Biblical Counseling.pdf - Online Christian Library

3. Pastors are to counsel their people--I Thess. 5:124. Christians are to counsel one another--Ro. 15:14; Col. 3:165. Children of Christians are to be counseled-- Eph. 6:46. The Scriptures were written for our counsel--Ro. 15:4; I Cor. 10:11; II Tim. 3:10, 177. The word comforter is also translated--encouragement, exhortation or to comfort, toencourage and to exhort.8. Exhortation was one of the "gifts" to the church-- Ro. 12:89. Paraklesia (meaning to comfort, see # 7 above) is a model for counseling for theconcept is broad enough to support a variety of therapeutic techniques from crisisintervention to depth therapy by biblical means and methods.10. The word admonition (nouthesia) is used in -- I Cor. 10:11; Eph. 6:4; and Tit. 3:10.11. To admonish or to warn (noutheteo) is used eight times as foundin Acts 20:31; Rom. 15:1-4; I Cor. 4:14; Col. 1:28; 3:16; I Thess. 5:12,14; II Thess. 3:15.Further Presuppositions in Biblical Counseling.A. There is one Triune God as Creator and Sustainer of the universe.B. He has given general revelation in nature and special revelation in the Word of God.C. The Bible is sufficient source for the principles needed to do Christian counseling.--JJohn 17:17; II Timothy 3:16,17D. Counselors as all others must interpret the Scriptures, by the literal approach--grammatico-historically correct-telically-theologically-and exegetically correct.--Eph. 1:10; 3:2; II Pet. 1:20; II Tim. 2:15E. Man was created in God's image as a responsible being.F. Man's corrupt nature expresses itself in sinful behavior and living patterns. Sinresults in problems that bring misery.-- Gal. 6:7G. Human thought and behavior were created to be moral.-- Gen. 1:27; Deut. 32:4;Lev. 11:44; I Pet. 1:16H. Unbelievers must be converted before they can be counseled. Otherwise they cannotbe changed in counseling so as to please God.I. Counseling depends ultimately upon the work of the Holy Spirit. --I Pet. 1:2; Gal. 5: 22,23; Rom. 8:1-16; 6: 6-14.J. Methodology must grow out of Biblical principles and practices.K. True counseling is a ministry of the Word leading to sanctification.L. Christian discipline is an important factor in biblical counseling.--Matt. 18:15-18; Gal. 6:1,2M. Non-Christian content or methods may not be eclectically incorporated into aChristian system.©2000, Revival in the Home Ministries 51