It was then that Paul wrote a letter to a young friend, Timothy.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure\u201d (2 Timothy 4:6), he wrote. He knew that death was near, so he wrote on:<\/p>\n
\u201cI have fought a good fight\u201d (4:7)\u2014past perfect tense!<\/p>\n
\u201cI have finished the race\u201d (4:7)\u2014past perfect tense!<\/p>\n
\u201cMy testimony has been given. I am a martyr and a witness. I have done all that I could for Jesus. The war is over and I will take off my uniform. I have completed God\u2019s plan for me on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the logic of death, the next words should have been \u201cThe End,\u201d for within a few days, Paul knelt on the flagstones of a Roman prison and the executioner severed his head from his body with a sword.<\/p>\n
He had written his last testimony, but he did not say, \u201cThis is the end of Paul.\u201d Instead, he had purposely added one of those conjunctive words that speaks of a yesterday and connects it to a tomorrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have finished my course.\u2026 Henceforth<\/i> (KJV)\u201d (4:7\u20138).<\/p>\n
Paul was testifying: \u201cAll of these things were a part of the human biography, but I am going on to another and better and eternal chapter!\u201d For Paul, it was the blessed experience of coming to the next chapter after the last!\u2026<\/p>\n
Thank God for the gracious chapter still being written, the chapter titled \u201cImmortality.\u201d It is the chapter of God\u2019s tomorrows. It is the chapter of the henceforths known only to the children of God.<\/p>\n
2 Timothy 4:6\u20138; 1 Peter 1:3\u20135<\/p>\n
Who Put Jesus on the Cross?,<\/i> 89, 90, 92.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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