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This content explores the multifaceted role of a spiritual father in ministry, drawing parallels to a biological father's responsibilities in begetting, nurturing, disciplining, and protecting his children, all to guide them toward a life worthy of God.
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welcome to back to the Bible radio
featuring best-selling author and
internationally known Bible teacher
Warren where's B let's read together
first Thessalonians chapter 2 beginning
at verse 9 for you remember brethren our
labor and toil for laboring night and
day that we might not be a burden to any
of you we preach to you the gospel of
God you are witnesses and God also how
devoutly and justly and blamelessly we
behaved ourselves among you who believe
as you know how we exhorted and
comforted and charged every one of you
as a father does his own children that
you would have a walk worthy of God who
calls you into his own Kingdom and glory
we have here another picture of what it
means to minister we've been talking
about the athlete in verses 1 & 2 and
then in verses 3 through 6 the steward
we need the trustworthiness of the
steward and now we're looking at the
family we need the tenderness of the
parent Paul compared himself to a mother
in verses 7 and 8 we were gentle among
you as a nursing mother sharing her own
life that's what preaching really is
that's what ministry really is sharing
our lives with others so he became a
nursing mother a gentle nursing mother
but he was also an encouraging father in
verses 9 through 12 let's talk about
what the father does and then how he
does it and then why he does it what
does the father do 1st Corinthians
chapter 4 verse 14 I do not write these
things to shame you but as my beloved
children I warn you for though you might
have ten thousand instructors in Christ
yet you do not have many fathers for in
Christ Jesus I have begotten you through
the gospel
now here's an amazing statement a father
begets the children now this means when we
we
share the gospel of Jesus Christ with
others the Spirit of God can take that
and generate life now Paul is not saying
that he caused people to be born again
our Lord Jesus made it very clear that
we're not born again through the will of
man or the will of the flesh this is all
done of God but God uses human
instruments to share the Word of God now
not only does the father beget them but
the father also has to discipline them
in verse 17 of 1st Corinthians chapter 4
for this reason I have sent Timothy to
you who is my beloved and faithful son
in the Lord
Paul had begotten him through the gospel
who will remind you of my ways in Christ
as I teach everywhere in every church
now some are puffed up as though I were
not coming to you but I will come to you
shortly if the Lord wills and I will
know not the word of those who are
puffed up at the power for the kingdom
of God is not in word but in power what
do you want shall I come to you with a
rod or in love and a spirit of
gentleness there were problems in the
church at Corinth in fact chapter 5
describes the awful sexual immorality
that was going on now Paul said I'm your
spiritual father I have begotten you and
I'm going to discipline you the
spiritual father not only begets these
children but he disciplines these
children to make sure that they are
walking in the ways of the Lord
discipline is not easy but discipline is
essential this brings us to that problem
of discipline in the local church some
churches have a tendency to sweep things
under the rug there really is no
discipline in fact nowadays it's
becoming a rather serious thing almost a
dangerous thing to discipline church
members because you might be sued and so
here we have a matter of church
discipline seems to me that anyone who
joins a local church who agrees to the
rules and regulations of the church and
what the Bible teaches ought to be
willing to submit to discipline because
Paul tells us not to sue one
another chapter six of first corinthians
dare any of you having a matter against
another go to law before the unrighteous
and not before the Saints what a tragedy
it is when the lemon the dirty linen is
hung out in public for everybody to see
well the father begets the children and
he disciplines the children he has to be
careful to see that there is food for
the children on the mother does the
feeding but the father has to be sure
that the food is there in Chapter three
of first Corinthians in verses 1 to 3
Paul talks about feeding these children
I fed you with milk and not with solid
food he says in verse 2 for until now
you were not able to receive it and even
now you are still not able as a father I
always enjoyed seeing my children learn
how to feed themselves Oh sometimes it
was an interesting experience
the transition they are weaned away from
mother and they have to learn how to
feed themselves and they where their
food in so many ways and they spill
their food but they're learning they're
learning to feed themselves to grow what
a tragedy would be if a child always had
to depend upon someone else for food
alas some of our people in our churches
are still being spoon-fed because they
are utterly dependent upon older and
more mature Christians it's time to grow
up now the father helps the children to
grow up through food through exercise
through discipline but that's not all
turn to 2nd Corinthians chapter 11 verse
2 for I am jealous for you with godly
jealousy now there's a difference
between jealousy and envy envy is a sin
jealousy is a holy feeling of protection
I am jealous over my wife I am jealous
over my children and grandchildren the
father is there to protect for I have
betrothed you to one husband that I may
present you as a chaste virgin to Christ
here is a father who has a daughter who
is engaged there are others who want to
seduce her they want to defile her
and the father's job is to keep that
daughter pure so that when she goes to
the marriage altar she can present her
purity to her husband you see you and I
have been engaged to the Lord Jesus
Christ we've not yet been married the
marriage supper is yet to come we're
engaged to Christ now the spiritual
father has to protect the children so
the devil doesn't come along and seduce
them and give them wrong thoughts and
divide their hearts this has happened I
fear to some of God's people we have
pastors and elders and Sunday School
teachers who want to protect God's
people from being seduced by the
cultists being seduced by false religion
being seduced by the world and the flesh
some people don't like when preachers
preach about sin they want to go to
church and live in a devotional dream
world that is unreal
and so the preacher warns us about the
things that are going on in this world
that's the pastor's job that's the job
of the spiritual father to warn and to
protect so that when Jesus Christ comes
back his people may stand before him as
a pure virgin not having divided hearts
and divided lives so the spiritual
father begets the children and he
disciplines the children and he feeds
the children along with the mother and
he protects the children now back to 1st
Thessalonians chapter 2 what does the
father do well he encourages the
children notice verse 9 for you remember
brethren our labor and toil for laboring
night and day that we might not be a
burden to any of you we preach to you
the gospel of God he's talking here
about money
the Father works for the family the
father works and and takes care of the
needs of the family and this is what
Paul did in Thessalonica he did not
accept money from the converts he did
not accept money from the church he did
get some help from the church at
Philippi but Paul worked day and night
as a tent maker at him
trade that he might support himself and
Silas and Timothy that they might
present the gospel free of charge now it
isn't wrong to support those who are
preaching the gospel in fact it's right
the laborer is worthy of his hire Paul
said those who preach the gospel should
live from the gospel but the father as
an encouragement works not only does he
encourage the children by his works by
laboring and toiling that word toil
means hardship laboring day and night
but he also encouraged them by his walk
he was a good example to them a father
has to be a good example a father cannot
just give lectures or warnings or
spankings he has to be a good example in
fact in 1st Corinthians chapter 4 verse
16 Paul said to the Corinthians
therefore I urge you imitate me did you
get that imitate me in another place he
says now you be followers of me as I am
of Christ it's a marvelous thing when a
child has a good example in the father
when the father is the kind of an
example he ought to be Paul was an
example to them verse 10 of 1st
Thessalonians 2 you are witnesses and
God also how devoutly and justly and
blamelessly we behaved ourselves among
you who believe it amazes me that today
people who call themselves Christians
can live any way they please and then
they get angry if you point out their
sin they can be financially lying they
can be caught doing things they
shouldn't do and then they're surprised
when somebody says well you shouldn't do that
that
Paul lived devoutly that means his inner
relationship to God justly his conduct
towards society blamelessly his
relationship to other people Paul was
godly in his walk well we'll continue
this study to find out how Paul encouraged
encouraged
the children and how you and I can
encourage the children of the Lord in
the local church we have a great
privilege we also have a great responsibility
responsibility [Music]
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what does a spiritual father do well we
have discovered that the spiritual
father begets the children he does this
through the preaching of the gospel
through the sharing of the word his
personal witness and the spiritual
father has to discipline the children
sometimes of course the spiritual father
provides food for the children and of
course the spiritual father has to
protect the children that's what a
spiritual father does now how does he do
it well number one he works verse 9 of
first Thessalonians chapter 2 for you
remember brethren our labor and toil for
laboring night and day that we might not
be a burden to any of you we preach to
you the gospel of God the Father works
and Paul when he was in Thessalonica did
not demand support from the people and
he could have has an apostle verse 6 he
says this nor did we seek glory from men
either from you or from others when we
might have made demands as apostles of
Christ Paul did not live by demanding
respect he lived by commanding respect
his example was so good that those who
were with him wanted to pray for him
work with him and encourage and support
him so the father works laboring night
in day ministry is hard work but you
know it's a labor for a wonderful master
we don't complain Bible study to me is
hard work oh I enjoy it I delight to
study the Word of God but it's hard work
studying the word and praying and
meditating well the father does his work
by working he helps the children to grow
by working secondly by his walk his
example verse 10 of first Thessalonians
chapter 2 you are witnesses and God also
how devoutly and justly and blamelessly
we behaved ourselves among you who
believe we who have children and
grandchildren have to be very careful
how we act our children do not do what
we say they do what we
do Paul said to his converts you be
followers of me even as I am of Christ
in fact they did imitate him chapter 1
of first Thessalonians and verse 6 and
you became followers of us and of the
Lord now we don't want people to follow
us simply to follow us that becomes a
cult a fan club sometimes people come up
to me at meetings and say oh brother
where's be I'm one of your fans and I
know what they mean but I quietly reply
in love please don't say that I don't
have a fan club well he was a good
example and that's what a father has to
be now verse 11 not only by his works
and his walk but also by his words by
his words he was an encouragement to
these young Christians verse 11 as you
know how we exhorted and comforted and
charged every one of you as a father
does his own children that you would
have a walk worthy of God who calls you
into his own kingdom and glory now words
are so important when God wanted to
communicate his heart and his mind to us
he did it through the word he sent the
Lord Jesus Christ the Living Word the
Holy Spirit inspired the written word
and they agree there's nothing in the
Bible that contradicts what is in Jesus
Christ the Living Word when God wants to
communicate to me he says open your
Bible I talk to you through your Bible a
friend of mine is habitually saying when
you open your Bible God opens his mouth
and that's true that's why it's
important to meditate on scripture to
memorize Scripture that way when you
have an hour or so and you are just
thinking and praying the word comes to
your mind even just a few minutes of
meditation notice what he did as you
know how we exhorted and comforted and
charged that we're charge means implore
or or gave personal witness it was Paul
saying now look this is what happened to
me this is what God did for me and this
is what God can do for you he told them
this is what God says now people don't
like this I've had phone calls from
people wanting me to approve what they
are doing and I can't approve of it I'll
say no look here's what the scripture
says and then they get very angry and
say well that's your interpretation I
suppose children do this to their
parents mother or father will say now
don't go down there
don't do that it's going to hurt you
well I can take care of myself and
before long they come back and they are
hurt some people never learn except
through difficult experience why should
we do that when we can learn the easy
way well he exhorted them he comforted
them now that word comfort in the
English language comes from two Latin
words that means with strength with
strength to comfort someone does not
mean just to sympathize with them to
have sympathetic feelings toward them to
comfort someone means so to love them
that you strengthen them and they don't
quit doesn't mean to Pat them on the
head and say well I'll kiss it and make
it well no no it means so to minister to
people that they don't give up children
have a way of quitting I'm going to quit
school I'm gonna quit my job I'm gonna
do this or that and father says now wait
just a minute you can make it it looks
difficult I know but you can make it
it's always too soon to quit Paul was an
encouragement through his words now why
did he do it what did he do well he
begat the children he fed them he
disciplined them he protected them how
did he do it
through his works and through his walk
and through his words now why did he do
it verse 12 he was teaching them how to
walk little children have to learn how
to stand and how to walk that you would
have a walk worthy of God who calls you
into his own Kingdom and glory you see
in Chapter 1 this church was
born in chapter 2 the church was
nurtured in chapter 3 the church was
established that is taught to stand and
not to shake notice chapter 3 verse 2 I
sent Timothy to establish you and
encouraged you that no one should be
shaken so chapter 1 the church is born
chapter 2 the churches nurtured chapter
3 the church is taught to stand
stability chapter 3 verse 13 so that he
God may establish your hearts chapter 3
verse 8 for now we live if you stand you
can't walk until you stand first your
title around you crawl and then you
start standing and then you can start
walking I recall when my father picked
up our firstborn son a David had been
crawling around and dad thought that
that was about time he walked he just
picked him up put him on his feet
stabilized him gave him a portion the
boy began to walk sometimes you have to
do that don't you then in chapters 4 and
5 he deals with the walk of the Lord
chapter 4 verse 1 just as you received
from us how you ought to walk and to
please God now what does a father do he
guards the children he disciplines the
children he guides them he sets an
example before them he helps to nourish them
them
he works for them why so they can stand
on their own two feet and walk one of
our problems in the church today is we
have too many immature dependent
children who have not been weaned they
have not learned how to stand and how to
walk that you would have a walk what
kind of a walk worthy of God every
father is concerned that his children
not ruin the family name here's a father
and a mother and they have worked hard
they've lived for God they've built up
their family and their family has a good
name and any child can go out and in 20
minutes wreck the family name I want you
to have a walk worthy of God it's
interesting to find this word word
in the New Testaments use only six times
this Greek word in Romans 16 - he says I
want you to live worthy as Saints do
that which is worthy of the Saints don't
do anything that will bring disgrace to
the Saints to other people in God's
family Ephesians 4:1 he tells us to walk
worthy of our calling in other words
don't do anything that brings disgrace
to your calling as a Christian
Philippians 1:27 we should live worthy
of the gospel you know what that means
that means I should so live that I don't
make it difficult for you to witness to
a lost sinner you start witnessing to
some unsaved person he said oh yeah I
saw what Warren wears we did I saw what
he did don't talk to me about the gospel
he's supposed to be a Christian we
should live worthy of the gospel
Colossians 1:10 worthy of the Lord don't
do anything that will ruin the
reputation of the Lord now this is
serious business
in verse 12 he says I want you to walk
worthy of God why because God is your father
father
you see our children and our
grandchildren carry our name and
therefore they are able to bring either
glory or disgrace to that name now we're
a part of God's calling that's grace
we're a part of God's kingdom that's
government we're a part of God's glory
now if these three things don't motivate
us to have a godly walk there's
something wrong with us we belong to God
God is our Father Jesus is our Savior
the Holy Spirit is our comforter let's
walk worthy of God worthy of his calling
worthy of his kingdom worthy of his glory
glory
that's what fatherhood in the Lord is
all about raising the children to have a
godly walk that brings glory to the
thanks for being a part of our back to
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