The work of the gospel is carried by ordinary means, the faithful proclamation of the word, done by ordinary people. Baxter: “Dying men preaching to dying men and women.â€
The measure of their success is not fruitfulness, but faithfulness. I Co 4:1-4.
Paul treats Epaphras not as an inferior, but as his fellow laborer, even when he was the pastor of a small house-church, at a small city in Asia Minor. Lloyd-Jones: no higher calling, than the call to the ministry. The scope of the stewardship varies, but the calling is the same.
1. On the love in the Spirit, for the brethren, that the Gospel instills. The Colossians love for the brethren, a hallmark of discipleship.
2. On the hope for eternal life that the Gospel breeds.
3. On the work of the Kingdom bearing fruit and increasing.
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