I. The work which the minister undertakes. I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel”; “God maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us”; “For we are not as many which corrupt the Word of God.” According, then, to the apostle, the minister’s work consists in the faithful exposition of that Word which contains the knowledge of Christ’s gospel. In nature we mark the footprints of the Creator, but God’s Word gives us the marvellous embodiment of His providential and redemptive thoughts.
II. The influence he exerts (2Co_2:15-16). Relationship increases responsibility. Who can define the responsibility of the parent? The teacher also assumes mighty responsibilities.
III. The source of the minister’s qualifications for his work. “He causeth us to triumph in Christ.” (T. Moir, M. A.)
