Witness - Stewardship
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1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
In this text Paul is writing to Timothy who is a leader and a teacher in the church. This however, does not mean that this word is only for Timothy.
In the Gospels we see this command given in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
Other Accounts of Commissions
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Mark 16
Luke 24:45-
45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
47 and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of these things.
49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
47 and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of these things.
49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
Luke states 2 things that Matthew and Mark do not.
Repentance for the forgiveness of sins and witness.
These are the 2 things that Paul leaves with Timothy.
2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
What —>
the word - The Gospel, the Good News, the story of Jesus Christ and the reason that we can have hope and a future because Christ died we can fully live.
When—> “in season and out of season” ALWAYS
How —>
—> reprove —> convict—> people need and want to know the truth—> without the truth about their sin they can’t get better —> Medicine is a great analogy for spiritual conviction, when you have surgery to get better there is always a little bit of pain, a cut in the skin, a repositioning of muscles, a rebreaking of bones, getting better hurts, but its better for us in the long run.
That takes us to rebuke.
—> rebuke—> However, just like you wouldn’t want your doctor making a cut 6 inches long when one 2 inches will do, be careful when pointing out to others where they have fallen short. This conviction is must successful in the midst of relationship. God helps with this process. God can give opportunities and open doors. God can make relationships grow faster to allow people to be ready. Sometimes God just puts people in each others paths that are complete strangers so that one can help the other to see who God is.
—> exhort—> Unlike modern medicine we can always leave each other with hope. There are no terminal diagnosis here because Jesus Christ has conquered the grave, he has set the captive, free and he has given fresh hope and new life to all those that hear the Good News and call upon His name as Lord and Savior. When we rebuke and convict our brothers and sisters of their sin we do so with our sin in mind. Knowing we all need grace and we all count on the love of Christ to pull us through.
I leave you and finish our Stewardship/Membership Series with this...
5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,
46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
47 and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 You are witnesses of these things.
49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
50 And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them.
51 While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
52 And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
53 and were continually in the temple blessing God.
Luke 24:
1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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