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Peter's Admonition on Ministry |
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First generation Friends in their advice to new Quakers taught the younger people that when they speak to others it must be in the power of God who so graciously affords life as well as wisdom. Ministers emphasized that we need to wait on the Lord before we entreat other people. We have learned that powerful advice through listening to the Lord. Small wonder the Apostle Peter through listening to Jesus declared, "If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability that God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever." 1 Peter 11. We receive this most important advice in Christ Jesus. That is why Conservative Friends wait before they speak, demonstrating their obedience to the Lord. May we pray for the calling to preach this gospel in the name of our living Lord.
Arthur Berk |