On Monday, we looked at the topic of making shipwreck of the faith.

What does it look like to make shipwreck of the faith?

What are some personal examples of those whose faith failed?

Why does it happen?

And how do people shipwreck their faith today?

It's a common question.

And we addressed it on Monday in ABJ 1849, but we didn't focus very much on the fallout.

The spiritual failure at this level among those who love the world and thus abandon Christ

for it.

That injects tremendous pain into families, into marriages, into friendships, into local

church communities, and into the ministries of people who are left behind.

That pain, that relational pain of ministry was a theme taken up by Pastor John and his

sermon in 2012 as he reflected on the harsh realities Paul faced, according to what

he recounts for us in 2 Timothy 4 verses 9 to 18.

Here's Pastor John to explain.

Christian ministry is relationally hard.

I'm thinking first about Paul and Timothy and vocational ministers, but I'm thinking of

you too because you are all your Christian, you're all ministers, called upon to love other

people for their good, according to your gifts.

That's what ministry is and that's every believer.

So I think this is for you when I say Christian ministry that is Christian life is relationally

hard.

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