Faithful Men, Faithful Church

Harvest Bible Chapel Rochester, NY

1. TEACH and RELY on the faithful Gospel. 1 Timothy 3:4–5 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church? (ESV) Deuteronomy 11:18–21 “You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth. (ESV) 2. PRACTICE faithful DISCIPLINE. 1 Thessalonians 2:7–8, 11-12 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. … For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. (ESV) 3. LIVE a faithful EXAMPLE. 1 Corinthians 11:1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. (ESV)