Role models occupy a central place in this message, beginning with the ultimate example: God the Father and Jesus Christ. When Christ rose from the dead, He immediately told Mary Magdalene to inform His brethren that He was ascending to "My Father and your Father, My God and your God." This act reveals selflessness rather than jealousy or grudge-holding, showing that God trusted Christ enough to send Him to earth, and Christ trusted God to restore His glory afterward. This divine relationship establishes the perfect standard of fatherhood and role modeling, one believers can rely upon rather than depending solely on imperfect human examples, even though physical examples often impact people more immediately and visibly than spiritual ones. Human parents represent Christ to their children, either providing a godly example or a carnal one, since actions speak louder than words. This principle is illustrated through two contrasting biblical examples of fatherhood found in 1 Chronicles 20 and 21. Rapha, father of Goliath and several other giant sons, represents negative role modeling. Despite repeated opportunities—after each son died in battle against Israel—Rapha never taught humility or acknowledged that Israel's God was more powerful than his own. Each son, though an adult capable of independent choice, followed the same destructive path and died, having been raised on hatred and warfare against Israel. In contrast, Ornan the Jebusite, a man whose people had also warred against Israel for generations, demonstrates positive role modeling. When David sought to purchase his threshing floor to build an altar, Ornan responded with immediate humility, bowing before David and offering everything needed for sacrifice. His sons, present with him, had clearly not been raised to hate Israel; instead, they witnessed their father's reverence toward God's representative. Though Ornan's sons could have chosen differently, they were given a righteous example to emulate, unlike Rapha's sons who were essentially offered up as sacrifices to pagan gods through continual warfare. Three lessons emerge from this contrast: verbal instruction from parents matters, but living consistently with what is preached is essential; every individual, upon reaching accountability, must evaluate the examples given to them, since a poor upbringing cannot excuse continued wrongdoing; and spiritually, God the Father and Christ serve as perfect role models who not only speak wisdom but embody it perfectly. The exhortation is to reject the pattern of Rapha and instead follow that of Ornan—parents providing righteous examples, children making wise evaluations, and everyone ultimately relying on the flawless example of the Father to guide their choices.