Thank you. I think it's safe to say that most people in our world fear death.

But did you know that the Bible teaches death is actually an entrance into life?

So how can that be true?

Alistairbeg explores the answer today on Truth for Life.

We're studying in 2 Timothy chapter 2, looking at verses 11 through 13.

Now, those of us who've been following along know that this second chapter of 2 Timothy

began with Paul reassuring Timothy of the resources that were his. That's the significance of the

phrase, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The resources then make possible the fulfillment of his responsibility, and particularly

to make sure that he entrusts to faithful men this message that God had given to Paul, Paul

had given to Timothy. Timothy was to give to others, and those others were to give to others still.

Thereby, underscoring for us, Paul's great concern that the message of the gospel would

be both proclaimed and preserved in the generations to come.

And Paul has provided three very straightforward pictures in order to illustrate his point.

First of all, in verse 3 and 4, the soldier, then in verse 5, the athlete, and then in verse 6,

the farmer. And there's going to be three more to follow. Later on in our studies,

we will notice that he is reminding us of the place of the workman, of the vessel, and of the

servant. And right in the middle of all of that, he does what I've been known to do,

and that is he quotes a hymn. At least I take it to be a hymn,

or a credo statement. And these three verses that are before us are the last of five statements

that you find in the pastoral epistles, that is in First and Second Timothy and Titus,

that are introduced by the phrase,

Ho, Logos, Pistos. Logos being the word, and pistos being that which is trustworthy or reliable.

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