AN EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW

Who are some of your spiritual role models? Maybe it was a preacher or Sunday school teacher. Maybe it was a parent or grandparent. 

One thing that I like to do is read old books by old preachers. The reason I do this is because they are often times more theologically rich in what they have to say and they also can’t fall. The story of their lives has already been written.

That’s not to say that I don’t have any contemporary role models. I think we should have someone living that we look up to in the faith, but we also hold that respect with a sense of incompletion. They have not yet finished their race and kept the faith.

So many times we hear of a prominent faith figure that falls from grace or has some scandal in their lives and often it can cause people to stumble who looked up to them.

Billy Graham was a great example of a man who took it seriously that people were following his example and went so far as to make a rule that is often referred to as the “Billy Graham Rule,” which said that he would never allow himself to be alone in a room with a woman.

There is a great responsibility to be a godly role model for others and for us to find godly role models to follow. Paul was that for Timothy as we are going to see tonight.