Spiritual Gifts for Ministry

In this fourth session, Pastor Martin addresses the spiritual gifts and graces necessary for pastoral ministry. He identifies four irreducible spiritual requirements: (1) a deep experimental knowledge of and devotion to the person of Christ, (2) an experimental knowledge of the workings of sin and grace in one's own soul, (3) a deep, genuine, demonstrable love for people expressed in sacrificial service, and (4) a measure of the authority of unction -- that peculiar something which gives weight and power to the preached word through the Holy Spirit's operation. He draws extensively from John Owen, Spurgeon, and the example of Christ and the apostle Paul to illustrate each point.