Gospel Centered Runners Part-2

1 Timothy 6:11-16
A RE-LOOK AT PART-1
•Christ + Nothing= Everything
•A believer is freed to respond to God’s love as originally intended…not just informed but transformed/transforming
•Justification is an acquitted status on a believer, a result of Gods grace and mercy
•Sanctification is an ongoing art of understanding the acquitted status more deeply…yielding to the Spirit of the God(Gk peripatiete)
A CHARGE TO TIMOTHY
•Paul refers to Timothy with a title used in the OT for the prophets of God
•Paul operates from his Apostolic authority
•Paul reminds Timothy of an event which was crucial to his calling
•The responsibility is extremely high but the value in fulfilling it is higher
BUT WHO DOES THE CHRISTIAN CONTEND WITH AND WHERE?
•It is with the Satan and the demonic realm in the Spiritual realm places and its manifestation is seen on Earth (Eph 6:12)
•It is to be contended with in the flesh, the world and the devil (The great triad of enemies for Christian growth contain the world, the flesh and the devil. R C Sproul)
THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL
•Constant attraction to love the World and what it offers (1 Jn 2, 1 Tim 5)- The Christian Response: Flee
•The war that a believer has to fight in his or her pursuit of righteous living (Gal 5, Rom 7)- The Christian Response: Deny
•The war with Satan will be in the spheres of demonic oppression, condemnation or lies (Js 40. The Christian Response: Resist
THE CHRISTIAN FIGHT- A GOOD FIGHT
•It is not a fight with man-made weaponry, neither fought with a fallen nature
•It is a “good” fight fought with Godly enabling and Godly character
•It is for all believers and perpetual
•It’s greatest hero is Christ
Take Away: 
BE A SOLDIER OF LEGACY- FIGHT YOUR GOOD FIGHT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST
(Let the task ahead of you not diminish the power that is behind you Eph 6:10)