Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—2 Timothy 4:9-18
by: Lisa Moore.
While doing the work of the Lord, Paul experienced desertion. Paul named those who left and their reasons for doing so. He specifically named Alexander, the coppersmith, as being an opposer of the gospel. He was not asking for pity or throwing a tantrum. He asked for help from Mark—the same Mark he had rejected earlier in his ministry. When it would have been easy to walk away from ministry, Paul declared it was the Lord who enabled him to fully preach the Gospel for all Gentiles to hear, delivering him from every evil work. Whatever you are experiencing, stay the course! The Lord will strengthen you to do His work.