THE
MAKING OF A LEADER
“Pater (Pat-ayr’)”
(Father,
Parent)
LITERAL GREEK DEFINITION:
A
person who is respected for his age and dignity.
A spiritual father - one who converts another to the
faith and is thus the instrument of his spiritual birth.
An
overseer, guardian, governor and steward.
NATURAL
AND SPIRITUAL CHARACTERISTICS:
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Father’s Greeting. I Timothy 1:2
“Unto
Timothy, ‘My own son in the faith:’ grace, mercy and peace, from
YHWH our Father
and Yeshua HaMashiach our L-rd.”
A
Father’s love and concern. II Timothy 1:1-7
vs.2 “To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: grace, mercy, and peace, from YHWH the Father and
Yeshua HaMashiach our L-rd. vs. 3. “I thank YHWH, whom I serve from my
forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my
prayers night and day;”
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Father’s Encouragement. I
Timothy 1:18-19; I Timothy 4:12-14;
I
Timothy 6:11
“This
charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on
thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;”
I
Timothy 1:18
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Father’s exhortation and comfort. I Thessalonians 2:11
“As
ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a Father doth his
children.”
A
Father’s instructions. I Timothy 4:13
“Till
I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.”
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Father’s duty. I Corinthians 3:2;
I Corinthians 9:2; Ephesians
4:11-16
“I
have fed you with milk and not with meat: For
hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.” I Corinthians 3:2
A
Father’s warning. I Timothy 5:1-2; II Timothy 4:5; Hebrews 12:5-11
“But
watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full
proof of thy ministry.” I Timothy 4:5
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Father’s correction. I Corinthians 3:1-3; I Corinthians 4:14-16
“And
I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto
babes in Mashiach. vs.2, “I have fed you
with milk and not with meat; for hitherto ye
were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
vs. 3. “For ye are not carnal: For
whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk
as men?” I Corinthians 3:1-3
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well pleased Father. Philippians 2:19-22; II Timothy 3:15
“But
ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the Father, he hath served with me in the
Gospel.” Philippians 2:22
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Father’s despair. I Corinthians 3:1-3;Galatians 4:19; I Thessalonians 3:10;
II
Timothy 4:10
“Night
and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is
lacking in your faith?” I Thesalonians
3:10
 
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