A Gospel Centered Pastor

Col. 1:24-29

A Gospel Centered Pastor is:
• God’s man called to God’s ministry to proclaim God’s message for the maturity of God’s people through God’s means.

GOD’S MAN (1:21-23)
i. Paul (I became a minister) - Acts 26:9-11; 1 Tim. 1: 13-15

CALLED TO GOD’S MINISTRY
i. A Call (Acts 26:12-18; 1 Tim. 1:12)
ii. A Call to Stewardship (1 Pet. 5:2; Heb. 13:17; 1 Cor. 9:16-17)
iii. A Call to Service (2 Cor. 4:5)
iv. A Call to Suffering (Phil. 2:30; Acts 14:19-23; 2 Cor. 11:24-28; Gal. 6:17)
v. A Call to Struggling (Gal. 4:19)

TO PROCLAIM GOD’S MESSAGE
i. Proclaim Christ (2 Cor. 4:5; 1 Cor. 18-31; Lk. 24:27)
ii. Warning Everyone (Acts 20:31)
iii. Teaching everyone (Col. 1:9, 2:7, 3:16)
iv. We make the word of God fully known so that the people of God might be fully mature.

FOR THE MATURITY OF GOD’S PEOPLE
i. This is our aim: (Eph. 4:11-13, 15; Rom. 15:14)
ii. Epaphras’ prayers – 4:12 (Is this our aim and prayer?)

THROUGH GOD’S MEANS
i. All God expects from us He provides for us in Christ Jesus
ii. God gets all the Glory: God reconciled Paul, God gave Paul the ministry, God gave Paul the message, God gave Paul the motivation, God gave Paul the means