Taken from Baptist's Digest Weekly 33, August 24, 2009, p.3.
One pastor told the members in his church, “I don’t need you, you don't need me, but we can work together to serve the Lord.” My philosophy is different from his. What I am saying to our church members and all those who assist us in this work is this: “I need you, you need me. So let’s work together to serve the Lord.” Apostle Paul told the Corinthian believers, “But now hath God set the member every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased Him…. And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you” (I Corinthians 12:18, 21).
I am the pastor of Capitol Bible Baptist Church because God put me here in His pleasure. Each one of our members, all of us, are here not by chance but by the appointment of our Almighty God. I need you to help me fulfill the Great Commission. You need me to pastor you, “to feed you with knowledge and understanding” (Jeremiah 3:15). To teach you the Apostles’ doctrine, how to obey and serve the living and true God and to protect you from false doctrine and false teachers. Moreover Apostle Paul said in I Corinthians 3:8-9, “Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are labourers together with God…” God put us together to work in His vineyard. Let us put our minds and hearts and hands together to fulfill God’s mission for us in this generation.
Pastor Felizardo Abanto is now currently serving Capitol Bible Baptist Church and is now in the USA for ministry purposes. To contact him, you can e-mail him at felizardoabanto@yahoo.com.
