Paul said, I am so concerned about you, I am so burdened about you, that I'm sending Timothy.

And somebody might say, well, if you're so uptight and so upset and so burden, why don't you come yourself?

I'm sending Timothy because Timothy is my beloved son in the faith who will remind you of all my

ways. Timothy was a reproduction of the Apostle. Welcome to Grace to you with

Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur.

I'm your host Phil Johnson. These days it seems

there's a handful of great achievers and then there's everybody else. The

superstar player and the rest of the team, the leading lady and the supporting cast.

Of course, those standout achievers didn't become that overnight or on their own without help.

These great achievers were nurtured by people they learned from,

mentors they trained under.

That's certainly true in the area of spiritual heroes.

Today on Grace to you, John MacArthur looks at one

hero of the faith who began as a protege of the Apostle Paul, who was our hero from

yesterday's broadcast, but our focus today, a man named Timothy.

So with today's lesson from the series Heaven's Heroes, here's John.

Let's open our Bibles to Philippians chapter 2. We're looking at verses 17 through 30 as the

setting for our message.

Philippians 2, 17 to 30 presents to us three model spiritual servants. Now this particular portion of

scripture is not profound theologically it's it's not even a doctrinal passage

as such it's not a difficult passage. There aren't any hidden

treasures here. It's simple, straightforward. In fact, it's very practical. It is profound in the sense that I believe it presents to us a model for

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