Am I Called to Ministry? Five Tests

[@RippedDad6]

I have a Missionary friend in Pensacola who discipled me when I was in the military. He is a missionary to the military there and he is getting up there in age and needs some help with his ministry. I’ve always had the desire to go back and help him. At some point someone would need to take over his ministry my goal is to simply go there and be a help to him and whoever takes his place. Please pray for me that give will give me direction concerning this.

[@AstroMonkey88]

Remember, brothers and sisters, all who are in Christ are called to ministry, which is service, in their life to God. This is service in regards to spreading His word. Let all men hear the Gospel, so that by hearing the Word of God they may gain faith unto salvation. We are not all called to vocational ministry, but do not let this discourage you in fulfilling the great commission because it is for His glory, and to God be all the glory, forever and ever.

[@charlesarbuckle7958]

This is true! It is a passion for us to serve the Lord.

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@LC-jq7vn]

@@Benjamin-un1wl The thief on the cross wasn’t, many men died on the battle field and were saved at the very end, went to heaven last moment, I believe. But it’s a bad sign if you don’t want to be baptized, probably accompanies more signs that you aren’t saved, of course given you have a large life span left. Most solemn hearts can’t wait to be baptized.

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

@@LC-jq7vn “And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:38). Acts 2:38 proves that people have to be baptized with water to be saved. The Penitent Thief was saved under the old covenant. Therefore he did not have to be baptized with water to be saved.

[@LC-jq7vn]

@@Benjamin-un1wl He was NOT saved under the old covenant. He was saved by having faith in Christ, lol. Silly argument. What is baptism? It’s an OUTWARD pledge of an INWARD love and Inward faith. Don’t try to limit God to outward ceremonies. It is our contention that baptism is an important step of obedience for a Christian, but we adamantly reject baptism as being required for salvation. We strongly believe that each and every Christian should be water baptized by immersion. Baptism illustrates a believer’s identification with Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Romans 6:3-4 declares, “Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” The action of being immersed in the water illustrates dying and being buried with Christ. The action of coming out of the water pictures Christ’s resurrection. Requiring anything in addition to faith in Jesus Christ for salvation is a works-based salvation. To add anything to the gospel is to say that Jesus’ death on the cross was not sufficient to purchase our salvation. To say that baptism is necessary for salvation is to say we must add our own good works and obedience to Christ’s death in order to make it sufficient for salvation. Jesus’ death alone paid for our sins. That is the equivalent of Jews saying that we need circumcision to be saved.

[@AHymnForToday]

I needed to hear this. Pray for your pastor, they need it!

[@oncesealedalwayssealed.4479]

My Pastor and High Priest Jesus Christ is praying for me.Amen.

[@kcstewart671]

You mean, "He needs it." (Unless you meant to say 'pastors,' plural.)

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@kingming9712]

@@Benjamin-un1wl no

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

@@kingming9712 Acts 2:38: “And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:38 shows that people have to be baptized with water to be saved.

[@j.c_kid]

Well, I needed this, and seeing in the comments that people thought the same is greatly encouraging

[@rebeccawalling7009]

WE ARE CHOSEN. PERIOD. MARKED BEFORE BIRTH. BEFORE HE CREATED US IN OUR MOTHERS WOMB.

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@chad9455]

@@Benjamin-un1wlno. It’s just water. We need to be baptized by the Holy Spirit. Born again.

[@AdriennesHaus]

I loved that so much!! We a new believer I wrestle with losing my life to Christ ❤

[@TheCreepypro]

help us to live to serve you Lord whether we are in ministry or not with the strength of your spirit not our fllesh

[@PETERSUANG]

Watching from Myanmar.

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@adriannahill272]

My mind has been on missionary work recently, im praying that God will give me an answer.Please pray for me. ❤❤

[@aeday3]

What did you decide?

[@natasharogers3759]

Amen!!! I needed this. God Bless.... This is my ultimate daily desire at all times in all 5....🙏🏽

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@NicholasPaulFranks]

Brilliant. Tony, your intro comments are also gold. Many thanks

[@sskuk1095]

I have not clicked on this video but i suddenly found it in open in one of my tabs. Interesting!

[@marcosobreque3981]

Watching from Chile!

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@gabK008]

1. Do you love Christ more than you love money? 2. Will you speak from sincerity/speak what you say? 3. Will you speak from God? Not own wisdom and power 4. Will you speak as before God? Will you play to one audience, God, and not to the fear of man? 5. Will you speak in Christ? Everything flowing from the union in Christ? No perfect missionaries, lean on Him for strength.

[@GodsPrincess2]

This is good 👍

[@WilliamBranhamsermons]

God bless you so much

[@HarleyRosales-k7r]

Watching from Myanmar.. Watching from Chile!.

[@clarissasilva9313]

Watching from Brazil!!

[@LuizFelipe.1689]

Eu também!

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@IamEkowQuansah]

Watching from Ghana

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@tetigetoffmyphone7625]

@@Benjamin-un1wl what does the Bible say? By Grace ye are saved by faith, not by good works, lest anyone should boast.

[@igorserrao9130]

Watching from Mozambique

[@breadkrum6860]

Mozambique HE'AWH

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@hollyharte7831]

Well timed. Just the question I needed clarification on Thsnk you Jesus

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@isaiahceasarbie5318]

Amen!!!

[@rebeccawalling7009]

Watching from Alabama

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@criticallycheesycaleb6681]

@@Benjamin-un1wl no

[@broccoli747]

Yes, but aren't we all as Christians called to aspire to and practice all these things whether or not we are professional gospel workers or ordinary Christians? Food for thought.

[@towerlightsfeeds]

Washing from Zambia

[@theeternalsbeliever1779]

The entire problem i have with these "tests" is that a lot of ppl who falsely teach in God's name sincerely believe they were called by God to be a minister, even when their theology is easily disprovable with the Bible. Sincerely preaching false doctrines will not magically make false beliefs true or make the person preaching them a genuine minister of God.

[@AevaGono]

AMEN! Not use godliness for financial gain.

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@philipbuckley759]

we have this completely wrong...as we are in ministry when in some religioous organization....we are placed in different locations, for the same mission....where ever we find ourselves....so lets get away from....I want to work, full time for the Lord, and grow, where we are planted...

[@Dynomike_96.]

Can you go over what Luke 14:33 esv means please

[@susannavisser7939]

I do all those things but remember this: people will not listen to you.. just like they did not listen to the prophets.

[@charlesbotha2053]

Question 1 Do you love Christ more than money. Question 2 Will you mean what you say, be real Question 3 Will you Speak Gods Word Wisdom Question 4 Will you give account to God only. Questipn 5 Will you live in Christ alone for all things.

[@be.love.shine.]

YHWH in the name of your son YAHSHUA ha MASHIACH Jesus Christ I pray through the power of the Holy Spirit strengthens your people and brings them, YOU ALL , supernatural love joy peace and grace! Please grant us with your will in our hearts and lives so we are doers of your word and not unfruitful hearers. We need you ALMIGHTY Most High we believe in the 1 you sent and your prophets, give us your will and your words in our mouths to praise you and speak life in the midst of darkness and death. Give us the strength to stand. Ahmein and ahmein 🦁👑🕊

[@mortsolomon4603]

Where is the five questions?

[@botacarmen2987]

The way guestion is asked and the way answer is put on this context is confusing and shows the harmful understanding that ministry is only for some. The guestion is not if we are, because all who are in Christ are called! Ministry is not not a full time working kind of thing for pastors, teachers and missionaries. Look at ephesians 4 "Ministry is our service, that we are all called to live. So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to EGUIP his people for works of service (ministry) , so that the body of Christ may be built up until WE All reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature,attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. The role of pastors, teachers, etc is to equipp the others to serve God! That is with our lives, our words, our worship. Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice,holy and pleasing to God-this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12. I am writing this from a country with more then 95% population from UPG. And where the church received and receiving this teaching of " full ministry" from foreign missionaries and its so destructive for the church and God's expansion Kingdom. Reaching the UPG here is the all believers task not an "only full time minister" task. Believers belive that pastors and minsionaries are to take the Gospel to people (they are seen like some gurus) and they believe that have no responsibility them just "living a normal ritual kinds of Christian lives) This teaching is confusing and not equipping the church for what is called and from this so many problems (believers thinking that they have nothing to do for God's kingdom, over worked pastors, people not hearing the Gospel (because ia just minsionaries task,) confused believers who don't know what are they called to, etc. To say the least... It's sad, extremely sad... I hear all the time believers saying : i am not called for ministry, so they just go for earning money.... And pastors saying, I am called to ministry and not work for their living...and millions of people remain without the Gospel, because "the only so called ministers pastors and missionaries and teachers can't go to all the people"

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@kathymagana8656]

What if you’re a girl ..? 😔

[@sidetrackzach]

Everyone is called to preach the gospel. Some believe the church elders must be men, but that doesn't mean women can't be called to serve. The laity pastor at our church is a woman and she's amazing!

[@aeday3]

You can work in many missions contexts not as an ordained minister. Also you may marry and have a husband and work alongside him.

[@davidrose3737]

What about women Pastors?? When it says very clearly in the bible, the minister should be the husband of one wife?? A man!!

[@stephm5877]

Ministers of the gospel to reach the lost = everyone. Elders = men.

[@davidrose3737]

Just look at the Qualifications for Elder, husband of one wife!! One who rules His family well. Pretty obvious who it's talking about

[@stephm5877]

@@Charles.Wright yes, elders should be men. Bible is clear. I prefer the term evangelist for reaching the lost, but other people use the term pastor or minister a lot in general terms for people proclaiming or teaching the Word as a disciple outside the assembly, so these can be anyone.

[@stephenstrager9852]

What the? Mr. Piper sells his sermons in exchange for a salary. No? If not, he’s on the right side of this. If yes, how can he possibly be saying he doesn’t peddle the gospel? What is he peddling then? Either there’s something I don’t know about how/where Mr. Piper gets his money, or this sermon is an example of wild blindness. Those are the only two options. I hope it’s the former.

[@HearGodsWord]

How/where does he sell his sermons? N.B. They're available for free on the DG website.

[@stephenstrager9852]

@@HearGodsWord And he wasn’t paid to deliver them? He accepted no money in exchange for presenting them? If that’s the case, that’s awesome. If not, he wrote them in exchange for cash, which means he sold them.

[@HearGodsWord]

@@stephenstrager9852 As I said they're available for free, as are his books which he makes zero from.

[@HearGodsWord]

@@stephenstrager9852 he's 76 years old, so retired

[@markmcgee8385]

@Stephen Strager As far as I am aware John Pipers vocational work is as the pastor of a local church. As a pastor, the local church paying him for the work of the ministry is entirely in line with Biblical precedent. From the levitical priests, to the apostles, to our local church servants of God. 1 Timothy 5:17,18.

[@charlesarbuckle7958]

To residue junkie; Do you know the difference between ISOGESIS AND EXOGESIS? Make sure that what you are stating is doctrine and truth because what you say is interesting but questionable. Keep well.

[@HearGodsWord]

I think he's too busy spamming with copy and pastes

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@charlesarbuckle7958]

@@Benjamin-un1wl Being baptised with water in a church is simply showing obedience to what the scriptures say; Repent and be baptised. A born again Christian who is made new and alive in Christ by Gods' grace is therefore baptised with the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit resides in him. Being baptised in front of witnesses in a church does not make you a Christ filled believer but does show your commitment to obedience in Christ and can lead to total and true rebirth if you have not yet been saved. God saves us by His Grace through Faith in the Word. We who believe are justified. The doctrine of election.

[@shannonashleigh]

Exegesis*

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

@@charlesarbuckle7958 Acts 2:38: “And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2:38 proves we have to be baptized to have our sins remitted. Therefore we have to be baptized to be saved. Therefore baptism is not a work. Baptism is an act of faith.

[@twelvestitches984]

If you want to start a new religion based upon Paul then that is your business but, if not, then you shall not take the word of Paul and place it equal with Jesus or assume that it is from Jesus. Paul was a primitive human man who, like all the other men of his time, was afraid of comets. Paul never met Jesus and he was trying to start a new religion. Paul's ideas are not universal policy. You shall not follow Paul.

[@Benjamin-un1wl]

Do you believe we have to be baptized with water to be saved?

[@twelvestitches984]

@@Benjamin-un1wl Rituals were never important and they showed a gross misunderstanding of God and the universe. Jesus could not tear down every idea the primitive humans had so what He did was try and give them new ideas that would be less destructive and give them hope. He never meant that those things would get you into heaven.

[@shawnembrey1118]

The Great Commission isn't for everyone because Not all are called to preach this false teaching has led to all the denominations and false beliefs and teachings people claiming to he christ but has no anointing mantle or ordainment of God who chooses to make His Apostles Prophets Preachers and Teachers. Not all will be these only some and many have been led to believe everyone can Teach no everyone is called to testify of God's greatness in their life and How His Son Jesus changed their life for the better not teach how to recieve eternal life that calling is for God's chosen and elect not all.

[@sharonpoitra193]

If I read your post right, that's not true. Everyone gets to spread the gospel. You may not be paid in money for it, but if you are saved, you testify. God's blessings for you.

[@charlesarbuckle7958]

@@sharonpoitra193 You are correct. We all get gifts from the Holy Spirit and some more than others. The gifts are not the same for all believers. But all who believer and are born again do have a desire to talk about what Christ had done for them. Yet not all are gifted/called to preach. Good reply Sharon.

[@shawnembrey1118]

@@sharonpoitra193 No Sharon your testimony is not leading people to salvation its speaking of how great the Lord is and How he changed your life. Only SOME are given as Apostles Prophets Preachers and Teaches and no not every believer is gifted for eldership and certainly as God's plan and order states woman must not teach and must be submitted to Her husband woman are not called to eldership to lead this is becasue of the fall of Eve and that has and will never change until we enter the perfect Kingdom when the Lord Jesus the Son of God and man Returns.

[@shawnembrey1118]

@@sharonpoitra193 The great commission was given to the Apostles alone and no one else they then pass it down to the elder/bishops to look over the flock this is God's plan for the church and cannot be broken unfortunately the lukewarm false teaches of the professing church today has and will answer for their error

[@marnioberholzer8144]

The Greek word that "preached" is translated from (kerusso) should actually be translated as "proclaimed". Proclamation isn't something that only preachers/pastors/teachers can do. All believers are called to witness/to share the gospel/to be carriers of the "euangelion", as the Holy Spirit guides. (Acts 1:8).

[@WilliamBranhamsermons]

God bless you so much