1 Cor 4:14-17
"I do not write these things to shame you, but
as my beloved children I warn you. 15 For
though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through
the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me. 17 For
this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in
the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in
every church."
The church today has many teachers, but how
many fathers do we see who we can imitate?
Timothy did not have one, but he found one in Paul. Perhaps you have a faithful father, and if
so, he is a gift from God. Thank God for
him today. One thing the church needs to
confess corporately these days is that we have so FEW faithful fathers. A father raises children to walk with the
Lord as he is walking. Like Paul with
Timothy, a father works hard to honor God and set a good example, and then He
sends his children to their work, too. A
good father is first a faithful son, as Timothy was, submitting to God’s will
and work.
Let us confess those times we do not give
others a good example to follow. Those
times we do not follow our heavenly Father in faith. Those times we neglect to disciple and train
and remind others into godliness.
6/15/14
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