One of these three you will be

1. ONE OF THESE THREE YOU WILL BE
The ingredients you use, determine the outcome of your dish.
Coffee- salt instead of sugar; Cinnamon instead of cayenne pepper; ketchup
instead of cocktail sauce
Acts begins with Peter and quickly becomes a biography of Paul; and for the next
14 books we havePaul’s writings. 2Tim4 is Pauls final words. As is his style he is
not afraid to name names.
Three of these men epitomize all Christianity; You are or will become one of these
three.
2Tim 4
9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is
departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is
profitable to me for the ministry.
1. Demas The deserter- departed 68AD
 What he loved- “this present world”
1John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is
of the world.
 Who he left- “forsaken me”
1John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the
world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in
him.
 What he did- “departed unto Thessalonica”

2. 1John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if
they had been of us, they would no doubt have continuedwith us:
but they went out, that they might be made manifestthat they
were not all of us.
Matt 18:7-8 7 Woe unto the world because of offences!for it
must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom
the offence cometh!
8 Wherefore if thy handor thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and
cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or
maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into
everlastingfire.
Demas The deserter- departed
2. Luke The doctor- was dedicated
Prologue to the Gospel of Luke, a documentthoughtto date to the 2nd
or 4th
century, claimsthat the following [the only partpreserved in the
original Greek—may have been composed in the late 2nd century]:
Luke, wasborn in Antioch; by profession, wasa physician. He had become a
disciple of the apostle Paul and followed Pauluntil his [Paul's] martyrdom.
Having served the Lord continuously, unmarried and withoutchildren, filled
with the Holy Spirithe died at the age of 84 years.
Luke was a companion of Paul for at least 16years. Luke is the “beloved
physician”(Col 4:14 64 AD
Luke, the beloved physician, andDemas, greet
you).
He was with Paul on his trips in Acts (52AD-“we”
Acts 16:10-17, 20:556AD-“us”
,
21:1-760AD-“we”
)
and here [2 Tim. 4] with Paul until his execution.
Luke 1:1-4 1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order
a declaration of those things which are most surely believedamong us,

3. 2 Even as they deliveredthem unto us, which from the beginning were
eyewitnesses,and ministers of the word;
3 It seemed good to me also, havinghad perfectunderstandingof all
things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent
Theophilus,
4 That thou mightest know the certaintyof those things, wherein thou hast
been instructed.
Phlm 1:24 62 AD
Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
2Tim 4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for
he is profitable to me for the ministry.
Matt 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be
whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Paul the Picture of “Church-age” Christian has the Physician with him till
the “end of the world”-Mat28:20.
Demas The deserter- departed
Luke The doctor- was dedicated
3. Mark The demonstrator- was diligent
John Mark deserted Paulon his firstmissionary journey (Acts 15:36-39).
Mark proved himself by serving faithfully with Barnabas in Cyprus
Acts 15:39 And the contention was so sharpbetween them, that they
departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark,
and sailed unto Cyprus;
and with Peter in Babylon
1Pet 5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you,
saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
During Paul’s firstRoman imprisonment, Mark came to help him. Paul accepted
him as a fellowlaborer
Phlm 1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers
and recommended his ministry to the Colossian church

4. Col 4:10 Aristarchus my fellowprisonersaluteth you, and Marcus,
sister's son to Barnabas, (touchingwhom ye received
commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;
Mark was an early failure but was not content to be defined by it. Mark was
“profitable” not only to Paul but Barnabas and Peter; not to mention the
individuals in thosechurches.
Acts 12:12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house
of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were
gathered together praying.
Acts 13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preachedthe word of God
in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
Acts 13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they
came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returnedto
Jerusalem.
Acts 15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who
departed from them from Pamphylia, andwent not with them to the work.
Acts 15:39 And the contention was so sharpbetween them, that they
departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and
sailedunto Cyprus;
Col 4:10 Aristarchus my fellowprisonersaluteth you, and Marcus, sister's
son to Barnabas, (touchingwhomye receivedcommandments: if he come
unto you, receive him;)
1Pet 5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth
you; and so doth Marcus my son.
One foolish decision can destroy your life; or a life-time of diligence can direct
your outcome.
 Demas departed
 Luke was dedicated
 Mark was diligent