Can anyone choose to become a pastor, his church leadership, a career choice, or is

it a calling? Today on Truth For Life, Hallister Begg shows us how Saul, a Pharisee, and fierce

persecutor of Christians became the Apostle Paul, a zealous minister of the Gospel of Christ.

We're continuing our study in the book of Ephesians.

Ephesians chapter 3 and verse 7.

Of this Gospel, I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the

working of his power. To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given,

to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone,

what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things,

so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers

and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has

realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in

him. So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. Amen.

Well, I heard on the radio that October is Pastor Appreciation Month.

So I have been very appreciative of my pastors, my colleagues on the pastoral team, to whom I owe

an indebtedness, and indeed as I've been thinking about it, hearing of it, it made me recall the fact

that even as a small boy, I think I appreciated my pastors. The first pastor I remember,

his name was John, he seemed to me to be very tall, had huge big hands. There again, that might be

because I was very small and had tiny little hands, but I loved him, and I liked to shake hands with

him every Sunday, if I could. He was replaced by a man called Stanley Collins, and I loved him too.

He was English, but that was okay, and I still appreciated him. Then there was George,

who used to cry in his own sermons. I used to cry in them too, but not for the same reasons.

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