https://youtu.be/9BO_N83Tucw “And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone, just as we do for you. May he make your hearts…
https://youtu.be/7ItMpReBWMY "We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord…
https://youtu.be/BiERJhe4B30 “And we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith, so that no one will be shaken…
https://youtu.be/QkvIFg6G_ks “You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves with you believers……we encouraged, comforted, and implored each one of you to walk…
https://youtu.be/1rEIfVYFwVQ “For the appeal we make does not come from error or impurity or with deceit, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the…
https://youtu.be/AYOt-iJ2Ks8 “For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God and to wait for his Son…
https://youtu.be/QyB7H_Xvb8I “And we urge you, brothers, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.” 1 Thessalonians 5:14 LSB https://bible.com/bible/3345/1th.5.14.LSB The unruly in this verse…
https://youtu.be/D2ZiaPmuWi4 “Finally then, brothers, we ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us as to how you ought to walk and please God (just…
https://youtu.be/VttuiIX8mAs “but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not intending to please people, but to please God, who examines…
1 Thessalonians 1:6 observes you became our followers and the Lord’s.
People need examples, coaches, models, mentors for understanding practically how to live certain principles or objectives. When the Apostle Paul would invest in someone he would invite them to follow him as he followed Jesus. The Lord Jesus, God in the flesh, invited men to follow Him as He taught and modeled how He wanted people to live if they were going to please God.
Inviting others to join us through imitation places a great deal of responsibility upon us for doing the right thing. Perhaps this is why we have diminished this methodology for developing people in recent years.
A couple of premises have to be established for this relationship to work. (more…)
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