TOPIC: PRACTICAL SPIRITUAL
MENTORING.
Memorise: Be ye followers of me, even
as I also am of Christ.
1Corinthians 11:1
Read: (John 13:12-17 KJV)
12 So after he had washed their feet,
and had taken his garments, and was
set down again, he said unto them,
Know ye what I have done to you?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and
ye say well; for so I am.
14 If I then, your Lord and Master,
have washed your feet; ye also ought
to
wash one another’s feet.
15 For I have given you an example,
that ye should do as I have done to
you.
16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The
servant is not greater than his lord;
neither he that is sent greater than he
that sent him.
17 If ye know these things, happy are
ye if ye do them.
Bible in One Year:
Ezekiel 27:1-28:24
Revelation 11
MESSAGE:
In the contemporary Christian church,
there is a problem of lack of
practical mentoring for new believers.
Practical mentoring involves a mentor
at
the fore-front of practical Christian
living, instructing the mentee to
follow
after his or her example. Such an
arrangement faces two problems in
today’s
world. First, some so- called spiritual
mentors teach and point their
mentees to the narrow path that
leads to eternal life, but they
themselves
are not on this route. They tell
disciples the truth about Christian
living,
but they themselves do something
else. Such cannot say what Paul said
in
Phillippians 3:17:
‘Brethren, be followers together of me,
and mark them which walk so
as ye have us for an ensample.’
On the other hand, so-called spiritual
mentors compromise the truth of the
scriptures so that they can be “free”
to exhibit their lusts and unethical
dispositions. The youths they ought
to give a sense of direction are the
same
ones they copy under the guise of
encouraging them to come to Church.
An
African adage says : “The wife you
marry from a dancing hall will
eventually
abandon you for sightseeing in the
very near future.” Another adage also
says:
“The house you built with spittle will
be demolished by the mere dew of
heaven.” In other words, it does not
require a tornado or tsunami to wipe
away
such spiritual houses built worldly
ideas. This is the reason our younger
generation of Christians are easy prey
to the devil.
In today’s Bible reading, we see
Jesus practically teaching, mentoring
and
furnishing his disciples with gems of
leadership. He demonstrated to them
in a practical way what He had
taught them in Matthew 20:27-28 :
‘And whosoever will be chief among
you, let him be your servant: Even
as the Son of man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister, and
to give his life a ransom for many.’
Are you a Christian mentor, doing or
teaching what is wrong? Beware! One
dangerous consequence of wrong
Christian mentoring is found in the
words of
Jesus in Mathew 5:19:
‘Whosoever therefore shall break one
of these least commandments,
and shall teach men so, he shall be
called the least in the
kingdom of heaven: but whosoever
shall do and teach them, the same
shall be called great in the kingdom
of heaven.’
Action Point: Say to the Lord: Father,
I Thank you for giving me perfect
spiritual mentoring through Jesus.
Please make me a perfect spiritual
mentor
as well.’ Pray for me on this my
birthday, that the Lord will continue
to
make me an avenue of blessing to
this generation.
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