The important thing is that, as the servant of the Lord anointed and established by Him ...

The important thing is that, as the servant of the Lord

anointed and established by Him ...

 

 

When Jesus returned to Capernaum,

He preached the word of God in a house,

and many people gathered, so much

so that there was no room left, not even outside the door

(Mark 2:1-2, Korean Modern Bible).

It is unclear whether all those people came

because they genuinely longed for the word of God,

or whether they came because of the rumors of Jesus healing

a man possessed by an unclean spirit (1:23-28),

and healing the sick and casting out demons

when many sick and demon-possessed people were brought to Him

(vv. 32-34, Korean Modern Bible).

The important thing is that,

as the servant of the Lord anointed and established by Him,

I must follow the example of Jesus and,

whether there are many or few who hear the "gospel of God" (v. 14)

or "the word of God" (2:2, Korean Modern Bible),

or whether they listen or not (Ezekiel 2:5, 7; 3:11),

I must faithfully and diligently,

without omitting a single word,

proclaim all that God commands,

whether it is pleasing or not to those who hear

(Jeremiah 42:6), "with sincerity" (23:28),

"diligently" (25:3, Korean Modern Bible),

and "steadily" (26:5) in the same manner

as He has said (2:2, Korean Modern Bible).