These are some nuggets I took away from a sermon delivered by Pat Campbell (Missionary to Peru) at Calvary Baptist Church in Manning, Iowa on February 24th, 2013.
Biblical Definition of Service:
- Romans 6:17-18 - service flows out of a heart of obedience
- Ephesians 2:10 - service is what we were created to do
- Titus 2:14 - those who serve do so with a peculiar zealousness; it is passionate in nature
- Aristarchus (4:10) he had joint ownership a a fellow prisoner, co-worker
- Tychicus (4:7) was a confidant, he was trustworthy, a brother in the Lord, he delivered letters of Paul to the churches
- Epaphras (4:12) he was called "one of you", "laboring for you", a teacher and prayer warrior
- Archippus (4:17) was reminded that the ministry he performed was not from Paul, and not his own, but rather was a ministry from the Lord. It was God he was serving as he served Paul.
1 Warning
- Something happened to Demas he started out as a "fellow worker" (Philemon 23-24) but ended up deserting Paul (2 Timothy 4:9-11). Why? He fell in love with the things of the world.
