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April 15, 1984
The apostle Paul exercised a two-fold strategy in the course of his ministry: he sought to make God’s Word fully known and to make God’s people fully mature. As Alistair Begg explains, Paul’s means of accomplishing these aims were the preaching and teaching of God’s Word, with a vital emphasis on the person and work of Jesus Christ. Just like the great apostle, we too labor toward this goal, which can only be achieved through the Lord’s gracious strength.
24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, 25of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, 26the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. 27To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. 29For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
Copyright © 2024, Alistair Begg. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.
