Seducing Spirits and Doctrines of Demons by Rick Renner

Author:Rick Renner
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-01-21T11:55:27+00:00

Chapter 6

Ministering in the Last Days

Where there is no foundation of the Word, you are in a position to be seduced by doctrines of devils.

I'm seeing this happen all across the United States. People today basically do not have a foundation of good doctrine in their lives. And the Bible says because of that, they won't know if it's good spiritual food or bad food they are consuming. They will turn their ears away from a healthy teaching and will be turned rather unto fables.

With this in mind, look at First Timothy chapter 4 verse 6. Paul says to Timothy:

If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.

But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

1 Timothy 4:6-8

For the sake of review, I want to remind you of this first phrase, "If thou put the brethren in remembrance.... " This is one of the poorest translations in the entire New Testament, because the Greek word here is the word hupotithemi.

Building a Firm Foundation

This word hupotithemi should be translated, "if you build a firm foundation under the brethren." Paul's talking about building a firm foundation.

Hupo means "underneath," and tithemi means "to place, or to lay a foundation." So rather than putting the brethren in remembrance, Paul says, "If you want to be a good minister of Jesus Christ, then you must be a minister who builds a foundation underneath them."

You could translate it, "If you build a firm foundation under the brethren, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good teaching, whereunto thou hast attained."

Notice that phrase "good minister." The word "good" is the Greek word kalos. This tells us God's opinion of a man who builds a firm foundation. This word kalos is how God describes a minister who takes care and time to develop his people and to lay a foundation of the Word underneath his people.

The word kalos means "beautiful, virtuous, delightful, well-pleasing." This is the kind of ministry gift that we desire to be, whether we are in the pulpit ministry, the music ministry, or any form of ministry. We want to be found of the Lord to be beautiful, delightful, pleasing, and virtuous. And the Bible says God takes delight in a man or a woman who takes time to build a foundation underneath the Church.

Slaving for the Kingdom

Notice what it says next: "If you build a firm foundation under the brethren, you will be a good, wonderful, beautiful, delightful minister of Jesus Christ." This word "minister" is the Greek word diakonos. Diakonos is the same word for the word "deacon" in Acts 6:2. This means the minister is, above all other things, a deacon.

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