The ministry of an Elder is a ministry of the Word. The Word is to be faithfully administered to the Members of the Congregation in 5 primary ways.

1 Peter 5:8-9 1 Timothy 3 Titus 1 Joel Webbon
The ministry of an Elder is a ministry of the Word. The Word is to be faithfully administered to the Members of the Congregation in 5 primary ways.
This sermon was preached at Covenant Bible Church on the Lord’s Day, March 26th, 2023. This sermon is a summary of the entirety of 1 John. It also serves as a comprehensive primer on the Doctrine of the Assurance of Salvation.
We are blessed when we are persecuted for doing good. We are blessed when we are reviled for righteousness sake. But we are NOT blessed if we are fools, merely experiencing the natural consequences of being a jerk. Discernment and spiritual maturity is required to know the difference.
For the last few decades, American Evangelicalism has been obsessed with all that is BIG, FAST, FLASHY, and FAMOUS. In contrast, 2 Timothy 2:2 says, “What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” So Paul entrusted certain things to Timothy; Timothy was charged to …
Like Jacob the Patriarch, real men wrestle with God. They don’t pick fights with someone half their size.
Michael Belch preaches from Lamentations 2 on Sunday, June 9, 2024.