Episode notes
Application
Today, ministers can glean some great insights from Paul's ministry. Those who enter ministry should embrace humility, avoiding pursuing personal gain and glory in ministry, and prioritizing the transformative message of Christ over personal acclaim.
Ministers of Christ must show vigilance against distortions and false teachings, and this requires a commitment to safeguarding the purity of the gospel. Over the years we have witnessed people in churches who walk around the church building in their expensive suits with brass labels that read “apostle so and so” or “prophet so and so.” A young visiting pastor was told by one of these label wearing Apostles that if the young minister left the denomination or movement he was currently in and joined the apostle's movement, success was an absolute outcome. Like ...