Real Ministry (Part 4) Meeting mankind’s greatest need!
If ministry is defined as being a human conduit through which God meets the real needs of mankind, Jesus is absolutely the epitome of real ministry. If we are serious about the brevity (shortness) of life we find that all mankind has a huge problem: we all face death eventually. I recently read from one of our missionaries that there is a man in Kenya who is 120 years old! That is a long life, but short in comparison to how long the earth has been here. Hebrews 9:6 states
“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,”.
We have a grave need in that we are all going to die. Jesus meets that need, in fact he met the need of a man who had died in John 11. Lazarus was a friend of Jesus, and just days before Jesus’ arrival, Lazarus had died. Jesus, moved with compassion and wanting to teach others the truth about Himself said the following in John 11:25:
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies”"
Here is the truth of this passage: Jesus has met your greatest need through His resurrection. On this Easter Sunday as we celebrate the resurrection of Christ nearly 2000 years ago, though that was so long ago and our world looks very different today, the truth still remains that He was raised from the dead so you could be too! The only condition is belief/trust in Jesus Christ for forgiveness of sins. That is real ministry!