1 Timothy 4 Part 7: A Young & Holy Example

True leadership is the ability to providers others an example of what you call them to… and that falls upon each one of us who name the name of Christ and who are called to depart from iniquity whether as pastors as ministers in various capacities, as servants, as parents, as older siblings, and as those who will know maturity in the faith.

"Do not forget the culture of the inner man– I mean of the heart. How diligently the calvary officer keeps his sabre clean and sharp; every stain he rubs off with the greatest care. Remember you are God's sword, his instrument– I trust, a chosen vessel unto Him to bear His name.
In great measure, according to the purity and perfection of the instrument, will be the success. It is not great talents God blesses so much as likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God."
–Robert Murray M'Cheyne,

Timothy knows how to teach about the dangers of the tongue in the church of Ephesus because he has learned to guard his.
Timothy can teach others how to live and how to behave because he has learned to discipline himself.