TEXT:  2 Tim. 1:12-14

INTRODUCTION:

A.  PAUL IN PRISON, KNOWS HIS FATE (4:6-8).

B.  AN EXPRESSION OF HIS LOVE AND CONFIDENCE IN CHRIST.

C.  3 LESSONS – ALL INTRODUCED BY THE WORD "THAT."

I.  THAT HE IS ABLE.

A.  ABLE DENOTES POWER – POWER SEEN IN

          1.  Creation (John 1:1-3;  Heb. 1:2;  Col. 1:16).

          2.  Miracles (John 3:1-2;  Acts 2:22-23).

          3.  The resurrection (Rom. 1:1-4;  Acts 17:30).

B. WHAT IS HE ABLE TO DO?

          1.  Understand man (Heb. 2:17-18;  4:15;  John 2:23-25).

          2.  Save man (Heb. 7:25;  Mark 2:4-10;  1 Pet. 1:18-19).

          3.  To raise us from the dead (John 5:28-29).

          4.  To guard us when saved (John 10:27-29;  Rom. 8:21-39;  1 Pet. 1:5).

II.  THAT WHICH I HAVE COMMITTED … CONDITIONS!

A.  THE BIBLE DEMANDS TOTAL COMMITMENT TO JESUS

          (Rom. 12:1;  Luke 9:23;  Gal. 2:20;  2 Cor. 8:5).

B.  GOD WILL NOT SAVE OR GUARD THAT WHICH IS NOT COMMITTED.

          1.  Theme of 1 Peter: (1:13;  2:21-24;  3:15;  4:18).  A Preoccupation.

          2.  Do not allow distractions (Matt. 6:24;  Heb. 12:1-2).

III.  THAT DAY(Heb. 9:27-28).

A.  JESUS IS COMING BACK (2 Thess. 2:1-2).

          1.  The Judgment Day (Acts 17:30-31;  2 Cor. 5:10;  Rom. 14:10-12).

          2.  A day of wrath (Rom. 2:5-6).

          3.  A day of crowning (2 Tim. 4:6-8).

          4.  A day of Salvation (Heb. 9:27-28).

          5.  A day of surprise (Matt. 24:42;  7:21-23;  Luke 13:24).

          6  A day of reunion (1 Thess. 4:16-18).

B.  WE MUST BE PREPARED.

          1.  John 9:4.  While it is day (2 Cor. 6:1-2).

          2.  John 12:48.  Know the standard.

          3.  Watch! (Matt. 24:42;  Luke 13:37).

CONCLUSION:

A.  PAUL SAID "I KNOW HIM" (2 Tim. 1:12).

B.  TO KNOW HIM IS LIFE ETERNAL (John 17:3).

C.  WHO KNOWS HIM? (1 John 2:3-4).