Dr Tudor Bismarck Preaching on I Am an Old Soldier.
2 Timothy 2:3-8
[3]Take [with me] your share of the hardships and suffering [which you are called to endure] as a good (first-class) soldier of Christ Jesus.
[4]No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him.
[5]And if anyone enters competitive games, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully (fairly, according to the rules laid down).
[6][It is] the hard-working farmer [who labors to produce] who must be the first partaker of the fruits.
[7]Think over these things I am saying [understand them and grasp their application], for the Lord will grant you full insight and understanding in everything.
[8]Constantly keep in mind Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] risen from the dead, [as the prophesied King] descended from David, according to the good news (the Gospel) that I preach. [Ps. 16:10.]
