Philippians 2:19-24

If the Lord Jesus is willing, I hope to send Timothy to you soon for a visit. Then he can cheer me up by telling me how you are getting along. I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares about your welfare. All the others care only for themselves and not for what matters to Jesus Christ. But you know how Timothy has proved himself. Like a son with his father, he has served with me in preaching the Good News. I hope to send him to you just as soon as I find out what is going to happen to me here. And I have confidence from the Lord that I myself will come to see you soon.

  1. Trust
    1. I hope to send Timothy to you soon for a visit. Then he can cheer me up by telling me how you are getting along.
    2. 1 Cor 4:17 Paul described Timothy as a “beloved and faithful son in the Lord,”
  2. Care
    1. I have no one else like Timothy, who genuinely cares about your welfare.
    2. Preached the Word
  3. Serve
    1. Like a son with his father, he has served with me in preaching the Good News.
    2. Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
  4. Celebrate
    1. And I have confidence from the Lord that I myself will come to see you soon.
    2. Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee” (Deut. 16:16-17).

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