Ninth Street Tabernacle Ministries Staff
Christian ministers are called to serve men in Christ's name; but they cannot serve men rightly unless they
serve their Lord rightly. And they cannot serve Him rightly unless they see themselves rightly: as His under-slaves, His
menial servants. To look first of all at men's needs is to fail men as well as to fail the Lord. A minister who becomes so
occupied with counseling and helping his congregation and community that he spends little time in the Word is unable
to meet those people's deepest needs, because he has neglected his greatest resource for correctly knowing and
adequately meeting those needs. This usually leads to compromising God's truth for the sake of peoples' desires.
Before all else he must be a servant of Jesus Christ, "serving the Lord with all humility" (Acts 20:19).
---- Excerpt taken from John MacArthur's book, 1 Corinthians
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