Reformers World

*DAILY DIVINE ENCOUNTER!!!*

SUNDAY 19th JUNE 2022

*ROLES OF A FATHER*

By, *Dr. John Akpami*

I Corinthians 4:15-17

*DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR:*
Psalms 49:1-51:9

We learn from teachers, but we follow fathers. We are inspired and motivated by instructors, but we follow fathers. Instructors impart knowledge, fathers impart their lives. Instructors give advice, fathers command. Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Cor 4:15:

For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many Fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Then he adds in verse 16:

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. If they acknowledge Apostle Paul as their father in the Lord, they were supposed to follow him; not follow the powerful preacher that just had a weekend miracle crusade in their church. They were not following the flamboyant orator that taught them in the Bible school.

In 1 Cor 4:17, Apostle Paul reveals from the life of Timothy the qualities that makes one qualify as a true son.

For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.

1. Someone who knows your ways enough to represent you anywhere.

2. Someone who is dependable enough to teach others your ways.

*PRAYER:*
Lord, help me to follow the examples of spiritual parents and make me a faithful and reliable son/daughter in Jesus Name.