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such doctrine as that. God ordained
(established) that those who preach
the gospel should live Of the gospel. |
Cor. OLA.
God established plan of supporting
his ministry is our scriptural position
and upon it we stand and defy all the
men on earth to show by Gods Word,
logic, and sound doctrine that God did
not intend for his church to support
his ministry. She controls her own
funds and Gods plan is for her to sup
port his ministry. Preachers are but
officers or servants of the church OF
| Christ to which they are amendable fol-
their acts. The church is the highes.
| tribunal on earth 1t is the court OF
God from which there is no appeal.
Her decision is final. In the poet
language / will say,
II love thy kingdom, Lord,
The house of Thine abode,
The church our blest Redeemer saved
| With His own precious Blood.
l love Thy Church, Oh God
Her walls before Thee stand,
Dear as the apple of Thine eye,
And craven on Thy hand.
For her my tears shall fall,
For her my prayers ascend
| To her my cares and tolls be given,
Till care and toll shall end
Beyond my highest joy
l prize her heavenly ways;
Her sweet communion, solemn VOWS,
Her hymns of love and praise.
The apostles of the Lamb ordained
deacons to look after the temporal af
fairs of the church, to relieve them o
this burden so they could look after tn
spiritual affairs and give themselve
continually to prayer and the ministr,
of the Word. They said it was no
reasonable that they should leave tn
Word of God and serve tables. Pau
says, 'If we have sown unto you spiT
itual things, is it great thing if W
reap of your carnal things. II Cor
90. THE OK should not be muzZle
that treadeth out the corn and the la
borer is worthy of his reward, S
says Paul in l Tim. 5:1S
From what can CLEAN from on
brothers article his position seems t
be that God did not ordain that thos
who preach the gospel should not liv
of the gospel, but that they should liv
of ploughing and that they should nc
take time to study to show themselve
approved unto God-workmen ths
needeth not be ashamed, rightly divid
ing the word of truth as Paul con
manded Timothy, but must ploug
from Monday morning until Saturda
night for support of themselves an
families and on Sunday put on jear
"hambeater" and preach from one
three sermons and return Sunday nigl
when the sun has sank behind the we
tern hills so as to be ready to- pIoug
on Monday, and if any preacher fai
to do these things, he shall be called
Pharisee.
Our brother stated in his article thi
he would endeavor to open the eyes
the Pharisees. If he meant what
, said, that wonderful article shou
have been written i'll the Hebre
, tongue as the Pharisees were one
the most ancient sects of the Jew
They were remarkable for their stri
way of living and fasting constant
every second and fifth day of Il
week. They studied the law and we
very strict in the outward observan'
! of it. Jesus pronounced woe again
/ the scribes, Pharisees, and hypocrit
not that 1.-THE paying was wrong, b
because they omitted the weight
(more importantly matters of the Lax
which weightier matters of the la
were judgement, mercy and faith. r.
| weightier matter of the law was
should have been the first consider
h ton, and the tithing second. Of cour
those people could not please God wit
+ out judgement, mercy and faith,
without faith it is impossible to plea
4 him. Heb. 11:6.
q You ask if Paul changed Gods pl
: in supporting his ministry. No, brot
a er, he Just carried out Gods plan tn
those who preach the gospel should Ii
of the gospel. He preached and pra
ticed this God-given plan. Paul
not receive this plan of man, for
plainly says, ''But certify, brethre
that the gospel which was preached
me is not after man, for | neither
ceived it of man, neither was | taug
it, but by the revelation of Jes
Christ" Gal 1:11-12.
Anyone who loves truth can and w
see from the preceding verbatim gu
ted passages of scripture that Paul !
ceived this God given plan of supper
d ing his ministry by the revelation
h Jesus Christ. Yes. we said that Pa
# received wages for his services
}, preaching and that wages meant a s,
> airy. The words wages and 'sals
| y are synonymous. That is, tn
n have the same meaning. You oug
II 10 know this If you ever made Ia
II guage a study. If not. il can do v
a no harm TO learn il now. We ri
= book, chapter and verse to prove ii
? Paul did receive wages Of the churC
q eS. You certainly didn't read the n
!, erences gave in my former article,
!, else you have about as much regard