Pastor

The evaluation of pastors' ministry

will be known on the Day of Judgment.

 

 

The evaluation of pastors' ministry will be revealed on the Day of Judgment.

Each one's work will be tested with fire, and if what they have built survives,

they will receive a reward.

But if it is burned up, they will suffer loss;

they themselves will be saved,

but only as one escaping through the flames

(Ref.: 1 Corinthians 3:10-15).

Who is a pastor and who is an elder?

 

 

Who is a pastor and who is an elder?

They are simply servants who made you believe as the Lord told them to do.

The pastor planted the word of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ,

and the elder provided the caring water.

But it is God who made you grow.

Therefore, the pastor who plants and the elder who waters are nothing,

but God who causes growth is the most important

(Ref.: 1 Corinthians 3:5-7; 1 Timothy 3:5).

 

 

Pastors should teach and testify to believers …

 

 

Pastors should teach and testify to believers,

both publicly and from house to house, without hesitation,

whatever is profitable for them.

They should urge everyone to repent and turn to God,

and to have faith in our Lord Jesus, without holding back

(Acts 20:20-21).

 

 

Listening to the pastor's sermon ...

 

 

While some people listen to and believe in the pastor's sermons,

others, who do not believe, incite other congregants

to harbor ill feelings towards the pastor

(Ref.: Acts 14:1-2).

As a pastor, I ...

 

 

As a servant of Jesus Christ,

I have been called as a pastor and set apart for the gospel of God, 

and I serve God with my heart in the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God 

(Romans 1:1, 9).

 

 

 

Pastors should hate bribes.

 

 

The pastor must refrain from frequently calling the believers

to talk with the intention of receiving bribes (Acts 24:26).

The reason is that bribery blinds the eyes of the wise

and perverts the words of the righteous (Deuteronomy 16:19),

making everything unjustly handled (Proverbs 17:23).

In short, the reason is that bribery corrupts the heart of man (Ecclesiastes 7:7).

The pastor must abhor bribery (Proverbs 15:27).