The document discusses finishing well in the Christian faith. It begins by noting that becoming a Christian is easy but remaining one in a hostile world is difficult, likening it to a marathon rather than a sprint. It cites examples from scripture of people who started well but did not finish well, as well as historical Christian figures. It identifies three main things that can cause a believer to falter: pride, relationships, and money. The document encourages readers to begin well, persevere through challenges, and keep their eyes fixed on Jesus to finish the race of faith successfully, as Paul and Caleb did. It concludes by noting that Jesus himself finished well through his sacrifice on the cross.

1. 1Corinthians 9: 24 ¶ Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,
but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all
things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an
incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run not as uncertainly; so fight I not as one that
beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection lest that by
any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a
castaway

3. Becoming a Christian is very easy
But the difficult part is remaining as one
in a hostile world
Christianity is not a 100 meters dash!
It is a marathon race
The battle between Greece and Persia in
490 B.C. and the origin of marathon races
Paul the Apostle was one man who
finished well in the midst of great
adversities

4. Many started well in scriptures but...
Fetching water in a calabash
Adam and Eve
Moses
Joshua
David
Solomon
Uzziah
Josiah
Ananias and Sapphira
Demas

5. Great men in history started well
but...
John Alexander McDowie
Jack Coe
A. A. Allen
Charles Sempleton
Others

8. Many things can bring down a man of God
but researchers note 3 notorious things:
1. Pride
2. Women/Men
3. Money

9. How then can we finish well?
LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL DID IN 2 TIMOTHY 4:6-8
6 For I am now ready to be offered and the time of my
departure is at hand
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith:
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give
me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also
that love his appearing.

10. 1. Begin well
By laying aside every weight

11. 2. Persevere
Those who give up never get to the
finish line!

12. 3. Keep looking unto Jesus
If you look at others you will be
discouraged or loose faith!

13. The believer who finishes well is the
one who fulfils God’s purpose on
earth and makes it to heaven at the
end!
Remember there is a cloud of
witnesses cheering us at the
grandstands of heaven!!

17. Caleb finished well
Joshua 14: 6 ¶ Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh
the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of
God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out
the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt but I wholly
followed the LORD my God.
9 And Moses sware on that day, saying Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine
inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive as he said these forty and five years, even since
the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness:
and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then,
even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out and to come in
12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in
that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced if so be the
LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out as the LORD said
13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

18. Our Saviour finished well
• Joh 19:30 When Jesus therefore
had received the vinegar, he said
It is finished and he bowed his
head, and gave up the ghost