The word sin means: “Breaking God’s law. Missing the mark”. The Apostle John told the believers that he wrote God’s instructions to them so that they would not sin. This way, they would always have the proper wisdom and instructions to know how to live pleasing to God in their daily lives. 1 John 2:1 says: “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous”. Note however that he also taught that we do sin or miss the mark, our advocate, Jesus Christ would intercede for us before the Father. We have a righteous advocate that is ever interceding for us. Be comforted today and know that He is aware of the fact that you are doing your best to live righteously for His glory. Know also that provision has already been made when you sin and miss the mark. Just go before God in humility and ask for forgiveness. Your intercessor is seated on the right hand of the Father, so you are covered by His love and His blood. You don’t have to walk in guilt or condemnation. You are loved and forgiven!

As Paul taught young Timothy, he counseled him to not allow anyone to think less of him because of his youth. Paul knew that young people tend to waste much of their young years in frivolous living. So Paul was instructing Timothy to be an example and a pattern to others even as a young person. Paul told Timothy to be an example for the believers in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity. Timothy was to set a pattern, for all those who would look at his life, of what it was to be a genuine follower of Christ. He wanted him to be an example and a pattern for others. Paul didn’t want Timothy to be just another young person wasting his young life. He wanted him to rise above the statistics and the general view of youth in that day and be an example and pattern for others to see and learn from. Whether you are young or older, God reminds us today to be an example and pattern for other believers in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity. What are you an example of?

1 Timothy 4:12 (AMPC) “Let no one despise or think less of you because of your youth, but be an example (pattern) for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity”.

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You have a righteous advocate!

What are you an example of ?

1 Timothy 4:12 (AMPC) “Let no one despise or think less of you because of your youth, but be an example (pattern) for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity”.