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Furnished with Sure Commands?

Are we equipping the saints as we should?

Giants of the Reformation (8)

As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.1 Peter 4.10, 11

Institutes of the Christian Religion
John Calvin (1509-1564)
“Accordingly, Peter, who was well instructed by the master as to how much he should do, reserves nothing else for himself or others except to impart doctrine as it has been handed down by God…he says, ‘speak only the words of God’; that is, not hesitatingly and tremblingly as evil consciences are accustomed to speak, but with the high confidence which befits a servant of God furnished with his sure commands.”

Pastors must be students of God’s Word, continually reviewing and digging deeper into the Scriptures to discern what is right and true and essential for the equipping of the saints. The pastor’s study of the Word must be, first, for his own edification and enrichment. From there, he must consider the application of Scripture to the needs of his congregation and the temper of the times. Pastors need unhurried, uninterrupted time to read, study, and meditate in the Word of God. They must feed their congregations milk and solid food, always working to nurture the young or weak in faith, and to challenge the more mature. The more we are furnished with the sure Word of God, the more we will grow to be like Jesus, and be equipped to help others in this same calling. It falls to the shepherds of God’s flocks to lead His people in becoming furnished with the sure commands of the Word.

Are there any areas in which you would like to improve your approach to the reading and study of God’s Word? Do you have a prayer partner or accountability partner with whom you share your studies?

T. M. Moore

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Except as indicated, Scripture taken from the New King James Version. © Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.All quotations from John Calvin,
Institutes of the Christian Religion, John T. McNeill, ed., Ford Lewis Battles, tr. (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1960), Vol. 2, Book IV, pp. 1012ff.

T.M. Moore

T. M. Moore is principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He and his wife, Susie, make their home in the Champlain Valley of Vermont.
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