Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-05-21
REPLY TO ZOE HAckw0RTH'S ARGU-
MENT FOR NOT PAYING PREACHERS.


Paul the brethren WHO chHlo rum -hoo
edonia furnished. Therefore Paul was
not chargeable to that church for the
simple reason the Macedonia brethren
supplied his needs. As PauIs needs |
were supplied by the Macedonia
brethren, there was no necessity OF |
Paul being chargeable to the CORN
THAN brethren. 1t appears that Paul
plan was to take wages of the stronger |
church to do services to the weaker.
Why do you kick so against wages
II is bound to be You don't know what
the word means OF there is something
wrong with your life. Which is ity
Paul received wages and if there had
been anything wrong about it he would
have known it. | never knew man
to raise howl about ministerial sup
port but what there was something
wrong with the man. The Bible tells
us what those who preach are to have.
They are to live of the Gospel, not get
rich, but live. Giving and doing for
the glory of God and the salvation OF
a perishing world, generally don't be-
long to the creed of such men, but 1T
is in the apostles creed and is the doc
trine of God, my Saviour. God gives
prosperity to the church and distribu-
ton to the necessity of saints is his
duty as a person is able. God never
has promised to do anything we can do
ourselves. He requests an effort on
our part There is no good in lying
down and crying God help us. God
helps them that help themselves He
delivers from evil by our abstinence.
Also feeds the fowls of the air, but
never throws the food into the nest.
He has created worms, berries, bugs,
etc, for them, but they must hunt
them up. He gives us our bread, but
it is through our labor. No effort on
our part reminds me of man who
planted crop and was forcibly struck
with the idea that God would provide,
so he took chair, seated himself on
the porch and sang the old, familiar
hymn, Eyes, the Lord Will Provide.
Consequently the weeds took his crop.
The old simpleton had forgotten that
God had said he should work six days
in the week and that itswas the means
| through which God would give him
| his bread.
No effort, on our own part, is he'll
| fish, damnable, God -dishonoring and
soul destroying doctrine, which is fast
| filling the domini0ns of hell. sam
Jones was correct when he said Stag
nation was the last station this side OF
damnation." The stagnation, or no
effort on our part, idea makes me
think of man whose field is full OF
sprouts well, said he, 81 am not
going to work against God. as he made
those sprouts grow there and if he
wants them grubbed up he has power
| to do it, - True Jesus finished the
work God gave him to do, but that is
not us finishing the work he assigns
us to do. Death will end our work
here. Jesus finished the written right
eousness that was written or prophe-
cied for him to do He finished it up
the night of his betrayal and died up
on the cross next day to effect reconcil-
iation so we could be saved.
The Office of His death was to recon
Gle us to God so we could be saved,
for Paul SAYS, For if when we were
enemies we were reconciled to God by
the death of his son, much more being
reconciled, we shall be saved by his
life. Rom $40. SO, the life of Christ
should be preached as we'll as his
death, for by it we shall be saved.
Yes, Joe, we believe that the gospel
which is the history of Jesus Christ, is
the power of God unto salvation (de-
liverance from SIM to every one that
believes it. The gospel is not saliva
tion, which is deliverance from sin or
pardon for sin, nor does it give saliva
ton by merely hearing it with the ear
of flesh, but it is the power of God I'M
! -, = 90, 20 90 I'd hnlD
to him. The gospel is the tingerboard,
so to speak that points out the way
unto salvation. Peters gospel sermon
on the day Of Pentecost was power of
God to point 3, 200 sinners unto saliva
ton by showing them the way to it.
Even the damsel who was possessed
with a spirit of divination and who
brought her masters much gain by her
sinful fortune telling, understood that
the gospel which Paul and SilaS
preached was to show sinners the way
unto salvation. Acts 1916, II.
1t is the power of God unto salvation
because it shows the lost and erring
the way unto that salvation. The EN-
trance of Gods Word gives light II
gives understanding to the simple.
(Psm. 1880. You seem to think
that preachers are to spiritually live Of
this power. Gods truly converted
preachers have passed from death unto
life. They repented, believed the Cos
pei and heard the voice of the Son OF
God. John 5:25) and were quickened
into life by the spirit of God )Eph 2:1,
long before they were put into the
ministry. Since they have been quick
ened into life they, as well as Other
children of God, are not to live by
bread alone but by any word that pro
ceeded out of the mouth of God. Matt
"a They and all others who enter
into life are TO obey all of Gods com
mandments. Why do you say preach
ers are to live of the power of God anC
omit the phrase unto salvation
Clearly to make it appear that thai
was what Paul meant when he sale
Those who preach the gospel should
live Of the gospel. Paul doesn't say
preachers are TO live of the power o
God unto salvation, but he says they
are to live Of the gospel, which gospe
they are to preach and live of 1t is
sinner duty to repent and believe tn,
gospel, which gospel becomes the pow
er of God unto their salvation wheI
they reVenting believe. God preach
ers have had salvation and are JUS
persons because cleansed by blood o.
Christ. Jesus said that Just person,
need no repentance Luke 15;1). Pau
was talking on the line of ministerial
support when he said that They tina