Those whom God calls to the work, He usually so strips and empties, so pulls down, humbles, and abases, so shows them what the ministry is, and their own unfitness for it—that they shrink back from so arduous and important a work, and can scarcely be persuaded that they are called to it. We need hardly remark how different this is from the forward, pushing, bold, if not presuming spirit which so many manifest in their ambitious aim almost to force their way into the pulpit.

Topics: Work & Vocation, Humility & Pride, Church & Congregation

J.C. Philpot

Joseph Charles Philpot (1802–1869) war ein englischer Theologe und Prediger, der nach seinem Austritt aus der anglikanischen Staatskirche als Pastor der Strict Baptists und langjähriger Redakteur der Zeitschrift „The Gospel Standard“ wirkte. Er stand für einen kompromisslosen Calvinismus sowie eine erfahrungsbezogene Glaubenspraxis, die persönliche Anfechtungen und den Trost durch Gottes souveräne Gnade betonte. Heutigen Bibellesern bieten seine Auslegungen und Andachtstexte eine seelsorgerlich ausgerichtete Orientierung für Phasen geistlicher Krisen und Prüfungen.

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