The Impact of Example

 Again, I am taking a New Testament religion class and I am posting thoughts to my blog that go with our lessons.

In 1 Corinthians 4:2 it says, “Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.” It is our responsibility to have faith in God. We must be a light to those around us that try to bring us down and we need to put all of our trust in the Lord. As we talk about being an example there is one example that we should all follow. This is the ultimate example, Jesus Christ. He is perfect and dwells with the father. In order to live as He did we must put aside our selfishness and try to serve others daily. We need to put our trust in the Lord so that His blessings might pour over us. In 1 Corinthians there is a specific group that was selected to be examples and they are the apostles. They have a duty to be exemplary of Christ in their day to day living, but so do we. Being a good example in every situation of our lives will help bring ourselves closer to our Father in Heaven as well as the people who watch our behavior.

                In the Book of Mormon, the book of Alma talks about how knowing that something is right and acting contrary to that is wrong. In verse 11 it says, “Behold, O my son, how great iniquity ye brought upon the Zoramites; for when they saw your conduct they would not believe in my words.” If you know that something is right, then you should not act contrarily. In 3 Nephi 8:1, which is also found in the Book of Mormon,  it talks about miracles that came about and how the person that performed the miracles was clean before God. The things that he was able to do came as additional blessings from God because he acted upon his faithfulness.