Is there someone that you can count on to do anything you need done they way you need it done. It there someone that knows you well enough that can represent you the right way.
Philippians 2: 20-21- For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
Paul could count on Timothy to fill in for him and care about the people as much as he did.
Being a 2nd man means that you will learn the way the 1st man likes it to be done and do it that way.
If the 1st man goes out of town he shouldn’t have to worry about how people from your church that are in the hospital are going to be treated. He shouldn’t have to worry about if people that need visiting are going to be visited or not. He shouldn’t have to worry about something being said from the pulpit that wouldn’t be in accordance with the way he usually teaches and preaches.
I know a lot of pastors that are nervous to let visiting evangelist and missionaries preach in their pulpits because they are afraid of how they will treat their church people. They are afraid they will be too harsh or mean spirited. The pastor should never have to worry about his 2nd man being that way. The 2nd man should know what is acceptable and what is out of line.
Make sure you learn your 1st man so that you will be able to represent him correctly when he is absent.
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