Final Instructions

Q: What does the Bible say about being ashamed of the gospel?

The Bible instructs believers not to be ashamed of the gospel, as it is the power of God for salvation. In 2 Timothy 1:8, Paul exhorts Timothy not to be ashamed of the testimony of the Lord. This admonition emphasizes the importance of standing firm in the faith, especially when facing societal pressures or persecution. The gospel is described as the power of God unto salvation (Romans 1:16), and therefore, there is no occasion for shame regarding its truth. Believers are encouraged to embrace and proclaim the gospel boldly, regardless of the circumstances they face.

Q: How do we know the doctrine of salvation is true?

We know the doctrine of salvation is true because it is rooted in God's sovereign purpose and grace given in Christ before time began. Paul clearly articulates that our salvation is a product of God's own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began (2 Timothy 1:9). This indicates that salvation is not based on human merit or works but is a divine initiative secured in the Old Testament and manifested through Jesus Christ. The fulfillment of God's promises in Christ, through His sacrifice and resurrection, assures us of the truth of this doctrine.

Q: Why is it important for Christians to hold fast to sound doctrine?

Holding fast to sound doctrine is crucial for Christians to maintain faith and unity in a world that challenges the truth of the gospel. In his final instructions to Timothy, Paul stresses the importance of holding fast to the form of sound words he has received (2 Timothy 1:13). Sound doctrine serves as a foundation for faith and love in Christ, enabling believers to discern truths amidst false teachings. It preserves the integrity of the gospel and ensures that the church remains anchored in the truth of Scripture, which is vital for both individual and corporate spiritual health.

Q: What role does God's grace play in our salvation?

God's grace is the unearned, sovereign favor that calls and saves us according to His purpose and not our works. God's grace is fundamental in the process of salvation, as Paul writes that we are called not according to our works but according to His own purpose and grace (2 Timothy 1:9). This grace comes to us through Jesus Christ, who has not only abolished death but also brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. It emphasizes that salvation is a gift, not something we achieve through our efforts, underscoring the sovereignty of God in the redemptive process.

Q: Why should Christians not fear persecution for their faith?

Christians should not fear persecution because God has given us a spirit of power, love, and a sound mind, enabling us to withstand challenges. In 2 Timothy 1:7, Paul reminds Timothy that God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind. This encouragement is crucial as persecution for one's faith can be daunting. However, knowing that we are empowered by the Holy Spirit and filled with God's love equips believers to face adversity with courage. Rather than being ashamed or intimidated, Christians are called to stand firm in their convictions, trusting in God's sovereignty over their lives.

The title of this message tonight is Final Instructions. Final Instructions. David said, Make me to know how
frail I am. Again, he said, teach me to number
my days, that I may apply my heart to wisdom." Last Wednesday night, two of
our much-loved and respected elders spoke to this congregation
about the Lord's table. They spoke to us about the grace
and mercy of our God in giving his beloved Son to die for our
sins on the cross. And they spoke to us about the
love and mercy of our Savior, who gave himself that we might
live. And these messages were such
a blessing to all of us. I don't know when my heart has
been more greatly moved and blessed than during those two messages.
And it was suggested to me after the service that the tapes of
those messages should be carefully preserved and kept on file. for several reasons. This could be the last time that
we'll hear from these breadmen. And secondly, their words were
words of instruction and encouragement to all of the young folks here. And thirdly, They gave a summary
of what these two mature believers not only have found, but have
proved through years of faithful attention to spiritual matters.
They were as if saying, this is what we believe. This is what
God has taught us. And I'll tell you, I'm especially
fond of that kind of preaching. I'm fond of that kind of teaching. I like what Richard Baxter said
one time. He said, I preach as one who
may never preach again. I preach as one who may never
preach again. I preach as a dying man to dying
men. And I love those sermons and
messages and articles which are born of conviction, and born
of experience, and sum up the essentials of the faith. This
is so much better than the ramblings of promoters and pulpiteers.
It's got some depth to it. And you can go away from a service
like that rejoicing and saying, didn't our hearts burn within
us as he opened to us the scriptures and strengthened our confidence
and hope in Christ Jesus. I want to do that so badly. You
know, David had a final testimony when David lay dying. The scripture says these are
the last words of David, the very last words David spoke. And he didn't spend his time
bidding farewell to those about him, and he didn't spend his
time talking about the things he had done for God, but he spent
that time talking about some things God had done for him. He said, although it be not so
with my house, the Lord God hath made with me an everlasting covenant,
ordered in all things, and secure. And this is all my salvation,
and this is all my desire, although he make it not to grow. And then I was reading yesterday
I suppose the final words are the words that a man had to say
that were among his last words, because when he spoke these words,
he was a very, very old man. And that was Simeon. You remember
when God brought Mary and Joseph to the temple to go through certain
required ceremonies for the child Jesus. And this old man was in
the temple, this devout old man called Simeon, and God revealed
to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord's
Christ, the Messiah. And so when they brought the
child Jesus into the temple, it says, he took him up in his
and blessed God, and said, Lord, now let us thy servant
depart in peace, according to your word. For mine eyes have
seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before
the face of all the people, a light to lighten the Gentiles and the
glory of thy people Israel." Now, that's something to rest
in, isn't it? That's something to delight in. That's something
to lay hold of. Now here, turn to 2 Timothy,
and this is what we have here. We have a warrior, a veteran,
a man of who's sitting down there in Rome
in prison, turned to 2 Timothy 4, and he's writing to an individual. He's not writing this to everybody
on earth. He's not writing this to everybody
who owns a Bible. He's writing this to an individual,
to a person, to someone very near and dear to him, a young
man named Timothy. And the Apostle Paul knows that
his death is very near. In fact, in 2 Timothy 4, verse
6, he says this, I am now ready to be poured out. I am now ready
to be offered, to be poured out as a drink offering. And the
time of my departure is literally at hand. I have fought a good fight, I
have finished my course, I've kept the faith. Henceforth there
is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous judge, will give me in that day, and not to me
only, but unto all them that love his appearing." Now, I read
that to show you that as Paul sat here writing this epistle
to this beloved and brother, that he was aware and conscious
of the fact that he may be writing his very last epistle and speaking
his very last words. Now, this is important. What
does a man like Paul have to say in conclusion? What does
a man like Paul have to say in the last days. What does a man
like Paul have to say to a dear, dear brother, a personal, intimate
friend and co-laborer? What does he have to say to it?
Well, it's interesting. Let's start with chapter 1, verse
1, and let's see what he has to say to it. In chapter 1 of
2 Timothy, verse 1, he says, an apostle of Jesus Christ by
the will of God. This office that I hold, this
ministry, this dispensation of grace that God has given to me,
is not by the will of men. I wasn't put in the ministry
by the will of men, nor by my own will, nor because of personal
merit, but I was I'm an apostle by the will of God. You remember
I read this morning in the scripture, he said, God put me in the ministry. God literally put me in the ministry. I don't know a whole lot about,
I hear preachers talking about a call, a call, they heard a
call. I don't know a great deal about
that, but I do know, like Paul here, that God literally put
me in the ministry." And that's what he's saying here, I'm an
apostle by the will of God, don't question that. And I'm an apostle
by the will of God according to the promise of life which
is in Christ Jesus, according to the promise of life. What
does that mean? It means this, that God from the beginning,
from all eternity, purposed and promised life. He promised life
and salvation in Christ Jesus. God has promised life and salvation
in Christ Jesus, and according to that promise and that purpose,
God has appointed apostles and pastors and preachers and evangelists
to point men to Christ, according to that promise. I have the authority
to stand here tonight and point you to Jesus Christ. on what
authority? According to his promise. He
promised life in Christ, and so I can point you to Christ.
And that's what Paul is saying here. I'm an apostle by the will
of God, according to that promise of life and salvation in Christ
Jesus. And notice verse 2, to Timothy,
to Timothy, my dearly beloved son. Now, he wasn't Paul's earthly
son. Paul wasn't married. And he didn't
have a son, an earthly son. But the Apostle Paul, I tell
you this, and I can say this about many of you. Men and women
who are not blood kin, whom we've never known before, become mothers and fathers and
brothers and sisters and sons and daughters to us in Christ. God, you see, this is God's family. God's family. And this is what
Paul is saying. Sitting here before my departure
is at hand, I'm ready to be offered, and Timothy's on his heart. Timothy's
on his mind. Young Timothy, who's going to
take up the mantle. Who's going to take the place
of the apostle. Who's going to preach where Paul
preached. Who's going to follow his footsteps.
He said, you're my son. He never had a son. But this
man's a son, near and dear and precious to him, actually nearer
and dearer than if he had had a son. That's right. Nearer and dearer than if he
had had a son. Grace, listen, mercy and peace from God the
Father and from Jesus Christ. If we have any grace and mercy
and peace, it'll have to come from him. We can't pass it on
to one another. And then he said, what's this?
And now this is interesting. I thank God. Every time the Apostle
Paul refers to a person's state in Christ, every time he refers
to a person's election, a person's salvation, a person's fellowship,
a relationship with him, like mine with you, and you, and you,
and you, he turns and thanks God for it, because you didn't
do it, and I didn't do it. He says, I thank God whom I serve
for my forefathers with a pure conscience that without ceasing
I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day. I think
of you and love you and pray for you and I thank God for our
relationship. In 2 Thessalonians he said this,
Brethren I thank God for you I thank God for you, brethren,
beloved of the Lord, because God chose you to salvation. God
established this relationship. You didn't do it and I didn't
do it. And that's what he's saying here. He chose us in Christ before
the foundation of the world, that we should be adopted as
sons, that we should be family. Greatly desiring to see you,
look at verse 4, greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of
your tears, that I may be filled with joy. Now this next verse,
if this were my last message to you tonight, I could enter into this verse.
I could enter into all that, but this one too. You're sitting
down there thinking about this young man Timothy. And he said,
I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith. What is that? That's genuine
faith. That's real faith. That's sincere
faith. Nothing more ridiculous or disappointing
than artificial, insincere claims to a relationship with Christ.
No! That's just not worth our time. But he said, I call to
remember it's your strong, sincere, genuine faith in Christ. Faith
in Christ. which dwelt first in your grandmother,
Lois, and in your mother, Eunice, and I'm persuaded in you too.
You know, that's one of the blessings of a long pastorate. I'm starting my 39th year here. I've got five months already on the 39th
year. And when I looked at this, Paul
visualized Timothy. and his love for Christ. And
he thought about his mother, and he thought about his grandmother.
And I went over my mind, some of you, I'm not going to call
you names, but I think about your faith in Christ. Your mama
had the same faith, and your grandmother had the same faith.
And I knew all three of you, and rejoiced in your faith. That's
a blessing. That's what he's sitting down
here thinking. I mean, I call to remember it's your faith in
Christ. And I remember that God blessed
your mother with that faith, and God blessed your grandmother
with that faith, that sincere faith, that dedicated faith,
that genuine faith, that persevering faith. We've got ladies sitting
in this congregation, grandmothers, great-grandmothers, Great grandmothers. Isn't it wonderful when God blesses
the family? Blesses the grandmother and the
mother and the daughter and then maybe by God's grace He'll bless
the next one, you know. That's what He's talking about
there. But I tell you this, I tell you this. It's God that blesses
according to His sovereign will. But let me tell you something,
young people. He blesses the faithful preaching of the gospel. That's right, the faithful preaching
of the gospel. Now, y'all keep that gospel here.
Defend it with your blood if you have to. That's right. Because it didn't just happen
that these grandmothers and mothers and daughters all believed the
gospel. It was preached to them. It was
preached to them. It was faithfully preached to
them. all these years. And your children are not going
to be converted if they don't hear the gospel. Isn't that right? They're not going to be converted
if they don't hear the gospel. That's the reason he said in
verse 6, Therefore I put you in remembrance, I advise you,
I advise you to stir up the gift
of God which is in you by the putting on of my hands Now then,
Paul never did save anybody by putting his hands on them. Paul
never did give the Holy Ghost from Paul to anyone. The Holy
Ghost comes from God, by the will of God. Now watch this.
What Paul is saying here is this, I advise you to exercise your
knowledge and fan the flame of revelation. The revelation is
a light. It's a flame. It's a light. Fan
it. Keep burning. If God's given
you anything, keep it burning. Keep burning that gift that God
gave you when he instructed me to lay hands on you and to give
you, to single you out and to put you in a place of responsibility
and service God told me to single you out. God told me. God, that's what Paul is saying. God Almighty sent me to you. Just like, see Paul, God sent
Philip to the eunuch. God sent him to the eunuch and
he preached. God saved the eunuch. God blessed the eunuch. God gave
him the grace and the gift that Paul sent. God sent Philip to
him. And Philip can say the same thing
to the eunuch. Now, when you get down there
where you're going, you stir up this gift and fan this flame
and continue, exercise this knowledge which was in you by the putting
on of my hands, by my singling you out. That's what he's saying. I tell you, the more we have
received, the more attention we ought to give to it. And the
more we have received, the more that's going to be required of
us. Isn't that true? That's what
scripture says. To whom much is given, much will be required. So that's what he's saying here.
And then in the next verse, he says this to Timothy. Don't ever
lose the picture here now of this man who's writing, and the
one to whom he's writing. And he's saying to him now, You stir up this, this is not
something for you to play with. It's not something you'd take
lightly. You stir up this, God's passed
by here and dealt with you through me and by my word and singled
you out for a special blessing. I stir it up. And don't be afraid,
verse 7, God has not given us the spirit of fear. No, sir. We do not fear this world. We
do not fear men. We do not fear disfavor. He said,
David said, my mother and father cast me off, the Lord will take
me up. We don't fear persecution. We do not fear what men can do.
We do not fear failure. We do not fear devils. We do
not fear condemnation. There's no condemnation to them
in Christ. We do not fear, God hasn't given
us the spirit of quaking before men, trimming our message. God hasn't given us the spirit
of fear, he's given us the spirit of power, the power of Christ. He's given us the spirit of love,
love for Christ and love for the brethren, and he's given
us a sound mind. That's the wisdom of God, that's
Christ the wisdom of God, he's given us a sound mind. All right,
now he seems to In this 8th verse, he comes to the very heart of
these final instructions. He's been talking there about
his love for Timothy and their relationship, and then he says
in verse 8, he lays down some instructions, final instructions,
simple words, and I paraphrase. Verse 8, he says, Don't be ashamed
of the gospel. Be not thou therefore ashamed
of the testimony of our Lord. What is the testimony of our
Lord? It's the witness of Almighty God. It's the gospel of Almighty
God. Don't be ashamed of the gospel.
There's no occasion for being ashamed of the gospel. There's
no conditions for being ashamed of the gospel. There's no surroundings
in which we should be ashamed of the gospel. And I'm talking
about the gospel. I'm talking about the gospel
of God Almighty. I'm talking about the gospel
of his free and sovereign grace. I'm talking about the gospel
of his effectual redemption. I'm talking about the gospel
concerning his son in his righteousness and sacrifice. I'm talking about
the gospel of his glory. God hath chosen the foolish They
despise the things that are not, that no flesh should glow in
his presence. There is no occasion for being
ashamed of the gospel, is there? I'm not ashamed of the gospel,
Paul says. It's the power of God unto salvation
to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For therein, in the
gospel, is the righteousness of God revealed. Just don't be
ashamed of the gospel. I don't care where we are. or who we're with, don't be ashamed of the gospel.
And then he says this, Nor of me. Nor of me. Don't be ashamed of the gospel
of Christ, and don't be ashamed of the one who taught you the
gospel. Nor of me, his prisoner. It doesn't
matter how despised of men they may be, or persecuted or hated
for the gospel. Don't be ashamed. Where did you
learn the gospel? From whom did you learn the gospel? You know, there's nothing in
the world that would be more disgraceful
than for a young man or young woman who maybe has gone to the
university and got a degree and got a good job and living down
on the main street in a fine home and running around with
the country club crowd to be ashamed. Nothing would be more
disgraceful than for that person to be ashamed of his mother or
father because of their country, because of their country, because
they maybe don't look as good as that crowd or not as educated
or not as wealthier and not as high up and just be ashamed,
that would be a disgrace, wouldn't it? Well, don't be ashamed of
those that taught you the gospel, either. You just don't get so high and
mighty that you're ashamed of the one who taught you the gospel. That's what Paul is saying, sitting
down here in this prison, writing to that young preacher. He said,
don't you be ashamed of the gospel and don't be ashamed of the one
who taught you the gospel, no matter what condition he's in.
But, he says, you be ready, you be a partaker, you be ready,
because it's coming. If you've got any spiritual strength
or grace or courage or boldness, you be ready now to be a partaker
of the afflictions that come with the gospel. according to
the power of God. Now, this old world doesn't love
the gospel. This old world has a gospel,
but it's not the gospel. This old world has a Jesus, but
he's not the Lord Jesus Christ. This old world has a spirit,
but it's another spirit. This world does not love the
gospel, and the world does not love those who preach the gospel.
Now, I tell you Christ said they hate me without
a cause, and they'll hate you if you love me. So get ready. Get ready. There's an offense
to the cross. Let me tell you something. The
gospel that declares the depravity and sinfulness of men offends
man's dignity now. If you're clear cut on it, the
gospel that declares that salvation is by revelation, not by merit
or education, it offends man's wisdom now. It's offensive. The
gospel that declares that Jesus Christ is the full, sufficient,
effectual Savior that didn't try to save, but he saved, that
offends man's pride now. It's offensive. And that gospel that declares
the Lordship of Christ that demands not admiration only, but allegiance,
not a confession only, but a commitment, that offends man's love of self. And it's offensive. It's offensive. So he says to Timothy, and he wouldn't warn him if there
wasn't danger, would he? I don't have to stand up here
tonight and warn you all not to drown when you go outside,
because there's no lake out there. That would be a waste of time. And Paul's not warning Timothy
needlessly. He knows there's a danger. He
said, don't you be ashamed of the gospel. Don't you be ashamed
of me, the prisoner of the Lord. And you be ready. to bear affliction for the gospel,
because she's coming. See, when Paul's gone, they're
going to start shooting at you, Timothy. Right now they're shooting
at him. They shoot the leader. And when the leader's gone and
God puts another one in, they'll get him. That's right. So when you're put in the position
of trust and responsibility, The enemy, there's no use him
shooting at the cook back down in the back ranks, but he's going
to shoot the man that's doing the talking. And then he said,
verse 9, he saved us. You know, I like Ruth's testimony
here, there, with like verse 8, when Paul's telling Timothy
to be ready to be afflicted for the gospel's sake. Ruth, she
took a bold stand. She said to Naomi, she said,
tell you this, where you go, I'll go, and where you live,
I'll live, and your people will be my people, and your God will
be my God, and I might add, your gospel's my gospel, and where
you die, I'll die, and that's where I'm going to be buried.
And she stayed with it, didn't she? God will Lord, he said he saved us, he
saved us, we didn't save ourselves, he saved us. He saved us. He loved us, he elected us, he
set his love upon us, he called us with a holy calling, not according
to our works, not according to our works. but
according to his own purpose, his own will, his grace, which
was given us in Christ Jesus before this world ever began.
Paul read that again. What did he say? He said, he
saved us, effectually saved us, and he called us by his Spirit
And he didn't base his calling on anything in us or of us or
from us, not according to our works in any way, but according,
he saved us and called us according to his own purpose and grace
given us in Christ. Don't ever leave that out. Christ be my first elect, God
said, and then chose us in our head. We're chosen in Christ,
loved in Christ, redeemed in Christ. Crucified in Christ,
seated in Christ. He gave it to us. He didn't sell
it to us. He didn't offer it to us. I know,
I know the old Puritans used that free offer of the gospel. And I guess they knew what they
meant, but I don't know what they meant. The gospel is not
an offer, it's a gift. Now, it's preached to all men. It's presented to all men. It
leaves all men without excuse, but the gospel is not an offer,
it's a gift. Salvation is not an offer, it's
a gift. And I can't find the gospel offer
anywhere in this book. I can find a gospel command.
God commands all men to repent. God commands all men to believe. God commands all men to love
his Son. God commands all men to bow to
Christ, and if a man does, it's by grace. It's a gift. He gave
us this in Christ before the world began. But what's this? This salvation and this holy
calling and this purpose and this grace is now made manifest. It was purposed and promised
before the world. It was given in promise and picture
and prophecy and typed through the Old Testament, but now it's
in person, it's made manifest by the appearing of our Savior,
Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death by his death, and hath
brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
Do you see that? What Paul is saying here, and
these are final instructions. He only has a few pages here. He only has a little time. He's writing the last letter
to Timothy, and here he takes the time to tell him that this
great salvation, the gift of God, was purposed back yonder
before the world, began promising pictures. But when Jesus Christ
came to earth through the virgin's womb and stood on this earth,
And down on that cross, everything God purposed and planned was
manifested in person, fulfilled in his death. You see, when Jesus
Christ shed his blood, there is the fulfillment of all the
blood of every lamb that ever was sacrificed. When Jesus Christ,
our Lord, gave his life, there is the fulfillment of every atonement
offered in that old tabernacle of When Jesus Christ suffered
on the cross and arose to glory and entered heaven for us, there
is the fulfillment manifestation of every priest that ever came
before God on behalf of a sinner. That's the manifestation. In
verse 11, he says, Whereunto, that is, this grace, this gospel,
I am appointed a preacher, to preach it, an apostle and a teacher
of the Gentiles. For the rich cause, I suffer
these things." Here he is. They said, I'm told that there
in Rome, that a soldier was chained to him all the time while he
was in prison. There was a constant guard put
on him. He was in prison, he was awaiting
death, and he says, this is why I'm suffering this. He's suffering
the hatred of men and the Hatred of Nero, the Roman emperor, and
the hatred of the Jews for the gospel he preached. That's why
they despised him. Despised him for the gospel he
preached. And look at verse 12. Now, nevertheless, I'm not ashamed.
You'd think a man in jail would be ashamed. But he wasn't ashamed
because of the reason he was in jail. You'd think a man that
everybody in town hated would be embarrassed. You don't have
any friends. Everybody despises you. All the
preachers despise you. You ought to be embarrassed.
I'm not embarrassed because of the reason they despise me. Spurgeon
said when he was preaching in London, hardly a preacher of
any reputation will have anything to do with me. Well, a fellow
ought to be embarrassed. No, I'm not ashamed. No, he wasn't
either. If you hate me for Christ's sake,
have at it. Isn't that right? Have at it
for the gospel. So he said, I'm not ashamed.
I'm not ashamed. I know whom I have believed. You know, Paul's writings are
always Christ-centered. I know whom I have believed.
He didn't say, I know what I believe, or I know when I believe. He
said, I know who. There was an old man dying. I
read this one, the old preacher dying. His wife was sitting by
his bedside, and he said he couldn't read anymore. His eyesight was
about gone. And he turned to his companion
of many years and he said, quote some scripture for me. I need
some comfort. And she quoted this verse. She
says, nevertheless, I'm not ashamed. I know in whom I have believed. He said, hold it. She said, what's wrong, honey?
He said, that's not what it says. She said, what did I say? He
said, you said I know in whom I have believed. And it doesn't
say that. It says I know whom I have believed. And don't even let a preposition
come between you and him. It's not in whom, I know whom. There's a difference. There's
a difference. I know whom I have believed,
and I'm persuaded, I'm confident that he's able. He's able to do all that he promised,
Abraham said. He's able to keep you from falling,
Jude wrote. He's able to save to the uttermost,
Paul wrote. He's able to present you faultless
before the throne. He's able. He's able. Preacher can't do it. You can't
do it. He's able. He's able to keep
that which, watch now, I have committed unto him. There's a
committal. I know everybody's hollering
about a confession and a profession and a decision, but there is
a committal. Paul said, I've put all my eggs
in one basket, and that basket's Christ. everything I am and have,
my soul, my family, my friends, my hope, my future, my life,
everything, I committed it to him against that day. And I'll tell you, my friends,
that day, the day of the Lord, will dawn soon. And the only one who will stand
in that day, who shall stand If thou, Lord, shouldest mark
iniquity, who will stand in that day? Christ will stand. He's already borne all that the
wrath of God can pour on him. He'll stand, and we stand in
him. That's what he said. Now he's
closing. He says, so Timothy, hold fast. Come on now, Timothy. Don't be
influenced and persuaded even by your own flesh. and companions
in the world and modern religion. Don't hold fast the form of sound words, which
you've heard of me. And do it in faith and love.
You don't have to, when you contend for the faith, you don't have
to be contentious for the faith. Be firm, but do it in faith and
love. in Christ. And that good thing,
we'll close, that good thing, what is that good thing? That's
the gospel. That good thing which was committed
to you, keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. All right,
those are blessed final instructions, aren't they? So clear.

Final Instructions

What does the Bible say about being ashamed of the gospel?

How do we know the doctrine of salvation is true?

Why is it important for Christians to hold fast to sound doctrine?

What role does God's grace play in our salvation?

Why should Christians not fear persecution for their faith?

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Final Instructions

What does the Bible say about being ashamed of the gospel?

How do we know the doctrine of salvation is true?

Why is it important for Christians to hold fast to sound doctrine?

What role does God's grace play in our salvation?

Why should Christians not fear persecution for their faith?

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