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2 Corinthians 4: 1-18
we have this ministry, what ministry do you have.
You’ll be surprised to know that every one who is a Christian is in ministry
When Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, there were many people buried in the ruins.
Some were found in cellars, as if they had gone there for security.
Some were found in the upper rooms of buildings.
But where was the Roman sentinel found?
Standing at the city gate where he had been placed by the captain, with his hands still grasping his weapon.
There, while the earth shook beneath him—there, while the floods of ashes and cinders covered him—he had stood at his post.
And there, after a thousand years, was this faithful man still to be found
The story is told of an eleventh-century German king, King Henry III, who, having grown tired of court life and the pressures of being a monarch, applied to a monastery to be accepted for a life of contemplation.
The religious superior of the monastery, Prior Richard, is reported to have said, “Your Majesty, do you understand that the pledge here is one of obedience?
That will be hard because you have been a king.”
Henry replied, “I understand.
The rest of my life I will be obedient to you, as Christ leads you.”
“Then I will tell you what to do,” said Prior Richard.
“Go back to your throne and serve faithfully in the place where God has placed you.”
When King Henry III died, a statement was written: “The King learned to rule by being obedient.”
Like King Henry, we too often tire of our role and responsibility.
Like King Henry, we too need to be reminded that God has placed each of us in a particular place to be faithful there.
Be it as a plumber, accountant, mother, father, or whatever, God expects us to be faithful where he has placed us.484
Do you apply the same standards of faithfulness to your Christian activities that you expect from other areas of your life?
If your car starts once every three tries, is it reliable?
If your paperboy skips delivery every Monday and Thursday, is he trustworthy?
If you don’t go to work once or twice a month, are you a loyal employee?
If your refrigerator stops working for a day or two every now and then, do you say, “Oh, well, it works most of the time”?
If your water heater provides an icy-cold shower every now and then, is it dependable?
If you miss a couple of loan payments every year, does the bank say, “Ten out of twelve isn’t bad”?
If you fail to worship God one or two Sundays a month, would you expect to be called a faithful Christian?
We expect faithfulness and reliability from things and other people.
Does not God expect the same from us?
The problem is that in our religious activities we see ourselves as volunteers rather than as duty bound (1 Cor.
9).
For a volunteer, almost anything seems acceptable.
For a bondservant who is duty bound, faithfulness is expected (Matt.
25:21)
Matthew 25:21 “His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”
1 Corinthians 9: 1-18 “Am I not an apostle?
am I not free?
have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?
are not ye my work in the Lord?
If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, Have we not power to eat and to drink?
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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Paul received a ministry- How many of you are volunteers.?
How many of you are servants?
How many of you treat the ministry as a volunteer and how many of you treat the ministry as being a servant.
Duty calls.
the like the faithful man who was found.
Paul was able to keep the truth of the gospel because he was being led by the Spirit.
He says, even if the world is blinded to the gospel, they will continue to do the work of God.
He never saw himself as a volunteer.
The minute you see yourself as a volunteer, then you see your resources.
Do i have enough..
You fill in the blank
But when you are a servant and duty calls.
Then you say.
“it’s God ministry and He will provide”.
We need more volunteers?
Do we?
or do we need more servants.
I can find a volunteer very easily.
I can go to Azusa Pacific, Biola, or even a secular school and find a volunteer “o look I found a internship:.
But the minute they see a challenge they will quit.
You will have people even family member who question you being a servant of Christ.
The world will question you.
V. 7-15
According to C. H. Spurgeon, “A Bible which is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t!”
The key to victory is “It is written.
If we are to endure in times of great stress and difficulty, we must beforehand have put down a depth of character that will sustain the blows of the trial
In a similar way, if you want to live a life that is useful in service to God, you must be willing to allow him to put you on the grindstone of trials and testings so that you may be made sharp through loss.
Most people can’t handle the grindstone.
It hurts, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
but if you are strong in the Lord, he will see you through it…
You just have to put your Faith in Him.
Galatians 6:17 “From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.”
Do you have the Marks of our Lord Jesus Christ.
If you have tasted of His goodness, I am sure you have the marks.
And they are a blessing, worth it.
V: 16-18
Romans 8:24 “For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?”
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