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“Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation” (Hebrews 13:7).
We are to follow the Lord Jesus first of all, for He always sets before us a perfect example. But God has also given us leaders and guides — those who are older than we, and who have spoken the Word of God to us. We are to respect them, listen to them, and to follow their faith.
Of course, if we look at their lives, we can usually see some failure in them too, for they are only men and women like ourselves. Once a young man mentioned to his father some wrongdoing he had noticed in an older brother in Christ. His father’s answer was good. He said, “Son, it says ‘Whose faith follow,’ not ‘Whose failures follow.’”
We may see failure in other Christians, but we will also see Christ in them. We are to follow what we see of Christ, and not what we see of the old sinful nature.
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