You then, my
child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have
heard from in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will
be able to teach others also. 2Timothy 2:1-2

First he was to operate under the strength of the grace of the Lord Christ Jesus.
Then he was to remember
what he had seen and heard from Paul and be well-conversant with these
wonderful truths himself.
Then he is to look for
faithful men, because they are scarcely few. Once he found them, Timothy
was commit this same body of truths to them by teaching and instructing them to
both know and do (obey). They must possess two qualities – be faithful (saved, and committed to
Christ just like Timothy) and be able to
teach others also.
He is also to follow
through to make sure that the chain does not end there. Yes, Timothy is
told make sure that the men he appoints will be committed to the same truths
without adding or subtracting from them. This group must also be committed to
passing on the baton to another generation, and on it went until today I am
here to write this for you to read. This is basic tactic is what has travelled
through the centuries, from all sorts of culture and time, so that today we
have Christians from every nation, every race, every tongue and every people.
Talk about the power of the gospel.

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Prayerful meditations
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Careful selection
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Purposeful association and
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Powerful proclamation
OT Example
Moses instituted a discipling process in the Old Testament
between fathers and sons (and even grandsons) that would ensure godly
leadership in the home and society for God’s people, both then and the future.
Wherever a need exists to discern God’s will in the affairs of men – in the
world or home – the clearly prescribed principle is to develop leadership
through making disciples. E.g. Moses did not leave Israel without a leader – he
discipled, trained and left Joshua… with the result that, “the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of al Israel; so that they
revered him, just as they had revered Moses all the days of his life.”
(Joshua 4:14; Cf. Ex. 24:13; 33; 11; Num. 11:28)
For more examples of the explication of this principle, there
is Elijah training Elisha (1Kings 19:19-21; 2Kings 2:3; 3:11) and in the lives
of Jeremiah and Baruch (Jer. 36:26; 43:3). More generally Samuel had a school
of prophets under his oversight (1Sam. 10:5-10; 19:20-24).
In this manner of relationships, leadership was passed on from
one leader to the next until God had accomplished his purposes through them to
meet the need of His people.
Listen to Michael Wilkins, in his book, Following the Master:
discipleship in the Steps of Jesus
Master-disciple
relationships behind the perpetuation and dissemination of the wisdom tradition
would be found in informal father-son relationships, in training of elders for
making judicial decisions in the city gate, in the wisdom orientation of
advisers in the court, and within certain groups who specialized in wisdom and
were involved with the recording of wisdom sayings.
Discipling is the heartbeat of wise counsel – Iron sharpens
iron, so one man sharpens another” Prov. 27:17
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