Is YOUR Work ESSENTIAL or SUPPLEMENTAL to the "WORK OF CHRIST"❓

❓ What type of JOBS are considered "frontline jobs" for the Gospel?

❓ Are there VOCATIONS that are more important to the Mission to which God has called followers of Jesus?

❓ Do you favor more explicitly spiritual vocations (pastors, missionaries, christian workers) as more valuable in the WORK OF CHRIST?

WHY❓

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Philippians 2:25-30 But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need; [26] because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. [27] For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow. [28] Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you. [29] Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard; [30] because he came close to death for the WORK OF CHRIST, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me. 



❓ What ROLE(S) or JOB(S) did Epaphroditus have?

❓ How did Paul describe Epaphroditus? (2.25)

❓  According to Paul, was Epaphroditus' JOB ESSENTIAL or SUPPLEMENTAL to the WORK OF THE GOSPEL❓



*Interestingly, Epaphroditus’s name is of pagan origin. It means “belonging to Aphrodite”—the name of the goddess is actually incorporated into the name Epaphroditus. Such is the power of the gospel that a man is set free from dead paganism to serve the living God. When Epaphroditus received the gospel, he was “belonging to Jesus,” and the idol had no more claim on him, regardless of his name. The new birth trumped the birth name.

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