Master the Bible: How to Get and Keep the Big Picture of the Bible's Story

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Mas ter the B i b l e : How to Get and Keep the B i g P i c ture of the B i b l e ’ s Stor y

(1) Timothy, 1 Cor. 4.17 – That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church. (2) The Corinthian believers, 1 Cor. 4.15 – For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. (3) Titus, Titus 1.4 – To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. (4) Onesimus, Philem. 1.10 – I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I became in my imprisonment. (1) Gentle like mothers, 1 Thess. 2.7-8 – But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. [8] So, being affection ately 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. (2) Instructive like fathers, 1 Thess. 2.11-12 – For you know how, like a father with his children, [12] 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. b. Both parents are referred to in caring for developing believers.

2. Babies need protection: New converts are vulnerable to attack e.g., the parable of the soils, Matt. 13.