If you have ever watched any sport, you know that the players have to have certain characteristics if they are to play the sport well. All athletes are required to:
• Be in good physical health in order to play the sport.
• Understand the rules of the sport.
• Be able to skillfully play the sport.
The same characteristics are necessary for all biblical counselors. Biblical counselors need to be full of spiritual goodness, have a thorough knowledge of Scripture, and be able to instruct others skillfully with Scripture. This is the point the Apostle Paul makes in Romans 15:14, where he says, “I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.” Paul expresses how he is satisfied with the spiritual stability of the believers in Rome, and he provides three characteristics of their spiritual stability. These three characteristics are all essential to every biblical counselor, and these three cannot be separated.
Full of Goodness
The first essential characteristic of every biblical counselor is that the biblical counselor must be full of goodness. The word “goodness” can be viewed in a general moral sense.
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