‘A Good And Faithful Servant Of The Lord.’
a) Acts 20:28. They:-
1- Keep watch over themselves first.
2- Keep watch over the flock which God has placed in their care.
3- Are shepherds of the Church of God.
4- Care for the Church which God has made His Own through the Blood of His Son.
b) 1 Timothy 3:2. They must:-
1- Be Without fault.
2- Have only one wife.
3- Be Sober.
4- Be self controlled.
5- Be orderly.
6- Welcome strangers in his home.
7- Be able to Teach.
c) Titus 1:9. They must:-
1- Hold firmly to the Message which can be trusted.
2- Hold firmly to the Message which agrees with the Doctrine.
3- Be able to encourage other people with True Teaching.
4- Show the error of those people which are opposed to True Teaching.
d) 1 Peter 5:1-3. They are:-
1- To be shepherds of the flock that God has given to them.
2- To take care of the flock willingly as God desires.
3- Not to be unwilling.
4- Not to work for mere pay but have a willingness to serve.
5- Not to rule over the people that God has given them to care for.
6- To be examples to God’s flock.
(Through this QT I find the New Testament definition of A Good And Faithful Servant Of The Lord)
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‘Spiritual Fathers Leave A Heritage.’
Hebrews 13:7.
a) They will be well remembered as Leaders.
b) They spoke God’s Message.
c) We can think about their life and death.
d) We can imitate their Faith.
(Through this Second one I know that Spiritual Fathers Leave A Heritage)
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Chris.
It is so good to get to know and to love the Word of God. Too often we True Believers become spiritually ‘dull’ because we major on experiences and feelings. We should not seek after those things if we do we can easily be led astray. If we know and love the Word of God then we can really grow as Believers in the Lord.
