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According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, 'Real ministry is not about being so dirty that a cloud of dust follows us. But it is about being so busy getting our hands dirty ______ _____ that we leave a cloud of dust in our wake.'
serving God
According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, '[Diakonos] indicates not just 'work' in general, but primarily 'work that ______ ______ ______.'
benefits someone else
According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, 'While we are not certain of its origin, it could be the product of compounding the words διά ('spreading') and κόνις ('dust'), so as to mean, properly, '______ ______ ______.'
raising dust by activity
According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, 'Jesus wanted His young followers to understand that ______ in the world system, when it comes to Christian leadership the measure of real success is ______.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, 'Real Christian ministry is not about being _____ people and bossing them around. It is about getting ______ people and lifting them up. It is not about ______, but about ______. It is not about being ______; it is about __ ____ ______ ______.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, 'Paul was a man who understood real ministry. He lived the life of a ______ (διάκονος - Ephesians 3:7; Colossians 1:23,25) and a ______ ______ to God (δοῦλος- Romans 1:1; Galatians 1:10; Philippians 1:1; Titus 1:1).'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, 'Real ministry is simply ______ _____ _______.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, 'Paul described his ministry (διακονία) as ______ (2 Corinthians 6:3) and himself as a minister (διάκονος) who was ______ to God (2 Corinthians 6:4).'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, 'Paul makes it crystal clear - the real servant of Christ serves in spite of ______ and ______.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 1, 'Real ministry often leads us out of comfort and convenience into dangerous situations. It is serving ______ ______ ______.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, 'For those of us called into a life of ministry, we need to recognize that ministry means being the ______ of Jesus Christ.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, 'A bond-slave is ______ completely by his or her Master.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, 'The bond-servant's mindset involves: a. I serve ______ He wants b. I serve when He wants c. I serve how He wants d. I serve ______ He wants e. I serve ______ He wants f. I serve Him no matter what.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, 'A bond-slave is one whose will and capacities are ______ ______ ______ the service of another.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, 'Being a bond-slave of Jesus Christ is an ______, not a ______ venture.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, 'Past ______ is often the cause of failing to experience God in the present.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, 'A bond-slave finds his or her greatest and only true ______ in serving the Master.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, 'A bond-slave finds his or her ____ in the Master.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, 'A bond-slave is devoted to the Master by ______.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 2, 'In other words, for the 'doulos,' the bondservant, the love-slave, the ______ ______ was a symbol of a love pierced heart.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, 'Who better to deliver the message of mercy than those who have personally experienced God's ______!'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, 'Believing that this message would not only convert the people of Corinth to a belief system contrary to his own but also would alter their social activities, ________ hatred for Paul escalated to the point that he physically detained Christians and pursued legal prosecution against them.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, 'God desired that _____ men and women would experience His mercy!'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, 'Therefore it seems that if the entire church is comprised by those who have been recipients of God's mercy and can only be populated by those who have admitted their need for the mercy of God, that the mission of every minister in the body of Christ should be a mission of extending God's _____ to the world!'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, '_____ is God's amazing kindness in not giving us the punishment and judgment we deserve.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, 'Effective ministry is remembering where you came from.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, 'It is remembering that you have been the recipient of God's mercy and being a _____ of that mercy to others.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, 'When the Holy Spirit desires to convey the truth that God is merciful, the Scriptures will occasionally pluralize the word ('mercies'). Scriptural writers do this in order to either show that the source of God's mercy is _______!'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, 'Our mandate as servants of Christ is to be _____ ______.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 3, 'Ministry is...A____ ____ _____.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, in his journals, Jim Elliot wrote, 'Oh that God would make us ______!'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, 'Along with four other men, [Jim Elliot] was martyred in 1956 while attempting to evangelize the ______ people through efforts known as Operation Auca.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, 'We have forgotten that ministry is _______.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, 'Charles Thomas (C.T.) Studd was the most outstanding r__ _____ in England at the end of the 19th century.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, 'After nearly a decade in India, Charles heard about the urgent need for missionaries in the wild, unexplored interior of ______.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, 'Ministry is much more than a mere _____. It is enlisting in a battle and giving headaches to hell.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, 'They soon discovered that a ____ _____ with Jesus is not enough when encountering the dark spirits of the devil.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, 'Before the evil spirits prompted the man to beat the sons of Sceva, one of them declared, 'Jesus I know, and ____ I know!'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, 'Yet, merely mouthing the words, obviously did not work. There needed to be a ____ _____ supporting the words.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 4, 'But you and I can and must live ____ ______ lives for God.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, 'That seems obvious enough, but often when we read, study, and teach the Bible we leave out that one simple fact - Jesus was _______.
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, 'When Andrew, Peter, James, and John saw Jesus that day and heard His invitation to follow Him, they understood that this was a summons into a serious and significant ______ _______.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, '_______ was a prime learning technique of the first century.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, 'As they grew, older boys went on to learning key chunks of the _______ and girls learned the ________.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, 'Therefore, memorization of the ________, the key portions of the rest of the Old Testament, and their rabbi's words was essential.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, 'The followers of a rabbi not only memorized his words, they imitated his _____.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, 'Note that it was not merely a call to follow Jesus, but it was also a call to '______ ____.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, 'As members of The Jesus Academy, the disciples were to develop the compassion for lost people that characterized their _____, Jesus.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, 'To follow Jesus as their rabbi and they as His disciples, James and John were also saying farewell to their _____.'
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According to Ministry Is, chapter 5, 'Tradition also says that Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross in _____, _____.'
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Study Notes
Ministry and Service
- Real ministry involves actively serving God, not merely being busy.
- The Greek word Diakonos refers to work that benefits someone else.
- Origin of ministry might relate to the notion of raising dust by activity.
Characteristics of Christian Leadership
- Christian leadership success is defined by service, contrasting with worldly measures.
- Genuine ministry does not involve domineering or superiority, but rather lifting others up.
Paul's Understanding of Ministry
- Paul exemplified true ministry, living as both a servant and a slave to God.
- He described his ministry as blameless and himself as a commendable minister.
- Real servants of Christ persevere through difficulties and dangers.
Bond-Servant Spirituality
- Being a bond-slave of Jesus means being owned completely by the Master.
- A bond-servant serves according to the Master's will, timing, method, and location.
- True service of a bond-slave is actively engaged rather than passive.
Importance of Mercy in Ministry
- A minister's mission should focus on extending God's great mercy to others.
- Mercy signifies God's kindness in withholding deserved punishment.
- Ministers are to be merciful and compassionate, recalling their own experiences of mercy.
Historical Figures in Ministry
- Jim Elliot emphasized the need for Christians to be dangerous in faith.
- He was martyred in 1956 while evangelizing the Waodani people.
- Ministry is framed as spiritual warfare, essential for battling darkness.
Education and Discipleship
- Discipleship involves serious apprenticeship, learning directly from Jesus.
- Memorization was a key educational technique in the first century.
- Following a rabbi included not just learning teachings but also imitating life.
Following Jesus
- The call to discipleship includes fishing for people and embodying the compassion of Jesus.
- Discipleship requires leaving behind familial ties, exemplified by the disciples' farewells to their fathers.
- Tradition holds that Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross in Patras, Greece.
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Test your understanding of key concepts from Chapter 1 of 'Ministry Is'. This quiz includes fill-in-the-blank questions that focus on the definition of real ministry and the concept of diakonos. Perfect for anyone studying this chapter.
