Seven Characteristics of a Faithful Minister

CyberBlessed Podcast

There is an exhortation of each characteristic given in this second chapter of II Timothy. The number seven, people, is the number of perfection, and this is the only place in the Bible where all the seven characteristics of a faithful minister are put together in one chapter. So all you need to do is understand this chapter, and you’ll always be able to judge from the Word of God (let the Word of God do the judging) of whether the ministry of a twig coordinator or any other individual is according to the Word of God. It is these seven characteristics that I listed on your paper, because I thought you might be able to write in other things, but these seven are: 1. Son, be strong in grace. 2. Son, be strong in service. 3. Son, be a strong athlete. 4. Son, be a strong husbandman, a cultivator. 5. Son, be a strong workman. 6. Be a strong vessel. 7. Be a strong servant, a doulos. Those are the seven characteristics given in II Timothy, chapter 2, with an exhortation on each one of the characteristics. Tonight I want to go through this second chapter with you, verse by verse. II Timothy 2:1: Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in [whom?] Christ Jesus. Timothy was not