Nobody else was so consumed with the Gospel extension as Timothy was.

Sure he learned it from Paul.

He was a willing learner and a marvelous disciple of Paul.

He lived for one great reality.

Gospel, advance, salvation of souls.

I don't care what you do in life, that's got to be the underlying thing.

It has to be. Welcome to Grace to you with John MacArthur.

I'm your host Phil Johnson. Ever found yourself thinking

about a particular standard in the Bible and you realized you're missing the mark, you're

falling short of the standard? We've all been there. So you can see why a person who has a

record of faithfully pursuing God's standards is exemplary, and John MacArthur

calls the power of that sort of exemplary life the single greatest

tool of spiritual leadership. So get ready now for a look at one of the Bible's

remarkable leaders, a man named Timothy.

John MacArthur will show you seven virtues of Timothy

that elevated him to the ranks of the greatest heroes of the faith.

To continue his study called 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.

As we look at Timothy, let me just remind you of a great general principle that comes through in all three of these

illustrations in this text. Thomas Brooks said, example is the most powerful rhetoric. And that's

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