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SAME WORD
“Utmost”
“Do your utmost to come before
winter. . .” (2 Tim. 4:21, NKJV)
“BE DILIGENT”
“Diligence” –Lost in the World
• Worldly Definitions:
– A good person (church or no church)
– One who attends a church once in a while
– One who goes to church regularly on Sunday
mornings
– One who goes regularly, sings a few songs,
contributes some cash, ‘endures’ a sermon,
takes Lord’s supper
“Diligence”
• Luke 13:22-30
– “strive” versus “seek”
Base “agone”
the Greek Assembly
“agonizomai”
for Contests
“Strive” VS “Seek”
Gk. “agonizomai”
TRANSLATED (KJV):
•Three times as “fight”
•Three times as “strive”
•One time as “labor”
1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-27
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God,
a worker who does not need to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
PRESENT
• When we insist on baptism for salvation we
are often accused of:
“VOIDING CHRIST’S COMPLETED WORK ON
CALVARY WITH MAN’S WORK”
• Was Paul voiding Christ’s work by insisting
that you “present yourself approved”?
Whose Responsibility?
“So then each of us shall give account of
HIMSELF to God” (Rom. 14:12, NKJV).
– WHO SHALL GIVE AN ACCOUNT?
– GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF?
– GIVE AN ACCOUNT TO?
“. . .approved to God. . .” (2 Timothy 2:15)