IDEOLOGY: IS IT BIBLICAL? (Part 3)
Ephesians 5:23, 1 Timothy 3:5, 1 Timothy 5:8, Ephesians 6:4, 1 Timothy 2:1
IDEOLOGY: IS IT BIBLICAL? (Part 3)
From the brother Eli teaching on "Ideology, is it biblical"? This is a wonderful teaching to explore and understand the facts behind it, which all depend on the moral impact it has on our lives; hence, as a matter of fact, the book of Ephesians 5:23 gives a good example that every Christian has to learn from, as much as this verse emphasizes the importance of leadership, which has to do with taking proper responsibility.
Hence, as the Bible suggests, it is important to be the leader of any family that is accompanied by love, self-sacrifice, and care, which is still applicable in a church within the jurisdiction where every believer has to abide by their leader while we share love and selflessness with ourselves and for others.
So, in so much as we are believers in Christ, there is a need for us to have a good home that is filled with selflessness and proper management, which has to guide us morally while we retain the peace and unity within our family, which shows the reason why we need to study the word of God and implement it, which is the ideology every Christian needs. Therefore, the question as a leader is, we need to learn how to handle family before handling the church of God, which is very important.
Hence, this lesson has taught me that charity begins at home, which implies it has to start from myself, building and abiding by my path towards the right path gives God glory, because there is no way that a man who does not manage his home can manage the church. That is the reason we needed to work on ourselves in order to build an understanding family and as much leadership within the church. Therefore, this instance within 1 Timothy 3:5 enlightens me on the correlation that has to do with a private and public leadership is in our hold.
1 Timothy 5:8 taught me that my relatives and my immediate family are under my care as a leader, In that case within the verse of this scripture, let me understand that taking my responsibility as a leader is assumed to be worse than being an unbeliever, so it also reminded me of the reason why I should not exasperate; rather, we should be guided by giving instructions from the Lord to those who look upon us, which is the ideology that they have to learn from us as leaders in our family and as much in the church of God.
Also, let love reign within us, not revolving around and having hatred for anyone, which is one of the qualities of a good leader who is inclined toward the moral lesson from the Bible over the unlearned or the untaught, so this calls for self-discipline while parenting or leading as a head, which has to be in accordance with the moral instructions and guidance as Ephesians 6:4 illustrates.
As much as we are believers in Timothy 2:1, we are all encouraged to pray always for one another and seek for our fellow believers interests, which highlights the need to be thankful for what God has done for us, his children, which shows concern as the ideology that every believer has to leverage to be our brother's keeper.
