Having Seen the Lord on the Road

 1 Timothy:  Make sure no other doctrine is taught, no fables which cause dispute, where there is no godly edification. Timothy, prevent the spread of false teaching. Legalists cannot mix law and grace.  They engage in idle talk, having strayed with their meaningless babble.  The law is not made for the righteous person, but for the lawless, ungodly, unholy, and profane, something of which i was guilty for so long and even have the temptation to fall back into the pit from time to time.  i obtained God's mercy because i committed those wrongs in unbelief, or as a back-slider and as someone prone to worldly and fleshly desire and lust.

Now i believe in Jesus Christ and only by His grace will i obtain everlasting life.  Grace by faith and trust in Him.  In Him alone.  If i were to be a young man's mentor, i would want to be a quiet encourager, a serene influence, i would want to interest him by saying as little meaningless babble as possible and lead by my actions, not my lip service.  There's enough of that these days.  i would want someone who appreciates the handwritten notes and who would keep them all safely stored away and not discarded or deleted like a text message or email.  i would want to be like Barnabas, a man behind the scenes, possibly running the camera. 

And when Saul had come to Jerusalem, he tried  to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him and did not believe that he was a disciple.  But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles .And he declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.--[Acts 9: 26-27]