The Good Fight

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The Right Fight

2 Corinthians 4:7 KJV 1900
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
We have
++A possession
++A treasure
God has given us
++A Sword
++An Advantage
++The Power of God
The Right Fight
++Honor the Call of God
++Fulfill the will of God
++Serve the Lord

The Good Fight

1 Timothy 1:18–20 KJV 1900
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; 19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
How do we define a good fight?
A good fight
++Preparation
Luke 14:31 KJV 1900
31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Paul reminds Timothy
++You have been prepared
++You carry a mantle
++You have a word upon you

Sometimes we just need to be reminded

2 Timothy 1:5–6 KJV 1900
5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Proverbs 24:27 KJV 1900
27 Prepare thy work without, And make it fit for thyself in the field; And afterwards build thine house.
A good fight
++Preparation
++Precision
1 Corinthians 9:25–27 KJV 1900
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
There is a lot at stake
++Temperance
++Endurance
++Patience
2 Corinthians 12:7 KJV 1900
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
A good fight
++Preparation
++Precision
++Performance
Hebrews 12:1–2 KJV 1900
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Somebody is
++Watching you
++Counting on you
++Helping you
Exodus 23:29–30 KJV 1900
29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

I will drive them out.

A good fight
++Preparation
++Precision
++Performance
++Prize
1 Corinthians 9:24 KJV 1900
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
2 Timothy 2:3–4 KJV 1900
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
John 16:33 KJV 1900
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
What does it mean to overcome the world?
++He has completed his assignment
++He won the important battle
++His work is done

Now it is our time for victory

What our victory?
++His Peace
++His Joy
++His Victory
Victory is mine
1 Timothy 6:12 KJV 1900
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
A Good fight reveals
++Inner strength
++Perseverance
++Character
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