consequences for themselves, and other times, it creates consequences for their family members. Healthy families are not the goal of biblical counseling. Healthy families are a by-product of a right relationship with Christ, obedience to God, and surrender to Him.
THE MINISTRY OF COUNSELING Biblical counseling is an instructional ministry. It is informed by Romans 15:14, where Paul tells the Roman church that they are“ filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.” Paul tells this local body of believers they are competent to counsel one another because they are Spirit-filled believers equipped with the sufficient Word of God. Paul implies that the Romans had no need to go outside the church for counseling instruction, especially from unbelievers.
Biblical counseling is also shaped by 1 Corinthians 2:4-6, where Paul states that the message he gave to the Corinthian church was not based on the wisdom of this age or of men, but rather the wisdom of God. When we apply this passage to counseling, it means the foundation of our instruction is to be based on the wisdom of God from the Bible, not the wisdom of man found in secular psychology.
The king of all counseling passages is found in 1 Thessalonians 5:14,“ And we urge you, brothers, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all men.” Individuals have different counseling needs. Paul mentions four types of people that are helpful to consider.
Admonish the unruly. Unruly is a military term meaning to stray from one’ s post. If you are unruly, you have broken rank and are out of line. What would this look like in Thessalonica? Some in the church thought Christ was coming back
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