2 Timothy 4:5-6. But watch thou in all things, endure affliction, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
How complacently he talks about it! It is only a departure, though Caesar’s sword might smite his head from his body. And truly death to the believer is no frightful thing. "Go up," said God to Moses, and the prophet went up, and God took away his soul to him, and he was blessed. And so, "Come up," saith God to the Christian, and the Christian goeth up, first to his chamber, and then from his chamber to Paradise.
2 Timothy 4:5-6. But watch thou in all things, endure affliction, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
How complacently he talks about it! It is only a departure, though Caesar’s sword might smite his head from his body. And truly death to the believer is no frightful thing. "Go up," said God to Moses, and the prophet went up, and God took away his soul to him, and he was blessed. And so, "Come up," saith God to the Christian, and the Christian goeth up, first to his chamber, and then from his chamber to Paradise.