Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-06-18
TOIbert, Tex,
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CONCLUDED from last week.


Now, | want You to notice the 10th
chapter Of Luke. and sees the Lords
way Of hiring mis- preachers. No set
salary in this. No, bless your soul, |
don't see salary named. Christ send
eth ont several disciples and gave
them a rule to go by. Therefore said
he unto them the harvest is truly
great, but the laborers are few. Pray
ye that the Lord of the harvest send
forth laborers into his field" The Bird
verse says: go your ways. Behold,
/ send you forth as lambs among
wolves.
Now, the Lord has way to guide
his true, called servants, and Paul has
given a rule, and | will endeavor to
give you what / believe his written
word directs. Thou shalt not muz-
zle the OK and he that breaches the
gospel are on about the same thing, as
to support of the ministers. l do be-
lieve that God has enacted divine
law to rule his church, that he that
breaches should live of the gospel, just
as the Levitical law ordained that the
Levites should live of things of the
temple. No doubt this was written for
0uf instruction. IF we have sown I'M
to you spiritual things, is it great
thing if we shall repay our carnal
things, if others be partakers of this
power over you are not we ratherr
Nevertheless we have not used this
power, but suffered all things lest we
should hinder the gospel of Christ.
What was written was for our in
struction. When law speaks it is to
them that are under law. The saints
are not under law, but under grace.
They are under law to Christ, yet the
righteousness Of the law as the spirit
of the law is fulfilled in us who walk
not of the flesh but after the spirit.
The ceremonial law was figure en-
bracing the shadow of good things to
come, muzzling the OK was named for
our learning for sake of those who liv-
ed under the law of Christ. The Priest
under his law was only to represent a
shadow of Christs kingdom. The
priests under the law are not gospel
ministers, nor are gospel ministers,
priests, only as all the saints are made
priests unto God In regard to The de-
tail of that law which required of Is
rael the tenth part of their increase, OF
specified sum of the victims, we
learn by this that the law of Christ il
ordained in perfect equality. Now,
this shows that everyone, as the Lore
has prospered him, should voluntarily
give mot by force of stipulated sala
ry) not only to the ministry, but tt
the relief of the poor. The law of Mos
es was on tables of stone, but the Law
of Christ is on the feshy tables of thu
heart of all his children, therefore in
stead of legal contracts to support by
money, the christian finds the law il
his heart and is constrained by it t.
conform to the acquisitions of Chris
of willing mind.
The law of Christ is law Of love, i
is the law of liberty, for it impose
nothing that is not perfectly agreeabl
and pleasant to those who are unde
, the controlling power of the love o
God.
Now, the churches in the apostolic
1
days were troubled with hirlings an
! have been all down the line of history
, but all the laws of the kingdom of tn
Redeemer are perverted and abused b
wicked men but that does not annu
them, nor keep them from being tn
( laws of King Jesus Ministers are a
, much forbidden to engage in filthy lu
ere as the saints are forbidden to with
hold from them the aid of assistance
Nothing but a carnal greediness fo
filthy lucre would lead any minister t
: crafty himself by imposing burden
+ on the church or on any member {
same. Christ's law places all on a lev
:, ell of love to God and good will to mel
JOE HACKWORTH.