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Second Timothy chapter two, verses one and two,

you then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus and what you have heard

from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others

also. This is one of the clearest pictures, examples, illustrations, and the New Testament of

the command Jesus gave us in Matthew 28, 19 to go and make disciples of all the nations.

Do you see, did you hear the succession here? You have heard from me these truths, this gospel

in the presence of many witnesses. So just pause there. Think about who share the gospel with you.

Think about the people who have shown you what it means to follow Jesus. And we could just stop

right there and just spend time praying and praising God for the people who shared the gospel

with us, who have entrusted the gospel to us. God is used in our lives to show us how to follow

Jesus. So what you've heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, so that's some people sharing

the gospel with us, then us entrust that to other people who will be faithful with it. So the

gospel is not intended to stop with us. It's intended to spread through us. So who are you

sharing the gospel with? Who are you showing what it means to follow Jesus? And then we entrust

that to them who will be able to teach others also. So we don't just lead other people to

be disciples. We lead other people to make disciples to lead other people to Jesus. And this is how

the gospel spreads to all the nations through disciples who make disciples who make disciples

through disciple makers. And this is what God has called every father of Jesus to be. And if we're

not careful, we can miss it. We can totally miss what the privilege and the honor and the joy and

the calling of God in our lives and every one of us. So many Christians are tempted to think,

well, I mean, what can I really do to reach the nations with the gospel? And Jesus is saying,

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