Summary
But it's interesting because Timothy's mixed lineage that he was both Jewish and Greek, that offered him an interesting or a very open door to both the Jewish and the Gentile communities. Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him and he took him and had him circumcised because of the Jews who were in those places for they all knew that his father was a Greek. It's so exciting because it is God in action that we're witnessing and that we're called to be a part of. God's plan was to call each and every one of you into faith in Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit. God's plan was to bring that word to you and God's plan is to bring that word of salvation to the world through His disciples, which means that God's plan is to bring that word of salvation to this community through you. He was a great leader of the church but the only reason that he was a great leader in the church was because he was first an even greater follower of Christ.
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