Christ gave the blessings of His infinite grace to every believer, including you and to me, so every believer is a minister. We often think of the ministry as what the pastor does. So, we relegate ministry to the pastor. Unfortunately, some congregations do by proxy through the pastor what they do not want to do themselves. Now, Christ has given the gift of pastoral leadership to His Church, of which you and I are the body, but ministry is not to be monopolized by the pastor. Ministry is so much broader than preaching and visiting. Christ said in Mark 9.41, “For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.” The simplest act done to reflect Christ's loving name is ministry. Christ's gift of pastoral leadership was to feed the flock through the preaching and teaching of His Word so that the flock would do the work of the ministry. So, if you take one truth from this message, I want you to take the following. You must be a minister of Christ.