The Have you ever thought about what your legacy will be?

Not so much your wealth or your possessions, but the impression you'll leave behind.

We'll consider this sobering thought today on Truth for Life weekend as Alastair Begg examines the

Apostle Paul's remembrances of individuals who were destructive to his ministry.

2 Timothy chapter 4, page 8, 4.3, verse 1 in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, and in view who will judge the

living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge.

Preach the word, be prepared in season and out of season, correct, rebuke and encourage,

with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come

when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather

around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will

turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you,

keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the

duties of your ministry. For I am already being poured out like a drink offering and the time

has come for my departure.

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.

Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous judge,

will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

Amen. Now, just a brief prayer together. God, our Father, with our Bibles open before us,

we pray that you will be our teacher. Such a futile prospect to spend all this time simply listening

to a relatively knowledgeable fellow speaking with emphasis. We don't want that. We don't have

time for that. We do believe that when your word is truly preached, that your voice is really heard.

That's the voice we're listening for.

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