
In the world the leaders run away from the most difficult tasks. They run away from risky work. They send the others to war and hide in the security and comforts of home. This is not acceptable. May it not be found in the church.
In the world the leaders run away from the most difficult tasks. They run away from risky work. They send the others to war and hide in the security and comforts of home. This is not acceptable. May it not be found in the church.
Until a person sees there can be no action - no action that is right. For this reason the apostle Paul cried out to God that He may grant sight to the Church.
One danger that a person faces in the course of working hard for the Lord and pressing on to accomplish the call of God in his life, is that he could easily turn his eyes off the Lord as he concentrates on the work.
The person who wants to accomplish his goal in the shortest possible time and as efficiently as possible, needs to be trained. Training enables the person to work hard.
We believe that the relationship between the disciple and the disciple-maker should be clarified. If we look at the relationship that existed between the Lord of glory and His disciples, and that which existed between the apostle Paul and Timothy, etc, we can say the following:
The Lord asked the disciples to preach the gospel to the whole creation. Evangelism is the responsibility of all disciples. It is shocking that in our day it has become the affair of some professionals.
The Lord Jesus saw the obvious need for labourers. He encouraged the disciples to pray for labourers. He said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest” (Matthew 9:37-38).
All believers must continue to carry out the general ministry of the church, and they must continue to carry these out wholeheartedly until they receive their distinctive ministries from the Lord. Once the distinctive ministry is received, it must take priority over all else.
The physical body is not an enemy to righteousness. Rather, it is a servant to be tamed and then used.
Gratitude is an expression of indebtedness. It comes from a heart that knows that it does not deserve what it has. It is the acknowledgement that someone has done something for you which he was not obliged to do, and that acknowledgement is expressed.
Christian love is the love of God imparted to the believer through the Holy Spirit. The Bible says, “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us” (Romans 5:5).