“Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. When I say to the wicked, ‘You will certainly die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to tell him to turn from his wicked way to save his life, that same evil man will die in his sin, but you will be responsible for his blood. However, if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he will die in his sin; but you have freed yourself [from responsibility]. Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness (right standing with God) and sins, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he will die in his sin, and the righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but you will be responsible for his blood. However, if you have warned the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he will surely live because he took warning; also you have freed yourself [from responsibility].” – Ezekiel 3:17-21

“But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe and trust in Me to stumble [that is, to sin or lose faith], it would be better for him if a heavy millstone [one requiring a donkey’s strength to turn it] were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. – Mark 9:42

These two passages, *sigh* when reading my Bible, I try to avoid them because they give me the chills. They are explanatory enough but let’s look at who a mentor is. According to the dictionary, a mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person so at one point or the other I am assuming we have been mentors to someone (your younger brother, friends, colleagues at work, etc) and if not yet, when you have children, you are their number one mentor.

Now that we have established who a mentor is, we know our mentee is most likely to want to follow our footsteps in whatever area we are mentoring them in. As a parent or a Christian mentor, once you have agreed to mentor someone, either by giving birth or the person comes to meet you and you approve or by posting stuff on social media for people following you to learn or any other way, you have just agreed to live a life of sacrifice because your mentees can’t afford to miss it because of you, you actions, what you teach them, what they see you do, etc.
Now look at those two passages again and see why, a version of Ezekiel 3:20 says “I will hold you accountable for their blood” and Mark 9:42 says ” it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea”

As Christian fathers, mothers, mentors, let us be careful what we consciously or unconsciously teach our mentee.

As a Christian mentee, your first mentor that you can interact with should be thw Holy Spirit so He can help you
discern when our mentors are operating in the flesh so we don’t let these and get them into more trouble than they already are in.

Please say a prayer for your mentors, they need it and I pray God blesses you as you do