MAKING OUR PATH STRAIGHT (3)

MINISTER

WORSHIP = LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD

MINISTER= LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF

EVANGELIZE = GO THEREFORE, AND MAKE DISCIPLES

FELLOWSHIP = BAPTIZING THEM

DISCIPLESHIP = TEACHING THEM TO OBEY

Matthew 22:37–40 CSB

He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and most important command. The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these two commands.”

MINISTER = LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF

MINISTRY IS TO BE IN SERVICE TO OTHERS

Matthew 25:35–40 CSB

“ ‘For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took me in; I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me; I was in prison and you visited me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and take you in, or without clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit you?’ “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

What does all of the people have incommon? They all had a need.

How where they ministred to? The need was met by someone.

Who was the one who was ministred to? The person and Christ.

Luke 7:36–48 CSB

Then one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster jar of perfume and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wash his feet with her tears. She wiped his feet with her hair, kissing them and anointing them with the perfume. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him—she’s a sinner!” Jesus replied to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” He said, “Say it, teacher.” “A creditor had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Since they could not pay it back, he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?” Simon answered, “I suppose the one he forgave more.” “You have judged correctly,” he told him. Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she, with her tears, has washed my feet and wiped them with her hair. You gave me no kiss, but she hasn’t stopped kissing my feet since I came in. You didn’t anoint my head with olive oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume. Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; that’s why she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.” Then he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

What did the woman bring to minister to Jesus? (everything she had)

The Pharisee thought the woman wasn’t worthy to evern touch Jesus feet. She’s a Sinner!

What did the Pharisee ignore when Jesus came in his home? (His NEEDS)

MINISTRY IS GIVING WHAT YOU HAVE IN SERVICE TO OTHER WHILE SERVING THE KING.

John 13:1–11 CSB

Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. Now when it was time for supper, the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray him. Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into his hands, that he had come from God, and that he was going back to God. So he got up from supper, laid aside his outer clothing, took a towel, and tied it around himself. Next, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around him. He came to Simon Peter, who asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “What I’m doing you don’t realize now, but afterward you will understand.” “You will never wash my feet,” Peter said. Jesus replied, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.” Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.” “One who has bathed,” Jesus told him, “doesn’t need to wash anything except his feet, but he is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.” For he knew who would betray him. This is why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

Jesus shows us to minister we must be humble.

Romans 5:8–9 CSB

But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath.

Jesus found our greatest need. The need for forgivness of our sin and filled it.

Be a need filler!

Actions to take today

There are those around you that are in need if you can help do so.

Our church is at need for people to server so that we can minister. I’m asking for all of you to step up and help. As the pastor I have decied that no longer will I allow 5 or 6 people do all the work of the church.

INVITATION

ANSWER THE QUESTION: AM I GOING TO BE USED BY GOD TO MINISTER OR NOT?