http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/sermons/the-son-of-man-must-suffer-many-things
Whilst at the gym this morning i was listening to this sermon by John Piper, it was one of the sermons that he preached regarding his leave of absence from Bethlehem Baptist, and one of the things that struck me from it was when he talked about ministry becoming an idol to us. It just got me thinking about how easy this is for it to happen to us. I think one of the reasons for this is because essentially we are doing a good work, the bible tells us that he who desires the task of an overseer desires a noble task.
Its easy for us to take pride in our work for the kingdom, to think that because we are working so hard, or seeing growth in our ministry that its because of something good in us, and before we know it, our ministry is actually the thing that we are trusting for our right relationship with God rather than Jesus Christ and our ministry has become our idol.
I only flag this up because it is something that can slip in so easily so unnoticed to our lives. Anyway if you are in some position of ministry then i encourage you to listen to this sermon and check your own life, i know that it certainly has caused me to think about my ministry and my life and make sure that i am following only Jesus Christ.
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