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The Promise of Ultimate Rescue
In this episode, we reflect on 2 Timothy 4:18 where Paul speaks about God’s promise to r… (visit YouTube for more)
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2 Timothy, chapter 4, verse 18. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
Paul is going into the closing of his letter here, knowing, or at least suspecting, that he is going to have a violent end to his life for the sake of the Gospel. And yet he says that God himself is going to rescue him from all evil.
And he is setting this example to Timothy, to the churches who will read this letter, and to us. This I would say is the promise of the message of the Gospel for us all, that we are ultimately rescued from all evil deeds. And that we’re then going to be brought safely into Jesus’s heavenly kingdom to be with him.
And we focus on this a lot in meditation because it’s so encouraging to us and it also puts our lives into perspective.
