Steadfast

A CALL TO BE STEADFAST.

1 Tim: 4:1-10, 1 Cor: 15:58, Acts: 26:19-23.

Many who started well could not finish well. (Balaam, Demas, Lot)  Many who started well and did not continue well could complete well. (John Mark, David, Peter). God expects us to continue and complete well and finish the journey with shout of Triumph like Paul.  See the things that will make us steadfast:-

1: The Love of Christ. 2 Cor: 5:14-15; His Cross: Heb: 12:1-2.

2: The Word of God. John: 6:66-68, 1 Pet: 2: 1-3, 2 Tim: 3:16, 4:1-5.

3: The Spirit of God.  Rom: 8:14, 15, 37 x Rom: 7. Gal: 5:17, 18, Eph: 5:18-21

4: The People of God. Heb: 10:25. “Encourage one another”. Cheer one another.

5: The presence of the Lord. Matt: 26:41 Psalm: 16:8, 11.

6: The Saints who have gone before, “The cloud of witnesses”: Heb: 12:1

7: The coming of the Lord. 1 Cor: 15:50-58.