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September 3, 1995
The qualities most necessary to fruitful Christian ministry are not often taught in college or seminary, and they are the opposite of worldly self-promotion. In this message, Alistair Begg unpacks the apostle Paul’s advice to those who serve in ministry. Paul urged leaders to be committed to integrity and the humility of self-forgetfulness. Ministers, he reminded them, are humble jars of clay that contain what really matters: the glory of God.
1Therefore, having xthis ministry yby the mercy of God,1 we do not lose heart. 2But we have renounced zdisgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice2 cunning or ato tamper with God's word, but bby the open statement of the truth cwe would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. 3And even dif our gospel is veiled, eit is veiled to fthose who are perishing. 4In their case gthe god of this world dhas blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing hthe light of ithe gospel of the glory of Christ, jwho is the image of God. 5For what kwe proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with lourselves as your servants3 for Jesus' sake. 6For God, who said, m“Let light shine out of darkness,” nhas shone in our hearts to give othe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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