Becoming an Example of the Flock

. . but be thou an example of believers, in word, in conversation, in love, in Spirit, in faith, in purity. — I Timothy 4:12 We all must lead exemplary lives. We must not simply have lives which are beyond reproach and censure; lives which are border-line, playing with sin, and really flouting the spiritual nature of the law of God. Our lives must always be such that they are such as commending themselves to be imitated. The English term example is worthy of notice. It is derived from the...