Shepherd others by Giving them a Proper Pattern: Feed them with our Living of Christ

For you yourselves know, brothers, our entrance toward you, that it has not been in vain. 1 Thes. 2:1

The best way for us to shepherd people, to cherish and nourish them, is to give them a proper pattern or to point them to a proper pattern in the Bible; we need to feed the ones we are caring for with our own living of Christ, setting a pattern … [Continue reading]

An Ambassador of Christ is Constrained by the Love of Christ and Serves God in Spirit

On behalf of Christ then we are ambassadors... 2 Cor. 5:20

An ambassador of Christ is constrained by the love of Christ and has the sole ambition of being pleasing to God, serving God in spirit and in the Body of Christ. As believers in Christ, we are ambassadors of Christ, those who are determined to be … [Continue reading]

Have God’s Appearing to be a Minister and a Witness of Christ to Magnify Christ

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Phil. 1:21

The apostle Paul was a pattern to the believers of living Christ, magnifying Christ, and ministering Christ as the Spirit in his spirit for the building up of the Body of Christ; we need to follow his pattern to be a minister and a witness of … [Continue reading]

Build up a Habit of Exercising our Spirit to Live Christ and Speak Christ to Others

Proclaim the word; be ready in season and out of season; convict, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and teaching. 2 Tim. 4:2

For us to be good ministers of Christ Jesus, the primary thing is to exercise our spirit, even build up of exercising our spirit unto godliness to live Christ in our daily life and speak for the Lord both to people and to the things around us so … [Continue reading]

Have God’s Speaking, Bear others before God, and Minister the Word with a Burden

The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel... Zech. 12:1

For us to be good ministers of Christ Jesus, we need to have a burden and minister the word with a burden from the Lord; we need to know and bear people's condition before God, have God's shining, know what God wants to speak, and speak with a … [Continue reading]

Minister Life, Serve the Saints, and Dispense the Lord’s Sweet and Nourishing Words

Blessed are those who wash their robes that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter by the gates into the city. Rev. 22:14

As good ministers of Christ, we need to minister life and serve the saints according to the principle of life, focusing only on Christ and on nothing else; our lips should drip fresh honey to strengthen and nourish the saints, not criticizing … [Continue reading]

Exercise our Spirit to Put Ourselves aside and keep the Absoluteness of the Truth

...the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth. 1 Tim. 3:15

A good minister of Christ sacrifices himself and puts himself aside in order to keep the absoluteness of the truth, for he stands on the side of the truth and not with his condition; such a one not only enjoys and ministers grace but also … [Continue reading]