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…stir up the gift of God which is in thee.

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 2nd. Timothy 1:6

No matter how many things we do within the Kingdom of God, if we are not doing that for which we were called by the Grace of the Lord, it is equivalent to having done nothing. It sounds harsh, but this is the best way to explain the meaning of a purposeful life.

Life in the Kingdom of Heaven is not about “doing” things, but doing that for which we were attained, even so, what we have to do is only one thing in life. We have the best example in the case of Esther’s election. Mordecai makes her see that this is precisely why God placed her in the palace next to King Ahasuerus,

he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:13-14 (NIV)

Esther was taken to the palace only to disrupt Amman’s satanic operation, and as soon as she succeeded, her life disappeared from the sacred records, for she had attained the purpose for which she was chosen,

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: 4for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage. 5Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? 6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. Esther 7:3-6

And this is precisely the point where not many can continue to advance in the development of their life of faith, because they do not know what is the purpose of their calling in the Lord, and therefore, they end up doing things that were not necessarily the reason for their calling, and they get lost behind actions that do not develop in their spirits the fullness that they fought the good fight of faith. The words that Jacob spoke to Pharaoh when he interviewed him on his arrival in Egypt come to mind at this moment; Jacob’s expression is weighed down with distaste because he knew he did not do many things that God had commissioned him to do.

And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. Genesis 47:9

In the case of Timothy, from where we established the starting point for our teaching, the apostle in this second epistle exhorts Timothy to stir up the gift that is in him, showing in Paul’s instruction a concern for past actions that Timothy has neglected, and which are actually the purpose of his calling.

What actions could the apostle be referring to by stirring up the gift of God?

In the epistle there are traces of the apostle’s concern for past actions that Timothy has neglected. Let us look at their development.

  • In 1:6 is the apostle’s exhortation to Timothy and the raison d’être of the second epistle: For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. (NIV)
  • In 4:1 is the reminder of the commission that Paul gave to Timothy at some point in his ministerial life, it is not a new commission: I give you this charge: (NIV).
  • In 4:2 the commission is properly found: Preach (proclaim) the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. (NIV).
  • In 4:5 is the exhortation to maintain the same activity in which Timothy was formed: But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. (NIV)

All these traces lead us to understand that Timothy began as an evangelist, as a true proclaimer of the Word of the Kingdom, and by contact with Paul, learned to teach the Word; this sum of activities were the duties of his ministry. However, because of his accommodation in Ephesus, he abandoned this activity which meant that the flame of the gift was extinguished in him.

There are also traces in the epistle that lead us to understand what were the causes in Timothy that led him to abandon his duties in ministry.

  • In 1:7 it is discovered that Timothy came to experience fear because of the persecution Paul suffered because of the Gospel: For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. (NIV)
  • In 1:8 it is discovered that because of Timothy’s fear, the time came when Timothy was cut off from his old team: So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. (NIV)
  • In the same verse it is discovered that Timothy has feared that persecution will overtake him; Paul exhorts him not to fear and to trust in the Power of God: Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. (NIV)
  • In 2:3 Paul again emphasizes to him that he does not fear persecution, it is part of the life of the Gospel: Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. (NIV)
  • In 2:11-12 Paul makes Timothy see that refusing to do what God commissioned him to do can have serious spiritual consequences: Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him;if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us; (NIV)
  • In 3:14 Paul again exhorts Timothy to stand firm in what he has learned: But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, (NIV)

Stir up the gift that is in thee, means discovering and/or recovering the position and/or function that has been delegated to us as part of the purpose for which we were called.

The work walks according to the Will of God when the men and women of God are in the right position, and they do exactly what they have been entrusted to do.

Paul’s expression, (…by the Gospel) of which I am made preacher, and apostle, and teacher of the Gentiles, is not the apostle’s letter of introduction, it is simply the letter of duties of his ministry. The extraordinary projection that the apostle had during his entire ministerial life was due to the fact that he circumscribed himself to the assigned tasks; he never left there,

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. 1st. Corinthians 1:17

What is our work within the Kingdom? The following biblical texts remind us of what God may have entrusted to us at some point,

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. 12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 1st. Corinthians 12:4-12

Each one must place himself in the body and execute the function that has been delegated to him, this is to stir up the gift that is in thee. Place yourself in your position within the body.

For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one member one of another. 6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. 9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Romans 12:4-9

However, do not forget the main work that Jesus established in his teachings and that are contained in the doctrine of the apostles; we can emphasize in the first place, the love for the evangelistic work,

pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. Matthew 9:38 (Luke 10:2)

Without ceasing to consider that evangelistic work still demands to be willing to suffer and persecute,

Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 2nd. Timothy 2:3

confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. Acts 14:22

Above all, keep in mind that the Kingdom of Heaven is established through liberation and spiritual warfare; we must not evade this responsibility,

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8 (Luke 10:9)

But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Matthew 12:28 (Luke 11:20)

and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Ephesians 1:22

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12

And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. Romans 16:20

Therefore, being aware that it is not the many activities that are important, but doing what we were called to do, we must review and desist from what is accessory to occupy ourselves with fear and trembling of what God has commissioned us to do. Revival is the result of men and women engaged in returning to the original position, and in awakening the original function delegated by the Father.

 

All biblical quotations are taken from the King James Version.

 

 

Pastor Pedro Montoya

Twitter: @pastormontoya

https://earthenwarevessels.com

The call can never be greater than the one who made the call

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercises lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 9:24

Some time ago, meditating upon Jonah’s reluctance to go to Nineveh and proclaim against it the increase of the wickedness of the city before Jehovah-God, I could not help wondering how it was possible for Jonah to incur such a rebellion, and moreover, to dare to escape from His presence, as if it were possible to escape from God.

Jonah was an experienced prophet, not a novice who was just beginning to know God. Throughout the book’s account, Jonah’s extensive knowledge of the God he served is discovered,

  1. Jonah recognizes that Jehovah-God is the Creator of heaven and earth,

…I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. (1:9)

  1. Jonah recognizes that Jehovah-God has provoked that storm and that He does as He wants to punish the folly of those who resist Him,

Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. (1:12)

  1. Jonah recognizes Jehovah-God’s power over nature and created species to punish the rebellion and disobedience of those who serve Him,

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. (1:17)

  1. Jonah recognizes that Jehovah-God hears the prayer of repentance, and that for Him there is no hindrance that prevents Him from working,

I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. (2:2)

  1. Jonah recognizes that Jehovah-God does not cast away forever even when He punishes,

I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. (2:4)

  1. Jonah recognizes that God has power even over death, and he calls it God,

…yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. (2:6)

  1. Jonah recognizes that salvation comes from Jehovah-God, and that only He can save,

Salvation is of the LORD. (2:9)

This statement of Jonah brings as revelation the announcement that the Messiah is called Jesus and comes from Jehovah-God. In the same text appears both the name of Jesus (יְשׁוּעָ) and that of Jehovah-God (יהוָה), which when read establish that Jesus (salvation) comes from Jehovah-God.

יְשׁוּעָתָה לַיהוָה : Salvation (Jesus) comes from Jehovah-God

  1. Jonah recognizes that his call is to declare in Nineveh the wickedness of the city and warn them of its destruction after forty days,

Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. (3:4)

  1. Jonah recognizes that Jehovah-God repents of the evil that He has arranged to do upon a city if they proceed in repentance toward Him,

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. (3:10)

  1. Jonah recognizes that Jehovah-God is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,

… I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (4:2)

In the face of all this discovery of Jonah’s extensive knowledge of Jehovah-God and the realization that Jonah is aware of the magnitude of his reluctance to obey Him, and even of the cost of fleeing His Presence, it is inevitable to ask, why did he refuse to obey Him?

The answer to this question comes from Jonah’s reaction and prayer when he saw that Jehovah-God commanded not to destroy the city,

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. (4:1-2)

In other words, Jonah knew beforehand that Jehovah-God would not destroy Nineveh. What did it mean to Jonah that God would not destroy the city? Did it mean to Jonah that Jehovah-God would destroy the city?

In the Law of Moses it was stated that not every prophet who prophesied in the name of Jehovah-God should receive credibility simply by calling himself a prophet, not even by mentioning the name of Jehovah-God. The Law had established that the way to prove the truthfulness of a prophet was by verifying the fulfillment of what he had prophesied,

And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? 22When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. Deuteronomy 18:21-22

The Law also stipulated that cases of false prophets should be penalized with death,

And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. Deuteronomy 13:5

But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. Deuteronomy 18:20

So, yes, there was a prestige for Jonah if what he was proclaiming about Nineveh was fulfilled. Jonah was angry at Jehovah-God’s change of mind about Nineveh because of the merit of his prophetic ministry. In the eyes of those who did not know Jehovah-God, Jonah seemed like a prophet without honor. And apparently, nothing that Jonah prophesied was fulfilled while he lived, judging by a single text outside of the book of Jonah where reference is also made to his ministry,

He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. II King 14:25

The “sign of Jonah” referred to by Jesus does not necessarily have to do with the three days that Jonah was in the belly of the great fish, but with the discredit for his own that Jesus received about his ministry,

He came unto his own, and his own received him not. John 1:11

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. Mathew 13:57

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Mathew 12:41

Is Jonah’s anger justifiable? Jonah lived as a prophet proclaiming words, messages from God, which were not fulfilled while he lived; Jonah lived in disrepute as a prophet because he could not validate the veracity of his message, and therefore not recognized in his time as a true prophet.

Jonah establishes a measure of evaluation for a ministry according to the Will of Jehovah-God, because the ministerial call is not to exalt the one who receives it but to do what He has commanded us to do. The ministerial call must never be greater than the one who does it, for the purpose of receiving it is to obey Him, and not to derive merit or personal benefit,

There is a risk when we want to build a ministry on images and personal prestige, it is equivalent to building towers and we can engage in apostasy,

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 2nd. Timothy 3:2

We have forgotten that choice is not by merit but by baseness,

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 1st. Corinthians 1:28

The only thing that Jonah did not know, and appears in the conclusion of the book as the teaching that Jehovah-God gave Jonah, is that God proceeds with man in the same way that man proceeds with the things he appreciates,

Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: 11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? (4:10-11)

Each one establishes with his acts the measure of how he will be treated by God Himself,

Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? Mathew 18:33

 

 

 

 

 

All biblical quotations are taken from the King James Version.

 

Pastor Pedro Montoya

Twitter: @pastormontoya

https://earthenwarevessels.com

The Worthiness of a Ministry Seen Through the Parable of the Samaritan who acted with mercy

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?…  But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? Luke 10:25-37

The ministry that someone sustains is the result of a call that God placed in the spirit of the person; the call is not a human response to a divine stimulus, it is God’s choice over someone who, when he agrees, does so not because he exercises his free will but because the sovereignty of God predominates over the person. The prophet Jeremiah recognizes that his call was not his choice but God’s sovereign decision about him,

The ministry that someone sustains is the result of a call that God placed in the spirit of the person; the call is not a human response to a divine stimulus, it is God’s choice over someone who, when he agrees, does so not because he exercises his free will but because the sovereignty of God predominates over the person. The prophet Jeremiah recognizes that his call was not his choice but God’s sovereign decision about him,

O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, everyone mocketh me. Jeremiah 20:7

The call is given so that God will be glorified through the person, not to exalt the person above the caller,

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29That no flesh should glory in his presence. 30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.   1st. Corinthians 1:28-31

The call is not a professional vocation, for there are many who are called to exercise a ministry that does not necessarily accommodate the abilities, character, or personality of the one who exercises it. The call is a divine execution that the person carries out according to the sovereignty and the Word that God has placed on the person,

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: Amos 7.14

The parable of the Samaritan who showed mercy in helping to recover the one who had fallen into the hands of thieves is a parable apparently presented to teach about the Mosaic conception of who should be considered as neighbor; however, because of the role he plays within the religious institution of Israel of the questioner, the parable is aimed at showing what it means to serve God in the calling that each one holds; and the reference to the other characters in the parable, the Levite and the priest, confirms this.

The priest in the Law is the connection between the people and God, and his function is to restore man’s deteriorated communion with his Creator. A priest who defines neighbor by his proximity is only a ministry that has not understood what it means to have communion with God.

The prophets presented descriptions of what it meant for man to turn away from his Creator, and presented his condition as that of a wounded and battered man.

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! Jeremiah 14:19

Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. Hosea 9:16

There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? Nahum 3:19

To restore a man’s communion with his Creator is tantamount to healing the wounds of one who is wounded and battered. So, that a priest should meet a wounded man and not help him, is the description of a ministry which has not understood its function on earth, which does not honor its calling.

The presence of the priest in the parable appears to confront those who reduce God’s commandment to a religious definition, and who depend on them to fulfill the detail of the commandments. Neighbor, and by extension, ministry, is not a concept, it is an experience of communion, of communion with God.

The function of the Levite is to serve in the Temple, and they did so from the age of twenty-five until they turned fifty,

And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. 23And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: 25And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: 26But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. Numbers 8:22-26

The requirement of service demanded of them was of such high quality that a failure in their service was tantamount to the most terrible iniquity in their relationship with God. The life of the Levites was a life of service.

But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. Numbers 18:23

Twenty-five years of service in which each one had the opportunity to see the manifestation of God in favor of the people. So, one would not think that a Levite would see someone in need and would not offer him help; a Levite who saw a wounded man thrown on the road and who passed by not to help him, is a person accustomed to serve but who has no value or reason for his service. He turned the call into a habit, nothing more.

The presence of the Levite in the parable appears to show that service to God is the result of the experience of knowing God; only he who knows God can serve.

Neighbor is the proof of a person’s knowledge of God. Neighbor is not a responsibility of service, but the opportunity to show others how much we know God. The apostle John put it this way:

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 1st. John 4:20

Ministry is to see needs, and to supply them; it is to awaken compassion for the benefit of others; it is to care; it is to protect; it is to invest in others; it is to restore the condition of need of those who have fallen into disgrace; it is to vindicate those who have been socially marginalized.

The presence of the Samaritan in the parable appears to show that when a person does not act according to God’s righteousness, there will be a Samaritan who will show, with his presence and his way of acting, how arrogantly walks he who holds a ministry of God. The Samaritans were a society despised by the Jews; in the account of Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman, she reproaches Jesus for the Jews’ contempt for the Samaritans: How can you, being a Jew, ask me to drink, for I am a Samaritan woman? because the Jews do not deal with the Samaritans.[1]

To have said Jesus to the lawyer, Go, and do the same, was tantamount to saying to him, act as the Samaritan did, which meant an offense and a humiliation; Jesus’ expression to the lawyer was the confrontation with the arrogance with which he walked.

God’s call has a divine dignity, not to emphasize the person above the one who called him, but to establish on earth that operation of God necessary to break the strength of the kingdom of darkness that has bound the inhabitants of its regions.

The parable presents three persons, each a bearer of ministry; two of them with a ministry classified by a title, only one, the Samaritan, with a ministry without a classification; in fact, many would not have considered until today that the Samaritan could be a minister of God. Ministry does not make it a title, it does not make it a diploma, it does not make it an institution; ministry makes it the conviction that we have that we serve God, that He called us, and that what we do we do for Him,

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Colossians 3:23

Why in the parable are the priest and the Levite presented as ministers who defraud God’s call in them?

The ministry, the service to God, cannot be built on the person, even worse, on the fame that the person can raise as God’s minister. The ministry is not the image that the person lifts up on himself, nor on what he does as endowed with a singular power given to him, as if it were an exclusive instrument of God.

Neither the priest nor the Levite could understand to what God called them, they only saw in themselves functions which distinguished them from others, functions of category, functions of rank; any other function apart from their functions in the temple were seen as denigrating and of little esteem. Neither the priest nor the Levite saw a service to God in the help which might have been given to the wounded in the way. They disappointed the call of God deposited in their spirits.

If you have a ministry from God, awaken it, enliven it; do not bind it to a title, do not build a personal image behind it, do not seek to take advantage of it; do not incur the error of the priest and the Levite in the parable.

Of the three ministries that the parable presents, who would you like to be? Go and do the same.

No matter what we do within a community of faith, nothing will be of value if we do not first count on doing it for the purpose that God will be glorified by the service we render to others.

God’s call to the ministry does not consist only in “preaching”, in interpreting, in knowing how to elaborate a good homiletic outline. It is more than a professional discipline. It is surrender; it is devotion, zeal, commitment, responsibility.

All biblical quotations are taken from the King James Version.

 

 

Pastor Pedro Montoya

Twitter: @pastormontoya

https://earthenwarevessels.com

 

[1] John 4:9