Messenger’s Ministry
“ Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me. ”” Luke 7 : 22 - 23 The major source of discouragement in life and ministry is the misplacement of the value of the messages received from God with the vicissitudes of messes encountered in the world. For example, John’s discouragement by his incarceration in prison and eventual death for defending the truth made him doubt the messages he has affirmed by the Holy Spirit about Jesus Christ. Whereas, the right value of the messages in every believer’s ministry was given in Christ’s response “ Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard“ . Invariably, what John preached in his messages about Jesus was literally coming to manifestations; giving the supposed bedrock of believer’s confidence a...