Title: Workers of Christ
Contents
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I. worker consciousness
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< A worker of Christ must have a clear worker consciousness that I am a worker of Christ. "Worker" means ( ((below)+ (wet the oar)) "rower from below" means a slave who paddles at the bottom of a boat. In the old days, ships were sailed or rowed. A large boat had dozens or hundreds of people rowing, with slaves mostly rowing.
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II. Stewardship Ceremony
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< A worker of Christ must have a sense of stewardship called stewardship. “Man ought to call us servants of Christ
“Those who have been entrusted with the secrets of God” (verse 1), “one who has been entrusted with” ((house)+ (ruler)) has the meaning of one who rules over a house. In the New Testament, it is translated as deacon or steward. It is the position of managing the master's property and slaves according to the will of the master. A steward is a slave to the master, so he must obey it. But he is autonomous in handling the work entrusted to him. A steward is someone who takes charge of the owner's house, but it's definitely not my house.
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But I have to take care of it as if it were my own home, voluntarily volunteer and work with joy. Wouldn't the master be upset if he was just doing what the steward told him to do? You will have to find work and do it voluntarily and creatively. Christ's workers are said to be those who have been entrusted with the mystery of God. What is God's secret? Jesus Christ, the gospel of Christ, and the body of Christ, the church, are the secrets of God. Workers of Christ are stewards of the gospel, the mystery of God, and stewards of the church, the body of Jesus Christ. Dear all! We are all stewards of the church, the body of Jesus Christ. I pray that you will become a worker of Christ who works with joy with a voluntary and voluntary heart with a sense of ownership as if it were your own work.
Ⅲ. loyal heart
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< A worker of Christ must have a loyal heart. Those who are entrusted with the gospel and those who are entrusted with the work of the church must work with a heart of loyalty. "Loyalty" (faith, faithfulness) To be loyal means to be faithful. It is reliable in the eyes of the owner. You must become a person you can trust in the sight of God. I am saved when I believe in God. I am blessed when God can trust me. If you are not trustworthy in God's eyes, you cannot bless him. Giving money ruins that person's life. Giving wisdom makes that person arrogant. How do you give it? If you give health, how do you give that person self-indulgence, and if you give time, how do you give it to sin? Workers of Christ must be people whom God can trust. A person whom God can trust, a person whom God can trust and trust. Such a person is a faithful person. I hope that you will become a person that God can trust and entrust to you. The apostle Paul explains the attributes of loyalty in verse 3 and below.
Then when will we receive God's praise? Not right now. It will be the final settlement at that time when Jesus Christ returns. So, don't be too hasty. Don't say, "Please admit it. Please bless me" right now, but look a little farther toward the day of Christ's second coming and be faithful. This is true loyalty.
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