The Responsibilities of a Spiritual Parent.
1 Corinthians 4:14-17 (NLT)
14 I am not writing these things to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children. 15 For even if you had ten thousand others to teach you about Christ, you have only one spiritual father. For I became your father in Christ Jesus when I preached the Good News to you. 16 So I urge you to imitate me. 17 That’s why I have sent Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of how I follow Christ Jesus, just as I teach in all the churches wherever I go.
- A spiritual parent directs his/her children onto the right path.
- A spiritual parent sets an example for others to follow.
- Spiritual leaders must set an example of Christlikeness for others to follow.
- Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.
Are you living a life that you want others (your children or students) to imitate?
- A spiritual parent equips his children to teach others.
Are you teaching others to become teachers? 
I am writing to God’s church in Corinth, to you who have been called by God to be his own holy people. He made you holy by means of Christ Jesus, just as he did for all people everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. (1 Corinthians 1:2 NLT)
“Reflections on 1 Corinthians” will be continued in future posts.
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