Lessons

Make Full Proof of Thy Ministry. The lesson on September 6, 2009 involved the scripture reading in 2 Timothy 4:1-8 “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.” The calling we have today is not the Great Commission of Matthew 28:16-20, but rather Ephesians 3:1-9 and Colossians 1:25-26. Your work as an evangelist should be motivated by the calling we have in the Mystery. This lesson had a handout, be sure and download Make Full Proof of Thy Ministry – handout to follow along while you listen.