Starting your walk with Jesus is one thing. Finishing faithful is another.

In the final message of our Multiply series, Pastor Justin Driver takes us through 2 Timothy 4 and challenges us to consider an important question: What will it look like for me to finish faithful.

Through Paul's final words to Timothy, we're reminded that following Jesus isn't just about starting strong. It's about remaining faithful, trusting God through difficult seasons, and pouring what we've received into the lives of others.

In this message, we learn to:

• Live ready for the return of Jesus
• Remain faithful when life becomes difficult
• Pour our lives into others through discipleship
• Fight the good fight, finish the race, and keep the faith
• Trust God's grace to overcome our past
• Remember that the Lord stands with us, even when others walk away

As Pastor Justin reminds us:

"A life completely surrendered to God ultimately cannot be taken because it's already been given."

The Gospel was never meant to stop with us. God has poured His grace, truth, and power into our lives so we can pass them on to others.

Main Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-1 8

Everyone is being formed by something. Culture, social media, entertainment, relationships, experiences, and personal desires all compete to shape what we believe and who we become.

In Multiply Part 6: Formed by the Word, Pastor Justin Driver continues through 2 Timothy 3, and asks a critical question: Who or what is forming you?

Through this message, we learn how to:

• Reject counterfeit godliness
• Recognize the voices influencing our faith
• Follow faithful examples
• Remain rooted in biblical truth
• Allow Scripture to confront, correct, restore, and transform us
• Read, reflect on, obey, and share God's Word

The goal isn't simply to know more Scripture. As Pastor Justin reminds us:

"The ultimate goal is not for us simply to master the Bible; it's for the truth of the Bible to master us."

Main Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-17

Series: Multiply

Message: Part 6, Formed by the Word

Speaker: Pastor Justin Driver

Church: Forward Church | Irvington, Alabama

Love God. Love People. Change the World.

In Part 2 of the "Multiply" series, Pastor Justin Driver points to Paul's conversation with his spiritual son in 2 Timothy to exemplify how an authentic discipleship relationship should look. Spiritually mature believers should initiate "I see in you" conversations in order to help others learn to walk in the gifts God has given them. Furthermore, Pastor Justin highlights the importance of developing genuine faith prior to growing in public gifts.

Pastor Justin Driver shares with the congregation that God is not wanting His people to wait on another "Damascus Road Encounter"; He wants us to put action to the encounters we have already had with Him. God is not wanting to dispose of our past, but He wants to use our story for His glory. "We do not disciple people by pretending to be perfect. We disciple them by showing them what a life surrendered to Jesus looks like."

Pastor Neil Kennedy, founder of FiveStarMan, finished Men's Conference Weekend with a word about dreams using the story of Joseph. Pastor Neil shares that "your destiny is not what God promises you, your destiny is where you settle." God orders the steps of His people, so we must then take the steps He has ordered. As shown in the story of Abraham, someone's destiny does not have to be defined by the destiny of the generations before them. Lastly, just as Pharaoh experienced in Genesis 41, joy is not a result of success. Having a dream and knowing its purpose provides God-given security in the "prison" or the "palace".

In the final part of "Stronger Together", Pastor Justin introduces his last three-braided cord of the series: Spirit, Word, and community. Pastor Justin explains Holy Spirit does not exclude the truth of Scripture, and being biblically sound does not limit the flow of Holy Spirit within the Church. Lastly, true biblical community is often neglected in the modern-day church (especially in Western culture). Pastor emphasizes the necessity of Christian community and teaches the benefits of authentic biblical discipleship.

In Part 4 of "Stronger Together", Pastor Justin highlights 1 Corinthians 13:13 to identify love as the focus and ultimate goal. Paul writes that the Church should not neglect the gifts; however, the source and "centerpiece" of all things should be love. Pastor Justin uses the church in Corinth as an example of how priorities can become corrupted when spiritual gifts are given the place of importance that should belong to love.