Jethro's Counsel

28/09/2025 35 min
Jethro's Counsel

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Episode Synopsis

This sermon draws from Exodus 18 to highlight two central truths: the redemptive purpose of hardship and the necessity of godly leadership. It emphasizes that the trials of God's people, like Israel's wilderness journey, serve as powerful testimonies to the world, as seen in Jethro's conversion through Moses' witness, demonstrating how suffering can become a vessel of evangelism. The passage also underscores the importance of shared leadership, as Jethro advises Moses to delegate judicial responsibilities to capable, God-fearing, trustworthy, and integrity-driven men, reflecting a biblical model of accountable, servant-based church governance. The preacher calls the congregation to embrace their own hardships as potential witness, honor and support their leaders as fallible yet divinely appointed shepherds, and ultimately fix their hope not in human leaders, but in Christ—the perfect, sinless Good Shepherd who bore the burden of sin alone. The tone is both pastoral and convicting, urging humility, accountability, and reliance on Christ's finished work.