I. The illustrations.
A. The bad.
1 Kings 11:1-11 Solomon did not end well.
2 Chronicles 29:1ff; 2 Kings 20:12-19; 2 Chronicles 32:25-26
Hezekiah, though he did repent of his great late-life failure, did not end as well as he should have.
B. The good.
2 Timothy 4:1-8 Paul, the apostle, ended well.
II. The focus.
1 Peter 1:13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 John 3:2-3
III. The pursuit.
Hebrews 12:1-2
1 Peter 1:13