Ministry Class

The Seriousness and Commitment to Ministry

Seriousness about the Kingdom of God

Commitment to the Kingdom of God

Quote: A POSITION at church is NOT a RELATIONSHIP with GOD! You can have a TITLE, attend REGULARLY and still NOT have a RELATIONSHIP!!

NOTE: This is ultimately the ROOT of the problem when there’s NO SERIOUSNESS and COMMITMENT to the ministry.

Note: You don’t have to convince me as Pastor the actual evidence shows God.

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Vision Statement

The St. Mark Baptist Church consist of a body covenant believers join together by the

love of God Jesus Christ, who have excepted the mission of preaching the uncompromising gospel of our Savior and Lord. — “magnifying Jesus through worship and the Word, moving believers in Jesus toward maturity and ministry, and making Jesus known to our neighbors and the nations.”

Deuteronomy 6:5 ESV

5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Luke 10:27 CSB

27 He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,” and “your neighbor as yourself.”

The heart (emotions),

The soul (consciousness),

strength (motivation).

The Synoptic Gospels all have “heart” and “soul,”

Matthew omits strength, and all add “mind” (intelligence)

Note: Members, co-leaders & leaders need to be more CONSISTENCY in there commitment to God and the ministry.

Note: THERE ARE NO EXCUSES WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE WORK-WILL-WAY OF GOD. One Theologian said “ we should make EXCUSES to do the will of God and make EXCUSES to be at church.

Luke 9:57–62 (CSB)

57 As they were traveling on the road someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

58 Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

59 Then he said to another, “Follow me.” “Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.”

60 But he told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.”

61 Another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but first let me go and say good-bye to those at my house.”

62 But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Note: Jesus’ teaching that discipleship takes radical commitment (9:57–62) (Matt. 8:19–22)

Luke introduced three people who wanted to join Jesus on His journey to Jerusalem. Luke 9:57–58. A man approached and wanted to follow where they were going. Jesus’ response was that a person desiring to follow Him must give up what others consider necessities. Jesus had no home of His own nor did His followers. They were on their way to Jerusalem where Jesus would be put to death.

Note: Luke 9:59–60. Jesus called the next man with the same words with which He had called His disciples (5:27). The man’s reply that he first wanted to go and bury his father has been variously interpreted. Some maintain that the man’s father was dead already. It would seem strange if that was the case for he would certainly have been engaged in the burial procedure already. So it’s is more likely that the man’s father [was ready to die]. His request was to let him wait just a little while before following Jesus. Perhaps the man also wanted to receive the inheritance from his father’s estate. Jesus’ response, Let the dead bury their own dead, implies that the spiritually dead can bury the physically dead. The point was that proclaiming the kingdom of God was so important that it could not wait.

Note: Luke 9:61–62. This third man simply wanted to go home and say good-by to his family. Elijah had allowed Elisha to do this very thing when Elisha was plowing (1 Kings 19:19–20). Jesus’ words underscore the fact that His message of the kingdom of God was more important than anything else—even family members. The message and the Messiah cannot wait. Jesus’ message was more important than Elijah’s message and demanded total allegiance. Jesus’ servants should not have divided interests, like a farmer who begins plowing and looks back.

Question: What do you PERSONALLY need to do in your ministry for your ministry to be enhance[improve] ?? [ YOU ]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE !!!!!!!! [NO ONE CALLS ME FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN PERSONAL MATTERS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CHURCH OR MINISTRY OR TO CALL TO CHECK UP ON ME AND MY FAMILY OR SPIRITUAL ADVICE /COUNSELING ]