How to Be a Pastor - in 5 Minutes!
(Training message for House Church and individual use: preached 4/25 – 5/1/2021)
“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.”
(1 Peter 2:21)
Introduction:
1 Timothy 3:1-7 – is the most popular checklist in the Bible.
1st minute: Be saved from sin by the Savior!
“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:” (Matthew 7:13)
2nd minute: Be surrendered to the Savior!
“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:26)
3rd: Minute: Be a servant like the Savior!
“For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.” (Luke 22:27)
4th Minute: Be sincere like the Savior!
“And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:” (Luke 20:21)
5th Minute: Be seeking like the Savior!
“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10)
OUTLINE:
How to Be a Pastor – in 5 Minutes!
(A Message to the Ministers of the Lord Jesus Christ)
“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.”
(1 Peter 2:21)
1st minute: Be saved from sin by the Savior!
2nd minute: Be surrendered to the Savior!
3rd: Minute: Be a servant like the Savior!
4th Minute: Be sincere like the Savior!
5th Minute: Be seeking like the Savior!
WORSHIP: