Persevere - Remember Jesus Christ

Perseverance, endurance, and faithfulness. That is the theme of Paul’s second letter to Timothy. It includes this famous challenge: “Be strong in the Lord, fight the good fight, finish the course, keep the faith.” If you want to be a fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ, you must take these words to heart.

Tucked in the middle of the letter, Paul’s cadence slows down. It’s as if he paused, and then with a different tone said, “Oh Timothy, whatever you do, remember Jesus Christ” (2 Timothy 2:8). Compared to all the other injunctions Paul gave, this one jumps off the page, and it should. “Remember Jesus Christ.”

To help us remember, Jesus gave us the Lord’s Supper, Communion. And this morning we are going to reenact the Lord’s Supper. Because the day the memory of what Jesus did for us on the cross begins to fade is also the day our spiritual vitality begins to fade.