6.26.2005

not without honor

"Don't Back Down" {2Tim1:8-18}
* Good sign of perseverance: no shame. Shame opp of honor
* Stand w/o shame
- Begins w/ v7 actually -- no spirit of timidity
- by His power, who has called us {IPet4:16}
- by grace
- who destroyed death -- but we are NOT here to mark time
- find your purpose
* Suffer w/o shame
- Ten levels of persecution: disapproval, ridicule, pressure to conform, job loss, property loss, harassment, phys abuse, prison, torture, execution
- "because I know whom I have believed"
- that day = day of His return {2Tim4:7}
- shame now? shame on that day
* Serve w/o shame
- Guard the treasure w/ HS
- Support those who stand for truth -- Onesiphorous, another great minor, recorded for all eternity

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