The Timothy Tactic

• Paul mentors Timothy, sees his value as God designed, puts him to work and the church experiences great strengthening is their walk and in their numbers.
• And check it out: God’s use of “familiarity” regarding the gospel is not new.
• We’ve seen this pattern throughout Acts so far…
  • Jews preaching to Jews
  • Hellenist Jews preaching to Hellenist Jews
  • Barnabas fetching Paul, a Roman Citizen, to preach in Rome-occupied territories
  • And now Paul is taking the Gentile Timothy into Gentile regions…
    • This appears to not only be a “good idea,” but that the Holy Spirit PLANNED it.