Foundations for successful ministry: 3 strengthening principles
Dr. George Bannister
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Introduction:
I- Seek out the company of fellow believers (Acts 21:4, 7, 16, 17).
I- Seek out the company of fellow believers (Acts 21:4, 7, 16, 17).
A- Make collective fellowship a priority.
A- Make collective fellowship a priority.
(Hebrews 10:25) ( Acts 21:4, 7)
25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
4 We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.
7 The next stop after leaving Tyre was Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed for one day.
1- Get together purposefully
a- Make a conscious decision to get together.
b- Make sure you get together for the right reason.
c- Make sure you do your part to make it a good experience.
2- Get together pleasantly (Psalm 133:1)
1 How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
a- Make Jesus and his mission the center of all you do.
b- let the Bible and the Holy Spirit be your guide.
c- Let the law of love govern what you do. (James 2:8)
8 Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
3- Get together prayerfully
a- pray before you come
b- pray while you are coming
c- pray while you are here
B- Spending time in fellowship
B- Spending time in fellowship
(Acts 21:4, 7, 10)
4 We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.
7 The next stop after leaving Tyre was Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed for one day.
10 Several days later a man named Agabus, who also had the gift of prophecy, arrived from Judea.
1- Structured fellowship
2- Unstructured fellowship
II- Share what God has done in and through you. (Acts 21:18 – 21)
II- Share what God has done in and through you. (Acts 21:18 – 21)
18 The next day Paul went with us to meet with James, and all the elders of the Jerusalem church were present.
19 After greeting them, Paul gave a detailed account of the things God had accomplished among the Gentiles through his ministry.
20 After hearing this, they praised God. And then they said, “You know, dear brother, how many thousands of Jews have also believed, and they all follow the law of Moses very seriously.
21 But the Jewish believers here in Jerusalem have been told that you are teaching all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn their backs on the laws of Moses. They’ve heard that you teach them not to circumcise their children or follow other Jewish customs.
A- Share openly
A- Share openly
1- Mutual sharing encourages other believers.
2- Mutual sharing witnesses to unbelievers.
3- Mutual sharing teaches younger believers a positive model.
B- Share in detail.
B- Share in detail.
1- Details add excitement to the sharing.
2- Details help to give God the glory.
C- Emphasize God’s work.
C- Emphasize God’s work.
1- Sharing the ways in which God is working inspires faith in other believers.
2- Sharing the ways God is working encourages the church to collectively walk in faith.
III- Seek to further the unity of the body. (Acts 21:22 – 26).
III- Seek to further the unity of the body. (Acts 21:22 – 26).
22 What should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.
23 “Here’s what we want you to do. We have four men here who have completed their vow.
24 Go with them to the Temple and join them in the purification ceremony, paying for them to have their heads ritually shaved. Then everyone will know that the rumors are all false and that you yourself observe the Jewish laws.
25 “As for the Gentile believers, they should do what we already told them in a letter: They should abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
26 So Paul went to the Temple the next day with the other men. They had already started the purification ritual, so he publicly announced the date when their vows would end and sacrifices would be offered for each of them.
A- Seek to further the unity of the body through fellowship.
A- Seek to further the unity of the body through fellowship.
(Acts 21:4, 7) (Acts 2:42) (1 John 1:1 – 7)
4 We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.
7 The next stop after leaving Tyre was Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed for one day.
42 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to prayer.
1 We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.
2 This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us.
3 We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
4 We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
5 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
6 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.
7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
1- Fellowship with the whole body is beneficial.
2- Fellowship with small groups is beneficial.
3- Fellowship with other believers in an informal atmosphere is beneficial.
a- For encouragement
b- for accountability
B- Seek to further the unity of the body through prayer.
B- Seek to further the unity of the body through prayer.
(Acts 21:5)
5 When we returned to the ship at the end of the week, the entire congregation, including women and children, left the city and came down to the shore with us. There we knelt, prayed,
(various forms of the verb “pray” occur 172 times in the New Testament)
1- praying in large groups
2- praying in small groups
3- praying with a prayer partner
a- at home or a secluded place
b- at the altar during service time
C- seek to further the unity of the body through mutual submission to God.
C- seek to further the unity of the body through mutual submission to God.
(Acts 21:4, 10 – 14)
4 We went ashore, found the local believers, and stayed with them a week. These believers prophesied through the Holy Spirit that Paul should not go on to Jerusalem.
10 While we were staying there many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
11 He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into Gentile hands.’ ”
12 When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
14 Since he would not be persuaded, we stopped talking and simply said, “The Lord’s will be done!”
1- God’s will must be sought. (James 4:7)
2- God’s will may not always be as we desire.
3- All must mutually submit to his will.
D- Seek to further the unity of the body through going the 2nd mile in uprightness. (Acts 21:22 – 26).
D- Seek to further the unity of the body through going the 2nd mile in uprightness. (Acts 21:22 – 26).
22 What should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.
23 “Here’s what we want you to do. We have four men here who have completed their vow.
24 Go with them to the Temple and join them in the purification ceremony, paying for them to have their heads ritually shaved. Then everyone will know that the rumors are all false and that you yourself observe the Jewish laws.
25 “As for the Gentile believers, they should do what we already told them in a letter: They should abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
26 So Paul went to the Temple the next day with the other men. They had already started the purification ritual, so he publicly announced the date when their vows would end and sacrifices would be offered for each of them.
1- Many times we must go beyond the call of duty in order to promote the good of the whole church or other believers.
2- The emphasis is never to be “my rights” but rather, the way of love!
Conclusion: