To keep a clear conscience before both God and people, we must serve them with love and sympathy as God defines, not as we or they might prefer.
Each of us must learn to biblically strengthen our fellow Christians in their faith, knowing how to encourage them and to wisely correct them when needed.
We must be wholeheartedly submissive to God’s word, sincerely calling for unity among God’s people under those truths, along with their wise application.
The Bible has much to say about our responsibility to pass on our spiritual gains to those who will be here when we are gone. This is more than a parent’s responsibility to teach their kids the Bible. It is much broader and much deeper than simply communicating biblical data to children. In Scripture, the call…
As we advance the gospel, we must be ready to faithfully confront and correct those we lead to Christ, knowing that everyone will be tempted to fall into costly and corrupting sins.
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We would do well to keep this sinful world and our eternal salvation in perspective, pitying the lost and joyfully anticipating the return of our glorified and exalted Savior.
We should all care, pray, and work to see the next generation of Christians rise up as sold-out and courageous ambassadors for Christ in the world and Church that desperately needs them.
Each member of the family should take responsibility and do his or her part in making the home a place that glorifies God, curtailing sin and multiplying the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
Our careful learning and obedient response to truth has a lasting & profound impact, and should remind us of our stewardship to become thoughtful evangelists & caring teachers of truth.
We may at times respond with negativity to the accurate preaching of the truth, but God has called all Christians as his messengers to be faithful to God’s message regardless of the response.
Not only must we choose our Christian leaders and spiritual mentors wisely, but we all have to accept the responsibility to lead in the spiritual growth of others with our words and by our example.
Though our task to reach, teach and train is not humanly possible, Christ promises to build his church through our imperfect efforts as we faithfully work toward that end.
We should be greatly encouraged when we see God using us to bear fruit through our efforts in evangelism and discipleship.
The church has been commissioned by Christ to make disciples – which means we work to see people caught, taught and trained to catch, teach & train others.
Drawing near to God is in many ways a team effort as we help and encourage one another to love him more and live more effectively for him.
Whether we like it or not, we are an example to other Christians, so we should work with God’s Spirit to show those around us how Jesus would act in every situation.
We all have a responsibility to teach to others the things God has invested in us through the teaching from others.
All Christians are called to replicate the “Mom-Paradigm” of being a conduit to create conduits which pass on the values & truths of genuine Christianity.