Malcolm Cox

A sermon for the Watford church of Christ 1. What God’s messengers are like inside, internally, their motives - and how you can tell, vv2-7 A. Suffering, v2 Acts 16 - stripped, beaten with rods, severely flogged, prison, feet in stocks. Yet bold in speaking Why do that if likely to receive same treatment? B. Motives, v3 Not tricky If he had tricked them they would know by now C. Flattery, v5 No greed Does not get you beaten up Authority from suffering and sacrifice for no personal gain. Apply to leadership, of course, but also to how we treat one another because this is an issue of Christ-likeness. “The hallmark of well-entrenched greed, then, is a willingness to use people to serve our love for money, rather than the use of money to serve our love for people.” Glittering Vices,  Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung “When we process our leadership by our character, the quality of the outcomes will be measured by a thriving culture where people are valued and not used, where the leader is respected and not feared,