Be the Example

1 Timothy 4:12 NASB95PARA

Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.

Introduction

Speech

-What you say, the “fruit of your lips”

-The tongue is a powerful member. With it we bless and we curse

-James calls it a rudder, and a spark

Conduct

-lit manner of life; behavior

Love

-agape, “God love”

-God’s very nature is love

Faith

-conviction that God exists

-trust and confidence in God

Purity

-sinlessness of life