Preach The Word Only

Welcome to Living Word Cast!

I’m Pastor Michael Chilcott, coming to you from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This podcast exists to proclaim, teach, and explore the Word of God together. Our goal is to provide sound theological and biblical guidance on all things Scripture, helping you grow deeper in your understanding of the Bible and your relationship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Whether you’re seeking answers, encouragement, or a closer walk with God, this podcast is here to help you stay firmly rooted in the truth of God’s Word.

We are going to dive deeply into one of the most urgent and compelling passages in Paul’s letters: 2 Timothy 4:1-8.

These verses represent Paul's final charge to Timothy, his protégé in the faith. Paul, knowing that his execution is near, writes these words with gravity, urgency, and clarity. This is the charge of a dying man who has fought the fight, run the race, and kept the faith.

What does it mean to stay faithful in ministry? How do we stand firm when the world rejects the truth? How can we finish our race well? These are the questions we will answer today.

(1) I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:

(2) preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

(3) For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

(4) and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

(5) As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

(6) For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

(7) I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

(8) Henceforth there is laid up 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 loved his appearing.

Now, let’s break this passage down word by word and phrase by phrase to fully grasp its meaning.