to the passage, we find a pastor defining his role by means of three marks of a real minister. Paul writes, “So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the secret things of God.” (1 Cor. 4:1).2 “The secret things of God”—that’s what a real minister is all about. And that’s why, Paul says, these Corinthians shouldn’t divide over competing loyalties toward different ministers or
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