KEY SCRIPTURE:1Ti 5:2 KJV “The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.”

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We continue with Apostle Paul’s advice to Pastor Timothy. He now advises on the proper relationship that must exist between  him and other persons in the church.

In our previous study, he instructed him to relate to older men as fathers, giving them the needed respect and honour. He ought to relate. to the younger men as brothers. He must treat the elderly women as mothers, while the younger girls are treated as sisters. The underlying grounds for such a relationship are to live together with them in all purity. The child of God is first and foremost a representative of our Lord Jesus. The pastor  must have this concept fully saturating his mind. He is to play the role of the master to  everyone he relates to. The. Lord Jesus main aim for relating to people was to reveal the nature of God to those people. He therefore demonstrated love and selflessness to all.

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Please understand you are not trying to become like Christ. This is an impossibility. When we were born into Christ, we were spiritually baptised into Him. This identified us with Him. We have put Him on as one wears a garment, making  us just like Him. Gal 3:27 KJV “For as many of you as have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ.”It is with this acknowledgement that we relate to each person.

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To the elderly women, they are your mothers. As mothers, they  are filled with great love for their children, yet their great age makes them vulnerable due to various degrees of weakness. They need to be loved and supported. Give a listening ear to them since they may be given to advising on various relationship matters. Listen to them attentively but allow the Holy Spirit to endorse or refuse what they say. Treat them like you would treat your own mother.

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He counsels on how to relate to the younger girls. To these ones he adds, in all purity. Some men of God have found themselves acting against the scriptures in their relationship with the girls in the church. Some have assumed a father-daughter relationship, yet it ends in very carnal acts that seriously compromise the word of God.

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Some try to justify such behaviours by saying that, as men, these things can happen. This lies the error. Please always maintain the understanding and concept that you are one with Jesus, and for that matter, you are higher than ordinary men. You would live like ordinary men if you saw yourself as one of them. Our Lord Jesus NEVER saw Himself as an ordinary man. He said He came from above, and that is what we are. The term born again, means born from above. Grace means a supernatural boost that makes us unique from  other men, Rom 6:14

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THOUGHT: TO ACCEPT YOURSELF AS A MERE MAN IS TO LIVE LIKE ONE.

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FURTHER STUDIES

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1Co 3:3 NHEB for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly and living by human standards?

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Joh 8:23 NHEB He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. “