On any given Lord's Day untold numbers of pastors, evangelists, missionaries, Sunday School teachers, etc. will be ministering the Word of God to the saints of God. I think it wise therefore, from time to time, for each to take a moment or two to ponder the fact of the great responsibility laid upon those ministering the scriptures. As well as the blessed privilege and honor bestowed upon each who are called to handle and give out the Bread of God.
When the angel Gabriel announced John the Baptist's birth to
Zacharias, his father was told one of the things that would characterize this great man of God was that he would, "...make ready a people prepared for the Lord." He would not, as many today, use the people of God to build his ministry, but rather, he would use his ministry to build the people of God. As a craftsman preparing a work for his kings enjoyment, John was making ready and preparing a people for his King's pleasure!
It is easy to spot the true teachers of the Word of God; their one resonating cry is, "BEHOLD THE LAMB."
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