1. Clearly the Church is like a Great House with Vessels of Honour & Dishonour a. “Vessels” (skeuos) can also refer to tools, equipment and utensils. Every great house has all sorts of vessels and utensils of different material and purpose. Some are for noble use, some are for lowly use. b. The Church is like that. “The context… leads us to understand [the great house] as denoting the Church; for Paul is not now reasoning about strangers, but about God’s own family.” c. What kind of vessel are you? 2. Undoubtedly, Ministers must Seek to be Vessels of Honour a. We say, ‘undoubtedly” because this is actually not stated in the text, and yet it is clearly implied. b. But sadly, not all who are in the ministry are actually vessels unto honour (cf. Rom 16:17; 1 Tim 1:20; 2 Tim 1:15; 4:14; 3 Jn 1:9). c. A vessel unto honour promotes the Kingdom of Christ not themselves or their organisation. 3. Purging themselves from Vessels of Dishonour is a Necessary Step a. The are many things a man should do if he would be a vessel of honour in the house of God. But Paul highlights only the need to purge oneself from vessels of dishonour. b. Vessels of dishonour would include heretics, false teachers, those who cause disharmony in the church, etc. Those who associate with such vessels of dishonour will be negatively affected by them in one way or another. c. On the other hand, he who purges himself from vessels of dishonour will be (1) “a vessel unto honour”; (2) “sanctified”; (3) “meet for the master’s use”; and (4) “prepared unto every good work.”
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Ps Lim graduated from the Far Eastern Bible College in 1997. He was ordained into the ministry in October, 1999 as pastor of Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC), Singapore, where he continues to minister.
