GoD's WorK - God's Puzzle Solved

What Is The Ministry75the English as “minister.” The Greek is “diakonos,” “a minister”or “a servant” who waits on tables. So, who is in the ministry? Itis the entire body of Christ or the church. Do not forget whatChrist tells you. Going to a church meeting hall or buildingevery week and merely giving money doesn’t illustrate spiritualgrowth.Every church member has a job to do in the ministry, which isbased upon the gifts that God’s Holy Spirit has given to each individual.If everyone in the ministry carries out his responsibilitiesin the true “spirit” of being a servant, then the entire churchprofits and continues to grow spiritually (Verse 7).Jesus Christ is The Head of The Body and all of you are His servants(Ephesians 5:23). The big difference, is that Christ, ashead, is your only Master, and everyone else becomes His slavesor His servants. Each and every church member is a slave ofChrist, because He is their Master and the future Husband of theentire church. The Greek meaning for “servant” in this case, is“doulos” or “a slave.” This means that you will virtually becomea part of Christ’s Body.You will become Jesus’ slave in reference to His “will.” Christ’s“will” is to do The Father’s “will” (Matthew 5:19). Jesus onlydoes what The Father tells Him to do. Jesus said, “My doctrineis not mine, but his that sent me” (John 7:16).You must do as Christ did. When you become part of the church,His will is to have everyone serve in His “diakonos” ministry. Inother words, you cannot be a church member and merely sit onthe sidelines. Besides being joyful for knowing God’s truth, youhave much more to do. You will either minister to others whichwill profit Christ’s “body” or else you will not be growing and