Tell City Nazarene Church's Biblical Journey
With Pastor Charles Areson
Today's reading is Colossians 3-4 and 1 Thessalonians 1-2
"I'm not a role model!"
Charles Barkley made this statement 25 years ago. The very fact that I am quoting it today makes the point that yes, he was. We may not like it but we are a role model for people around us. No as Christians, it shouldn't be our goal but it happens. I or you may never be on the level of an NBA Hall of Fame, but in some ways, we may be more of a role model to those that know us best.
Paul reminded the people in Thessalonica that they had become followers Paul and Silas and the Lord (1 Thessalonians 1:6). When he says this he didn't give the typical response which I hear today, "Don't follow me follow Christ." Paul understood that people naturally follow people that they look up to. Paul knew he wasn't perfect but understood that he was a role model for Christians and embraced it (1 Cor. 11:1).
Every Christian is called to be Jesus to the world around them. This doesn't mean that we turn into a parody of Jesus but that we live as he would if he were us, which in some ways He is. This is to be because this is what God wants, but we have to realize we are also an example to those around us.
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