2 Timothy 2:1-2
1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
Because Timothy was holding fast to the word of God which he was holding out, Paul urged and commanded him to find strength in the grace of Jesus Christ. He did not say to be strong in effort or knowledge alone, but to be ruled and tempered by God’s unmerited goodness shown in preparing Timothy from before time for these times and into forever. The good news of God’s reconciliation and redemption in grace is our strength, for when we know our own weakness we find The Almighty working in us. What then? He was told to take that message of the gospel of grace and teach others, taking time to entrust it to their faithful care and communication to others. This discipling is meant to impart what God imputes, to equip other faithful followers of Jesus Christ with this doctrine of grace who would likewise grow to pass it on to yet others, one at a time down through time. We are to be Timothys as well, strong in grace, weak in self, committed to the kingdom of God.
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