A Model For Ministry (July 19, 2026)

<p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><ul><li><p>Colossians 1:24-29</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Paul&#39;s Commission</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>To Preach Christ (1:25-27)</strong></p><ol><li><p>Colossians 1:26-27</p></li><li><p>Galatians 1:15-16</p></li><li><p>Philippians 3:5-8</p></li><li><p>Colossians 1:25-26</p></li><li><p>&quot;The New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed, and the Old Testament is in the New Testament revealed.&quot; - St. Augustine</p></li><li><p>Colossians 1:27</p></li><li><p>Ephesians 3:4-6</p></li></ol></li><li><p><strong>To evangelize the lost and mature the saints (1:28)</strong></p><ol><li><p>Colossians 1:28</p></li></ol></li><li><p><strong>To be a living sacrifice and suffer well (1:24, 29)</strong></p><ol><li><p>Colossians 1:24</p></li><li><p>Philippians 2:29-30</p></li><li><p>Matthew 10🕙</p></li><li><p>&quot;I am afraid that all the grace that I have got of my comfortable and easy times and happy hours, might also lie on a penny. But the good that I have received from my sorrows, and pains, and griefs, is altogether incalculable... Affliction is the best bit of furniture in my house. It is the best book in a minister&#39;s library.&quot; - Charles Spurgeon</p></li><li><p>Colossians 1:29</p></li></ol></li></ol><p><br></p><p><strong>Application</strong></p><p><strong>A Christian&#39;s Commission</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>To Preach Christ</strong></p><ol><li><p>Matthew 28:19-20</p></li></ol></li><li><p><strong>Mature the saints closest to you</strong></p><ol><li><p>Ephesians 5:25</p></li><li><p>Ephesians 5:26</p></li></ol></li><li><p><strong>To be a living sacrifice and suffer well for the local church</strong></p><ol><li><p>Romans 12:1</p></li></ol></li></ol>