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4 Engineers get into a car.
The car won’t start.
The mechanical engineer says: “it’s a broken starter”.
The Electrical engineer says: “Dead battery”.
The Chemical engineer says: ”Impurities in the gasoline”.
The It engineer says: “Hey, guys, I have an idea ho about we all get out of the car and get back in”.
The intent of the following passage is aimed at the pastor.
However, the same principles apply to all avenues of discipleship and leadership.
Eternal vision
Paul leads this passage with a call of reflection.
There are four areas that he drawls us to look at at.
The judgement of the living
The judgement of the dead
The return of Christ
The eternal heavenly kingdom
Through this painted picture we are forced to look at the future and eternality of the believers life and away from the immortality and insignificance of the present life.
Proclamation
Paul gave Timothy the responsibility of presenting the gospel.
One area that made Paul highly effective was his ability to pass the mantle.
Paul recognized that Timothy was necessary to the future of the church.
When this realization in mind Paul gave to Timothy the tools needed to complete his calling.
Just as Elijah passed the mantle to Elisha, Paul recognized that his life was coming to an end but the ministry had to continue.
2 Kings 2:11-14
2There was a clear picture of the imperative ministry of discipleship.
Who will fill your shoes in the church.
Are you preparing for the day when you are no longer able to perform the task?
There are two things that must be kept in mind.
We are responsible for the discipleship
We must allow others to take ownership and express their God given gifts.
Are you so caught up on ensuring your own method that you have refused to allow the next generation to make it there own.
If this is the mindset we have then there is a real possibility that the ministry will die with us.
This same principle applies to life.
Are we so consumed with the process that we have lost sight of the mission.
Many parents fail to train their children but the become angry when the results are not to their personal desires.
Before becoming angry we must first answer the questions, have we trained them to perform the task with in the acceptable terms, and have we allowed others to perform according to their abilities?
Warnings for the ministry
Paul is somewhat passive aggressive in this verse.
He is giving Timothy instructions by pointing out those who do the opposite of that which is Godly.
The warnings are to:
Keep sound doctrine
Avoid preaching/teaching personal opinions
Avoid myths/ or in Twenty first century terms, conspiracy theories
There is a waring
Personal application
The work of a disciple is a life long work.
It has a beginning but will never find an end.
Growth in our walk with Christ should never cease, because perfection will be avoided in this flesh.
Paul’s message was to stay focussed.
Don’t be distracted, by the natural tendencies of the flesh.
The focus is to be maintained through the following means.
Enduring hardship
Do the work of an evangelist
Keep your plate full
Endure Hardship.
Recognize that leadership isn’t always easy and often requires the tough decisions.
Being willing to take criticism.
Willingness to accept rejection.
Do the work of an evangelist
The quintessential duty of all christians is that of evangelism.
Eph.
4:11 tells us that some are evangelist.
This doesn’t mean that only certain people have the responsibility of evangelism but hat certain people are more gifted at it.
Although we have ministerial duties, personal responsibilities, and ambitions, we must recognize that the primary duty is that of evangelism.
Keep your plate full
This does not mean that we are not allowed to have a life.
However, it does mean that we are to take our duties of discipleship as a full time position.
Yes, the pastor is a full time position within the church but there should be no part to me Christians.
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