BSN-MOG: Biblical Patterns for Ministry

Biblical Patterns
for
the Ministry of the Word of God
in
the Kingdom of God

Concepts
  • They are set apart – Acts 13:1-3; Rom 1:1
  • They are sent – Acts 13:1-3; Rom 10:14
  • The Holy Spirit is with them – Acts 13:1-4; 2 Pet 1:21
  • They prophesy – 1 Cor 14:24, 31; Num 11:26-30
    • They speak… – Jas 5:10; 2 Pet 1:21
    • …not in their own names, but in the name of the Lord – Jn 5:43; Jas 5:10
  • They keep those they serve in the name of the Lord, as Moses and Jesus did (Jn 17:11-12).
Examples
  • ANNA – Lk 2:36-38
  • JAMES (THE APOSTLE, SON OF ZEBEDEE) – Mk 3:17
  • JAMES (THE BROTHER OF JESUS AND JUDE) – Jas 1:1
  • JEREMIAH – Jer 1:1-10
  • JOHN THE BAPTIST – Mt 3:1-2
  • JOHN (THE APOSTLE, THE SON OF ZEBEDEE) – Mk 3:17 –
  • JOHN (CALLED MARK) – Acts 12:12, 25; 15:37
  • JONAH – Jonah 1:1
  • PAUL – Rom 1:1
  • SIMEON – Lk 2:25-35
Models
  • APOSTLE – Lk 11:49; Gal 1:1
  • AMBASSADOR – 4x (OT 2x; NT2x)
  • BOND-SERVANT – see under SERVANT below
  • ENVOY – Prov 13:17 9x (OT 9x)
  • EVANGELIST – Acts 21:8; Eph 4:11; 2 Tim 4:5 e
  • HERALD – Dan 3:4 e
  • LABORER – Lk 10:2 (interchangeable with WORKER in Mt 9:37-38)
  • MESSENGER – Prov 13:17; Is 41:27; Hag 1:13; Mal 2:7; 3:1
  • MINISTER – Acts 13:2; Rom 15:16; Col 1:23, 25; Heb 6:10; 1 Chr 16:4, 37
  • PREACHER – Rom 10:14-15; 1 Tim 2:7; 2 Tim 1:11; 2 Pet 2:5; Eccl 12:9-10
  • PRIEST – Heb 5:1-4; Mal 2:7
  • PROCLAIMER – Acts 17:18 e
  • PROPHET – Jas 5:10; Hos 12:13
  • SEER – 1 Sam 9:9; 2 Sam 24:11; Jer 1:11-12
  • SERVANT – Pr 12:9
    • BOND-SERVANT – 2 Tim 2:24-26; Jas 1:1
    • SERVANTS OF CHRIST – 1 Cor 4:1
    • SERVANTS OF GOD – 2 Cor 6:4-10
    • SERVANTS OF THE WORD – Lk 1:2
    • MY/YOUR/HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS – Jer 26:5; Dan 9:6; Amos 3:7
  • SOWER – Mt 13; Mk 4; Lk 8; Ps 126:5-6
  • SPOKESMAN – 1 Pet 4:11; Jer 15:19; Mic 2:11
  • STEWARD – Lk 12:42; 1 Cor 4:1; Col 1:25; 1 Pet 4:10
  • WATCHMAN – Mt 26:38, 40; Heb 13:17; Ezek 3:17; 33:2, 6, 6, 7
  • WITNESS – Lk 24:48; Acts 1:7-8; Ex 20:16; Prov 14:5
  • WORKER – Mt 9:37-38 (interchangeable with LABORER in Lk 10:2)
Symbols
  • BUGLE – 1 Cor 14:8 e
  • LAMP – Jn 5:35 (Jesus speaking of John the Baptist)

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