The true ministry partakes of Christ, and its proofs are evident in the manner in which the minister speaks, not just the message only. The Apostle Paul lived and moved and had his being in another world. Therefore when he spoke and when he acted, even when he planned to act, the gospel found expression in his life and in his relationship with the saints for Christ's sake. The gospel event informed and conformed every word and thought and deed, imposing its image on the mission and life of the Apostle whose theology of solidarity with Christ is the most prominent and most developed. 1 See Dr. Meredith G. Kline's treatment of the image-son, imitation, and covenant ethics in Kingdom Prologue .
Life is doctrine.
The role of the Spirit in the official preaching of the gospel is linked to the Spirit's canopying aegis in the creation of the world and man. The variant in this redemptive scenario is the participatory role and prototypical function of the Apostle. What God is to Adam, Paul is to the Corinthians. And what Christ is to God and to God's Adamic people, Timothy is to Paul and the Corinthians respectively.