INTRODUCTION:
A. Review
1. Multi generational discipleship
2. Encouraging others gifts and calling to burn for Christ
3. Encouraging others to not be ruled by fear but by the Spirit
B. God’s kingdom multiplies in spiritual strength and numbers
C. Timothy oversees Ephesian church
D. Paul's Answer: invest into faithful men

I. BE STRENGTHENED BY CHRIST'S GRACE
A. Grace = God’s riches at Christ’s expense, unearned, limitless kindness
B. Salvation: Ephesians 2:8-9
C. Forgiveness: Ephesians 1:7
D. Strength in our weakness 2 Corinthians 12:9
E. We need God’s grace as we place our lives alongside others.

II. PLACING OUR LIVES ALONGSIDE THE FAITHFUL
A. vs 2: “And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses”
1. Intentional
2. Relational
3. Closeness
4. Example
5. Teaching
B. Place Alongside: Entrust
C. Who? Faithful
D. Affect: Multiplication of the Kingdom

III. THE SOLDIER MINDSET IN DISCIPLESHIP
A. vs 3-4 “Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.”
1. We are in a war
2. There will be suffering
3. Our focus is on pleasing God
4. You are enlisted - God owns you

CONCLUSION
A. God wants his kingdom to grow spiritually, to grow in strength, in maturity and we get to be a part of that.
1. Seek out other faithful people to invest into. Invest mutually, a sharing of each other. Intentional spiritual friendship.
2. To do this we need God’s grace
3. To do this we need a soldier’s mindset