Who was Demas?

Who was Demas?

When the Apostle Paul wrote the Epistle to the Colossians around 60 A.D., Demas was with Paul and a friend and was a faithful helper, which Paul said Demas greet you, the Colossians.

When the Apostle Paul wrote the Epistle to Philemon around 60 A.D., Demas was with Paul and was a faithful helper and fellow laborer and Paul said Demas greet you.

Now, the Apostle Paul said in the second Epistle to Timothy around 67 A.D. that Demas forsake his friend Paul.  Why, having loved this present world.  Just seven years.  Demas had a good beginning, but did not finish or end well.  Demas  could not endure the hardships of helping the Apostle Paul and instead wanted the pleasures and comfort he had back home in Thessalonica, a place of safety, not subject himself to martyrdom. 

This is an example that I have to be careful of not following in Demas shoes.  Satan is now going after anything to do with Christians and Satan has his own servants in the service as ministers.    Only by the grace of God and the Holy Spirit living in us, we may finish well and have a part of the Wedding supper and be Kings and Priests under our Creator God, Jesus.

Colossians 4:14 NKJV  Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you. 

Philemon 1:23-24 NKJV  Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you,  (24)  as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow laborers. 

2 Timothy 4:10 NKJV  for Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed for Thessalonica—Crescens for Galatia, Titus for Dalmatia.