If
you were to ask yourself or your congregation what you Pastor's job is
what answers would you get? I imagine you would get answers like this:
1. His job is to win the lost and get people to church.
2. Visit people.
3. Answer my questions.
4. Come to my aide anytime I need him.
5. Be at the hospital when our members are in there.
6. Do weddings and funerals.
And you can add the many things I left out. Many of these things are needed to be done but lets look at what the Bible says:
Ephesians 4:11-16
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Ok now let me pick out the things the pastor is suppose to do:
1. Equip the saints for the work of the ministry.
The pastor is to prepare the saints(which is you if you are a believer) to do the work of the ministry! WHAT? That's right the pastor is not to do it ALL! He is to train us to do the work! That should shake many off their rocker!
2. For the edifying of the body of Christ. Our work in the ministry will build up the church! When we all work together amazing things happen! It build all up!~
3.The pastor teaches us until: till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
Unity, perfection, and fullness are all a continuing process so the pastor will continue to teach us until Jesus comes or we die first!
4.The pastor teaches so: that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
We won't be drawn away by man to the ways of the world!
5.The pastor teaches us: but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
He tells us the truth in love even when it hurts! So we may grow up (mature) in Christ!
6. The pastor teaches us: from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
We have a responsibility! To do our part in the ministry building and serving in love!
So what part of ministry do you own? The pastor is to lead not do all! Think on this today as it is straight from God's Word!
Tom
1. His job is to win the lost and get people to church.
2. Visit people.
3. Answer my questions.
4. Come to my aide anytime I need him.
5. Be at the hospital when our members are in there.
6. Do weddings and funerals.
And you can add the many things I left out. Many of these things are needed to be done but lets look at what the Bible says:
Ephesians 4:11-16
11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Ok now let me pick out the things the pastor is suppose to do:
1. Equip the saints for the work of the ministry.
The pastor is to prepare the saints(which is you if you are a believer) to do the work of the ministry! WHAT? That's right the pastor is not to do it ALL! He is to train us to do the work! That should shake many off their rocker!
2. For the edifying of the body of Christ. Our work in the ministry will build up the church! When we all work together amazing things happen! It build all up!~
3.The pastor teaches us until: till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
Unity, perfection, and fullness are all a continuing process so the pastor will continue to teach us until Jesus comes or we die first!
4.The pastor teaches so: that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
We won't be drawn away by man to the ways of the world!
5.The pastor teaches us: but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
He tells us the truth in love even when it hurts! So we may grow up (mature) in Christ!
6. The pastor teaches us: from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
We have a responsibility! To do our part in the ministry building and serving in love!
So what part of ministry do you own? The pastor is to lead not do all! Think on this today as it is straight from God's Word!
Tom
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