RPG Adults
MINISTRY VINDICATED
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20
Acts 11:4-18
John 8:17-18
“It is also written in your law,
that the testimony of two men is true.”
MINISTRY VINDICATED
A minister of God’s Word must be ready always to answer any enquiry regarding the work he is doing. Peter explained in order the events that had happened to let the hearers be clear about the issue raised, i.e. why Peter went to a Gentile home and ate with them.
Testimony of the missionary: Peter, in a chronological order, began from when he received the vision from the Lord. He described what he saw and how he heard a voice. He included how he argued with the Lord, resisting the unclean animals presented before him. He described how it was done three times and drawn up again into heaven.
Testimony of the Holy Spirit: Now Peter alluded to the Spirit of God leading and bidding him to go with the servants of Cornelius and the six brethren who accompanied him. He also declared how Cornelius also saw a vision from the Lord to call and invite Peter to come to his house. Peter then explained to them vividly how the Holy Spirit fell on them. He confirmed that as they had experienced on the day of Pentecost so the Gentiles likewise receive the gift.
“By which example we are taught, that those are not to be despised who, being offended through unadvised zeal, reprove any thing wrongfully; but that their consciences must be appeased by the Word of God, which are troubled by error, and that their docility is tried at least thus far forth…. Luke doth not only declare that these men held their peace, but that they gave glory also to God. Some are enforced by shame to hold their peace, who, notwithstanding, keep in that in their minds which they dare not utter” (Calvin).
Are you prepared to explain orderly the work of the ministry entrusted to you? Let us go on with our work and not be delayed by our own fears regarding questions from unbelieving people or even brethren in the church.
THOUGHT: Am I truthful about the ministry God has entrusted to me?
PRAYER: Father, help me to be faithful in the work Thou hast assigned to me.