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| Pastor Simeon O. Oladokun |
By 'Gbenga Bankole
The Zonal Superintendent of Christ Apostolic Church, Nehemiah Generation Zone, London, Pastor Simeon O. Oladokun, has said that ministers of the gospel must be totally sold out and be slaves of Christ for life.
He said as a minister you are not a slave of Christ in the ministry in a situation whereby you are doing the work as if you are doing Christ a favour because you have not sold yourself out to it.
Pastor Oladokun noted this in an exclusive interview with CAC News.
He said;"the ministry in the days of our fathers is a ministry in which our fathers sold themselves out. It was like a warrior that crossed the bridge and blocked it with no thought of coming back. That is the attitude we must bring into the ministry. We must be totally sold out and be slaves of Christ for life. You are not a slave of Christ in the ministry in a situation whereby you are doing the work as if you are doing Christ a favour because you have not sold yourself out to it. Even some of them who were famous and rich like Oba I.B. Akinyele who was a king and had so many properties, yet he sold himself out to the Lord. They see the ministry as something that made their lives complete. There was no half-heartedness in their service to the Lord. They served the Lord wholeheartedly and that is not common in the ministry today."
While commenting on his concept about ministry, Pastor Oladokun said;"the Bible says “and Samuel was ministering before the Lord.” The Psalmist says “praise ye the Lord O ye servants of the Lord who stand by night at the table of the Lord to minister.” To minister means to stand before the Lord.
My own concept of ministry is service. Some people have the concept of born to rule. My own concept is that if you are a leader in the ministry, you are born to serve. If you see ministry as an avenue to rule certain people or you want to be a leader by fire by force, you are in a wrong profession. Ministry is about service. We are the Levites who stand on the sides of the tabernacle where we serve God. When some people are called Servants of the Lord, their heads swell, but when you call them servants of people they say “what do you mean?”, whereas, we are called to also serve the people of God. Can a servant lead and can a leader be a servant? The Bible says we are royal priesthood. If we are kings, how can a king be a servant and if we are servant of the Lord, servant of who? Definitely, servant of the Lord then how do we serve the Lord if not to serve His people? When Jesus Christ called his disciples, he called them to serve. Whatever you become in the ministry, that concept of service must never be forgotten. You are called to serve and even when you become a leader you should be a servant-leader. There are leaders who practice born-to-rule concept of ministry. It is unbiblical and it is a concept borrowed from secular society."
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