{"id":2314,"date":"2014-07-16T10:17:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T15:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/?p=2314"},"modified":"2014-07-16T10:17:37","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T15:17:37","slug":"2-timothy-chapter-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/?p=2314","title":{"rendered":"2 Timothy Chapter 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2315\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bible.png?resize=341%2C311\" alt=\"bible\" width=\"341\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bible.png?w=341&amp;ssl=1 341w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bible.png?resize=300%2C274&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/>Paul is ready!<\/p>\n<p>Paul is ready through salvation which he talks about at the start of each letter he writes.<\/p>\n<p>Paul is ready to meet the Lord because he finished his course; Paul did what the Lord wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Paul is ready in anticipation of a crown for being faithful and loving Christ\u2019 appearing.<\/p>\n<p>Paul charges Timothy to be ready to run his course, by being prepared to preach and teach the Word of God.\u00a0 Timothy was to be ready to share the gospel and stand on the truths of this gospel.<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready?\u00a0 Are you ready to meet the Lord?\u00a0 Will you receive a crown or will you hide when the Lord returns?\u00a0 I know you can\u2019t hide, but would you feel like hiding?<\/p>\n<p>Everything is stripped away in death and\/or at the Lord\u2019s return.\u00a0 All of our priorities will be reviewed and all our reasons will seem inadequate.\u00a0 When we see Jesus we will wish we\u2019d done more and walked in a faith that was deeper.\u00a0 One day you will see Jesus if you\u2019re saved, so get ready.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not ready to see Jesus repent, and receive His work on the cross as payment for your sins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2316,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions\/2316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}