My God and My Country

2 Timothy 4:5 - (GNVT)

5 But watch thou in all things: suffer adversity: do the work of an Evangelist: cause thy ministry to be thoroughly liked of.

Father God, thank You for keeping me to the straight and narrow path yesterday, help me now to understand Your word – amen

Brethren:

The faithful pastor, indeed the faithful Christian, shall study to show himself approved of God, no matter the adversity, or suffering. God in turn will cause the man to be blessed and a ministry approved by man. Not the itching ears of which Paul speaks of, but of the true word of Christ Jesus. Give no opportunity to false doctrines or deceptions to creep into your faithfulness, but instead STAY THE COURSE! - R.P. Woitowitz Sr.

“Do the work of an evangelist.—The “evangelists” of the early Church seem to have been preachers of the Gospel: in the first place, assistants to the Apostles and missionaries under their direction. The especial functions of a preacher and public teacher seem always to have been allotted to Timothy, and, no doubt, a peculiar persuasive power of oratory was one of the chief gifts conferred on this eminent follower of St. Paul. In the midst of the many grave and absorbing duties of his charge of the Ephesian Church, he must be mindful not to neglect this great power which he possessed. It is here especially termed “the work of an evangelist,” to remind him that to perform rightly this duty, needed zeal, close work, much study, thought, and prayer; and it was by worthily performing the duties of an evangelist that the many who were turning from the truth to fables, would be best won back, by hearing the great facts of the Gospel placed side by side with the tables of the false teachers.
Make full proof of thy ministry.—In other words, “Fully carry out the many duties imposed upon thee by thy great office.”

The office of Timothy, it should be remembered, in Ephesus, included far more than merely those of a preacher or evangelist. He was the presiding presbyter of the Church, to whom its government was entrusted: in fact, the many-sided life of St. Paul was now to be lived by Timothy.”
Arno Clemens Gaebelein