“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine” (2 Timothy 4:2).
TEXT — 2 Timothy 4:1-5
Message
It is funny how we make a lot of effort and show much desire to do great things for God, to prove our faithfulness to His command and to express our commitment to the good of His kingdom. Yet, many of us forget that this will be worthwhile only if it translates into the greatest assignment anyone can render to the Lord, the most rewardable task in heaven, that is, telling others about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The responsibility of preaching the gospel and pointing sinners to Christ is the greatest task of all believers. This was the point Apostle Paul stressed to Timothy. He handed Timothy a mandatory charge. He called the almighty God and the Lord Jesus Christ as witnesses to his faithfulness in passing the baton to the young preacher.
Timothy had no other option, Paul emphasised, than to preach the gospel whether it was convenient or not. He should patiently reprove sin in people’s lives, rebuke those who remain obstinate, and exhort those who are willing, not to reject Christ. Timothy had to be urgent with the task because a time was coming when people would have no interest in the sound doctrine of God, but flock to preachers who would only tell them what they want to hear. He should be watchful at all times, endure pain, rejection, and suffering, and remain mindful of his vocation as a preacher.
The preaching of the gospel should be our primary assignment. We must be ready always to courageously seize every chance we have to bring the good news of salvation through Christ to people everywhere. Irrespective of how inconvenient to people the truth of our message may seem, we must make it compelling enough that it will be difficult for them to reject this one good news that will last in time and eternity
Thought for the day
Any service that does not bring souls to Christ is a wasted effort.
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
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Good morning our father in the Lord. Please can you
pray for my Deliverance from witchcraft tormenting and repeat attacks in my life and family which has claimed the life of my husband in May. I have been battling this, from one man of God to the other, but it kept repeating and reoccurring. Jesus my saviors have mercy on me. this thing is eating my ligaments and joints with excruciating torment and frustration. there is nothing God cannot do