New Testament Model of Leadership 5
1 Timothy 4:12
Key Points and Themes
- The Concept of Ministry
- Every believer is in the ministry
- Reference: Ephesians 4
- The role of believers in ministry
- Being a Good Minister
- Characteristics of a good minister
- Emphasis on preaching the word
- Importance of living out one's faith
- Detecting False Teachers
- Four tests to recognize false teachers:
- Energized by Satan or Holy Spirit
- Leading away from truth
- Hypocrisy
- Denying God's word through legalism
- Four tests to recognize false teachers:
- True Teachers
- Marks of a true teacher:
- Teaching the truth
- Nourishing themselves with the truth
- Marks of a true teacher:
- Personal Reflection and Responsibility
- Example of a neurosurgeon unsure of his role in ministry
- Encouragement for believers to understand their role in ministry
- Living Out the Faith
- Practicing the word, not just preaching it
- The importance of private life reflecting public ministry
- Encouragement and Support for Pastors
- Affirming young pastors and supporting them
- The challenge faced by pastors today
- Encouragement to the congregation to support their pastors
- Continual Growth in Ministry
- Importance of ongoing growth and learning
- Spiritual growth and exercise
- Devotion to God's word and understanding spiritual gifts
- Being sold out to Jesus Christ
- Continual self-evaluation
Conclusion
- Encouragement to support and affirm pastors
- Call to action for personal commitment and support within the church community
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About the Contributors
Howard G. Hendricks
Dr. Howard G. Hendricks, known simply as “Prof,” directly or indirectly touched millions of lives in the evangelical community and beyond. For more than sixty years Prof served on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), where he taught more than ten thousand students. He served as the chairman of the Center for Christian Leadership for over twenty years. He also ministered in person in more than eighty countries. Through speaking engagements, radio, tapes, films, the sixteen books he authored and coauthored, countless journal and popular-market articles, his service on numerous boards, and his work as a chaplain to the Dallas Cowboys (1976–1984), his reach was and is worldwide.
His legacy, in partnership with Jeanne, his wife of more than sixty-five years, includes four children and six grandchildren. Holding large audiences enthralled at venues such as Billy Graham’s conference center or Promise Keepers’ stadium rallies, Prof would confide, “It’s wonderful to be here with you, but I have a group of delicious students waiting for me back at the seminary.”
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