‘Apostle Paul’s Pure Ministry.’
a) Colossians 1:28-29.
His vision was simple:-
1- 2 Corinthians 8:9. Proclaim
Christ. (Especially the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was
rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you, through His poverty, might
become rich)
2- Warn every person.
3- Teach every person
with all Wisdom.
4- To present every True
Believer mature in Christ.
5- Toiling with his God
given energy.
b) 2 Corinthians 11:28. He had daily pressure
because of his Love for the Church.
c) Galatians 6:14. He Gloried only in the Cross.
d) 2 Corinthians 1:10. He set his Hope in God.
e) Philippians 3:10-11. He wanted to:-
1- Know the Lord truly.
2- Know the Power of the
Lord’s Resurrection.
3- Share in the Lord’s
sufferings.
4- Become like the Lord
in His Death and His Resurrection.
f) 2 Corinthians 12:14-15. He was a real
“Spiritual father”.
g) 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20. The Church was his:-
1- Hope.
2- Joy.
3- Glory.
h) Philippians 4:1. He loved the Church Brothers
and Sisters and wanted them to stand firm in the Lord.
i) 1 Corinthians 3:5-7; Philippians 1:1. He
simply served as the Lord wanted him to serve.
j) Ephesians 3:7; 1 Corinthians 15:10. God’s
Grace, working by God’s Power, made Paul a Minister of the Gospel, he was not
self appointed.
k) Romans 16:25. His Preaching of the Gospel
strengthened people.
l) Ephesians 3:8. God’s Grace was given to him to
Preach the unsearchable riches of Christ.
m) Acts 20:20. He taught the Word of God both
publically and privately.
n) 2 Thessalonians 3:1; Colossians 4:3-4. He
valued the Prayers of the Church for his Ministry.
(This one teaches me lessons I can learn from Apostle Paul’s Pure Ministry)
Chris.
The Joy
of the Lord is our Strength, this fact is brought to us through the Word of
God. If we do not have Joy in our hearts as we follow Jesus Christ, we become
weak Believers. The Church itself gave to Apostle Paul Joy. That is so
wonderful. Joy itself is not some manifesting hilarious experience but, rather
it is something deep and maintained in our hearts as we simply follow the Lord.
The Joy of the Lord has nothing to do with the “charismatic laughter” movement,
which was a mockery of the True Church.
