God Is FAITHFUL – The APOSTOLIC Charge: Be DILIGENT To Look WELL & CARE For The FLOCKS In Your Charge – FAITHFULLY!
“Let a man so ACCOUNT of us, as of the MINISTERS of Christ, and STEWARDS of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is Required in STEWARDS, that a man be found FAITHFUL” 1 Corinthians 4:1-2.
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
“Be thou DILIGENT to know the STATE OF THY FLOCKS, and LOOK WELL TO THY HERDS. 24 For RICHES are not for ever: and doth the CROWN endure to every generation? 25 The HAY appeareth, and the TENDER grass sheweth itself, and HERBS of the mountains are gathered. 26 The LAMBS are for thy clothing, and the GOATS are the price of the field. 27 And thou shalt have GOATS’ MILK enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the MAINTENANCE for thy maidens.” Proverbs 27:23-27.
“And say to Archippus, TAKE HEED TO THE MINISTRY which thou hast RECEIVED in the Lord, that thou FULFIL it” Colossians 4:17.
“Go, STAND and SPEAK in the TEMPLE to the people ALL THE WORDS of this life” Acts 5:20.
“Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am PURE from the blood of ALL men. 27 For I have NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE unto you ALL THE COUNSEL of God. 28 TAKE HEED therefore unto yourselves, and to ALL THE FLOCK, over the which the Holy Ghost hath MADE you OVERSEERS, to FEED the church of God, which he hath PURCHASED with his own blood” Acts 20:26-28.
“And I will give you PASTORS according to mine heart, which shall FEED you with KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING” Jeremiah 3:15.
“Beside those things that are without, that which COMETH upon me DAILY, the CARE OF ALL THE CHURCHES” 2 Corinthians 11:28.
“And he GAVE some, APOSTLES; and some, PROPHETS; and some, EVANGELISTS; and some, PASTORS and TEACHERS; 12 for THE PERFECTING of the saints, for THE WORK of the ministry, for THE EDIFYING of the body of Christ: 13 till we all come in THE UNITY of the faith, and of THE KNOWLEDGE of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto THE MEASURE of the stature of THE FULNESS of Christ: 14 that we henceforth be no more children, TOSSED to and fro, and CARRIED about with every wind of doctrine, by the SLEIGHT of men, and CUNNING craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 but SPEAKING THE TRUTH in love, may GROW UP into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 from whom the whole body FITLY JOINED TOGETHER and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the EFFECTUAL working in THE MEASURE of every part, maketh INCREASE of the body unto the EDIFYING of itself in love” Ephesians 4:11-16.
REV. CHUKIE MORSI