Having the Fight of Your Life, Pt 2A (Pilgrim's Progress According to the Bible)

Sunday Evening Evangelistic Message #183

TEXT: 2 Timothy 4:7-8: "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."

Today, as we continue our journey through the Bible using the classic Christian allegory, Pilgrim’s Progress, as a tool for illustration, we are returning to a topic that is crucially important for Christians to understand. And that is the fact that, as believers, we are engaged in the fight of our lives against an enemy that seeks to render us ineffective in our service to the kingdom of God. 
 
1. We saw last week that the first thing we must do is make the decision to join the battle. 

2. The fight not only involves a decided fighter, but a dedicated fighter. 

3. The fight not only involves a decided fighter, and a dedicated fighter, but a determined reward. Notice Paul’s words once again.

MUSICAL SELECTION: "Take Me Back" by Andrae Crouch and "Victory" by Byron Cage