If you are considering serving or are currently serving the church in ministry, whether paid or volunteer, please watch the following video. It is an excerpt of a sermon entitled We Work with You for Your Joy delivered by John Piper at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary on March 27, 2007. Piper refers to 1 Corinthians 1:24 where Paul writes, “Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.” In order to understand what Paul means by “it” we must look to 1 Corinthians 11:16-33 where Paul elaborates on what he could “lord over [the Corinthian’s] faith.” But he doesn’t hold it over them! Instead, he takes pleasure (joy) in suffering for the Corinthian church because of Christ and the gospel! Listen to these words and search your heart. Are you serving the church for the sake of Jesus and the gospel?
To listen to the sermon in its entirety, click here.
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