Timothy one last charge to finish his race well.

Focus Passage: 2 Timothy 4

Outline and Lesson Goal

Principles and Applications

I. Fulfill Your Ministry (4:1-8)

Principle: To Finish Well, Believers Must Commit to Fulfilling their Ministry.
Application: What ministry has the Lord called you to carry out for Him? Are you being faithful to your calling?
Scripture Reference

But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 20:24 (NASB)

II. Make Every Day Count (4:9-15)

Principle: To Finish Well, Believers Must Redeem the Time.
Application: How are you making every day count for the Lord?
Scripture Reference

¹⁵Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise,
¹⁶making the most of your time, because the days are evil
¹⁷So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians 5:15-17 (NASB)

III. Trust God’s Plan for Your Life (4:16-22)

Principle: To Finish Well, Believers Must Trust God’s Sovereign Plans.
Application: How confident are you in God’s plan for your life?
Scripture Reference

²⁴Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,
²⁵to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Jude 1:24-25 (NASB)