For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower once rebuked one of his generals for referring to a soldier as "just a private." He reminded him that the Army could function better without its generals than it could without its food soldiers. "If this war is won," he said, "it will be won by privates." In the same way, the common and ordinary Christians are the backbone of the Church. God's Church has great evangelists, super congregations led by dynamic ministers, and wealthy brethren who are able to finance great works, but if the work of the Lord is to be done - if the gospel is to be taken to the lost - it will be the "ordinary" Christian, made extraordinary by the Holy Spirit, who will do it.
Pastor John
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