A minister of life is a begetter, a father, who imparts life to his children, whom he begets.
A minister of life is a feeder; feeding is a matter of life; it differs from teaching, which is a matter of knowledge:
-To give milk to drink or food to eat is to feed others
1 Corinthians 3:2 "I gave you milk to drink..."
To give others milk to drink is to feed them. Feeding is a matter of life. It differs from teaching, which is a matter of knowledge. Instead of merely instructing others, we need to feed them.... We need to feed on Christ to produce spiritual milk so that we may be able to feed our spiritual children. This is a genuine experience of Christ as life. Paul was not only a father who begot spiritual children but also a mother who feed them. We need to be spiritually strong and healthy so that, like Paul, we may be able to beget spiritual children and adequately produce the spiritual milk to feed them... If the elders become fathers who impart life to their spiritual children and mothers who produce the spiritual milk to feed them, we will have a proper family life in the church as the household of God.
Ephesians 2:19 "So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God."
Prayer: Lord, make me a drinker! Cause me to drink you as my spiritual milk. So that I may be one feeding others with You as their spiritual milk! Lord, cause me to be a healthy drinker of spiritual milk. So that I may be a healthy feeder, feeding my spiritual children! Praise the Lord for this milk!
*Witness Lee, the Four Great Pillars in the Lord's Recovery - week 5, day 6
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