DISCIPLES: The Kind of Person God Uses

2 Timothy 2:2

“The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

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Are you a fan or a follower?

1. Entrust (Commit) These Things
   • This suggests transmitting something from one person to another. It indicates the deposit of a sacred trust
   • Invest in the lives of other people
     • How do you invest in others? T.I.M.E.
       • Investing does not happen in an hour Bible Study each week. You must be invested in the daily lives of the individuals you are discipline.

2. Faithful Men
   • Discipling stands or falls with these two little words.
     • “Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but who can find a trustworthy man?” - Proverbs 20:6
     • “For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.” - 2 Chronicles 16:9

• • Faithful men are few
    • Matthew 22:14 - “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
    • Matthew 9:37 - “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.”

• • Two ways to be used by God:
    • Obediently
    • Disobediently

• • What kind of person does God use?
    • He Has Adopted the Same Objective in Life That God Sets Forth in the Scriptures
    • He Is Willing to Pay Any Price to Have the Will of God Fulfilled in His Life
    • He Has a Love for the Word of God
    • He Has a Servant Heart
    • He Puts No Confidence in the Flesh
    • He Does Not Have an Independent Spirit
    • He Has a Love for People
    • He Does Not Allow Himself to Become Trapped in Bitterness
    • He Has Learned to Discipline His Life

• • Saving faith is transforming faith
    • If you are not being transformed, the evidence for your salvation is NOT there!
    • Works are not required for salvation, but they are a mark of true conversion
    • Real faith will ALWAYS produce real change!

3. Teach Others Also
   • Able to teach
     • We get our ability from God not self. (2 Corinthians 3:5)
   • What do we teach them?
     • What Paul exemplified to Timothy (summarized in 2 Timothy 3:10-11)

••“Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, persecutions, and sufferings…” - 2 Timothy 3:10-11