2 Corinthians 9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

In high school our chemistry lab was under the gymnasium. One reason for this design was because of the experiments run in those labs. The one in which Sulphur Dioxide was produced left a pungent stench in the hallway to the lock rooms on our way to gym class.

I took two years of chemistry in high school. It is a very precise science. If one element of the experiment was off by volume, density, time or temperature, your lab would fail. The experiment in releasing Sulphur Dioxide was immediately obvious as to success because of the liberal distribution. Other experiments were not so obvious to the passers-by in the hall. They were meaningful only to those is class.

So it is with our experiment of ministration of the subjection of the gospel. The liberal distribution to all who pass by is meant to signal what is going on within. Some things are meant only for those who are part of the class. But the lessons of the class are meant to teach us how all the elements work together to serve the will of God.

Now think about this grand experiment in this way; of what value are all the elements if they are kept on the shelf and never brought into use? No one, inside or out of the church would ever see any results if you do not follow the instructions and run the experiment.

James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.