Come - I'll Show You How

Christian discipleship is both show AND tell

This past Sunday we began looking at spiritual heroes from Hebrews 11.   I made application by encouraging us to be intentional in setting good spiritual examples for others to follow.  That afternoon I read the following quote from DA Carson that beautifully reinforces this idea.

In his book From the Resurrection to His Return: Living Faithfully in the Last Days (Christian Focus), Carson asks: “Do you ever say to a young Christian, ‘Do you want to know what Christianity is like? Watch me!’ If you never do, you are unbiblical.”

Carson goes on to write:

You who are older should be looking out for younger people and saying in effect, ‘Watch me.’

Come—I’ll show you how to have family devotions.

Come—I’ll show you how to do Bible study.

Come on—let me take you through some of the fundamentals of the faith.

Come—I’ll show you how to pray.

Let me show you how to be a Christian husband and father, or wife and mother.

At a certain point in life, that older mentor should be saying other things, such as: Let me show you how to die. Watch me.

Source: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2012/01/14/how-to-influence-a-younger-christian