The Matter of
Our Faith
Spring 2014
IN THIS ISSUE
Tough Assignment…… p.01
Overcoming Faith ….… p.05
Mississippi Statistics.… p.06
Devotional Prayer Life of
Jesus……………..…
p.08
Jesus the Light ….…
p.10
Faith In The Family…...… p.11
Tough Assignment
Administrative Bishop—Joseph Mirkovich
After all, he says, in the end times people are
going to be clamoring for false teachers who
will say what they want to hear, who will
spread myths and will shape doctrine for their
own purposes.
Not for that we have dominion over your faith,
but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
(2 Corinthians 1:24)
So, God’s people—and particularly His
preachers—must hang tough and “endure
hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill
your ministry” (4:5).
“But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations,
knowing that they produce quarrels” (2 Timothy
2:23).
However, no quarreling please.
In Second Timothy 4, Paul’s final charge to his
young protégé is to “preach the word, be ready
in season and out, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with
great patience and instruction” (4:2).
That’s what he said. “The Lord’s bond-servant
must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all,
able to teach, patient when wronged, with
gentleness correcting those who are in
opposition ...” (2:24-25).
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