Minister, Christian

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(a sacred teacher)
Called
AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST 2 Cor. 5:20
ANGELS OF THE CHURCH Rev. 1:20; 2:1
APOSTLES Luke 6:13; Rev. 18:20
APOSTLES OF JESUS CHRIST Titus 1:1
DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH Phil. 1:7
ELDERS 1 Tim. 5:17; 1 Pet. 5:1
EVANGELISTS Eph. 4:11; 2 Tim. 4:5
FISHERS OF MEN Matt. 4:19; Mark 1:17
LABORERS Matt. 9:38; with Phlm. 1:1
LABORERS IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST 1 Thess. 3:2
LIGHTS John 5:35
MEN OF GOD Deut. 33:1; 1 Tim. 6:11
MESSENGERS OF THE CHURCH 2 Cor. 8:23
MESSENGERS OF THE LORD OF HOSTS Mal. 2:7
MINISTERS OF
GOD Isa. 61:6; 2 Cor. 6:4
OF THE LORD Joel 2:17
CHRIST Rom. 15:16; 1 Cor. 4:1
OF THE SANCTUARY Ezek. 45:4
OF THE GOSPEL Eph. 3:7; Col. 1:23
OF THE WORD Luke 1:2
OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 2 Cor. 3:6
OF THE CHURCH Col. 1:24,25
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 2 Cor. 11:15
OVERSEERS Acts 20:28
PASTORS Jer. 3:15; John 21:16-18; Eph. 4:11
PREACHERS Rom. 10:14; 1 Tim. 2:7
PREACHERS OF RIGHTEOUSNFSS 2 Pet. 2:5
SERVANTS
OF GOD Titus 1:1; Jas. 1:1
OF THE LORD 2 Tim. 2:24
OF JESUS CHRIST Phil. 1:1; Jude 1:1
OF THE CHURCH 2 Cor. 4:5
SHEPHERDS Jer. 23:4
SOLDIERS OF CHRIST Phil. 2:25; 2 Tim. 2:3,4
STARS Rev. 1:20; 2:1
STEWARDS OF GOD Titus 1:7
OF THE GRACE OF GOD 1 Pet. 4:10
OF THE MYSTERIES OF GOD 1 Cor. 4:1
TEACHERS Isa. 30:20; Eph. 4:11
WATCHMEN Isa. 62:6; Ezek. 33:7
WITNESSES Acts 1:8; 5:32; 26:16
WORKERS TOGETHER WITH GOD 2 Cor. 6:1
Compared to sowers Ps. 126:6; Matt. 13:3-8; Mark 4:3-20; Luke 8:5-8
Teachers of schools 1 Sam. 19:20; 2 Kgs. 2:3,5,15; 4:38; 2 Chr. 15:3; 17:7-9; Acts 13:1
Hired Judg. 18:4
Exempt from taxation Ezra 7:24
Non-partisan in politics 2 Sam. 15:24-27
Influential in public affairs
Designate kings 1 Sam. 9:15,16; 10:1; 16:1-13
Recommend civil and military appointments 2 Kgs. 4:13
Expostulate with rulers
Samuel with Saul 1 Sam. 13:11-14; 15:10-31
Nathan with David 2 Sam. 12:1-14
Elijah with Ahab 1 Kgs. 18:17,18
Tact of 1 Cor. 9:20-23; 10:23,28-33; 2 Cor. 12:16
Recreations for Mark 6:31,32,45
Say good-bye to the congregation Acts 20:17-38
Personal bearing of Titus 2:7,8
Preach without authority Gal. 1:15-24; 2:1-9
Patience of Jas. 5:10
Work of, will be tried 1 Cor. 3:12-15
Responsibility of Ezek. 3:17-21; 33:8; Matt. 10:14-40; Acts 18:6; 20:26,27
Speaking evil of, forbidden Jude 1:8-10
Marriage of Lev. 21:7-15; Matt. 8:14; 1 Cor. 9:5; 1 Tim. 3:2,12; Titus 1:5-7
Incorruptible .Balaam Num. 22:18,37,38; 23:8,12; 24:12-14; with 2 Pet. 2:15,16
Micaiah 1 Kgs. 22:13,14
Peter Acts 8:18-23
Love of, for the ekklesia (the body of Christ), exemplified by Paul Phil. 1:7; 1 Thess. 1:2-4; 2:8,11
Kindness to:
Ebed-melech to Jeremiah, Jer. 38:7-13
Fear of 1 Sam. 16:4
Examples to the flock Phil. 3:17; 2 Thess. 3:9; 1 Tim. 4:12; 1 Pet. 5:3
Intolerance of Matt. 15:23; 19:13; Mark 10:13; Luke 18:15
Message of, rejected Ezek. 33:30-33
Inconsistent Matt. 27:3-7
God's care of 1 Kgs. 17:1-16; 19:1-18; Isa. 30:20; Matt. 10:29-31; Luke 12:6,7
Their calling glorious 2 Cor. 3:7-11
Discouragements of Isa. 53:1; Ezek. 3:8,9,14; Hab. 1:2,3; Matt. 13:57; Mark 6:3,4; Luke 4:24; John 4:44
Defended Jer. 26:16-19
Beloved Acts 20:37,38; 21:5,6
Sent forth in teams of two
Disciples Mark 6:7
Paul and Barnabas Acts 13:2,3
Judas and Silas Acts 15:27
Barnabas and Mark Acts 15:37,39
Paul and Silas Acts 15:40
Paul and Timothy Acts 16:1-4
Paul and Titus 2 Cor. 8:19,23
Timothy and Erastus Acts 19:22
Titus and a companion 2 Cor. 12:18
See MINISTER, TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF, below
CALL OF Exod. 28:1; Num. 3:5-13; 1 Sam. 3:4-10; 1 Kgs. 19:16,19; 1 Chr. 23:13; Isa. 6:8-10; Jer. 1:5; Amos 2:11; Jon. 1:1,2; 3:1,2; Matt. 4:18-22; 9:9; Mark 1:17-20; 2:14; Luke 10:1,2; John 1:43; Acts 13:2,3; 20:24; 22:12-15; 26:14-18; Rom. 1:1; 10:14,15; 1 Cor. 1:1,27,28; 9:16-19; 2 Cor. 1:1; 5:18-20; Gal. 1:15,16; Eph. 3:7,8; 4:11,12; Col. 1:1,25-29; 4:17; 1 Tim. 1:12-14; 2:7; 2 Tim. 1:11; Titus 1:3; Heb. 5:4
See PRIESTS
See Levites
See Call, Personal
See Excuses
CHARACTER AND ATTRIBUTES OF Lev. 10:3-11; 21:6; Num. 16:9,10; Deut. 32:1-3; 1 Sam. 2:35; 12:7; 2 Chr. 6:41; 29:11; Ezra 7:10; Ps. 68:11; Prov. 11:30; Isa. 6:5-8; 32:20; 52:11; Jer. 1:7,8; 3:15; 20:9; Ezek. 34:1-31; Mal. 2:6,7; Matt. 10:16-24; 11:25,26; 13:51,52; 20:25-28; 23:8-11; 24:45; Luke 6:39; 10:21; 12:42-44; 22:27; 24:49; John 3:27,34; 4:36-38; 10:2-5,11-15; 13:13-17; 15:20,21; 17:16-18,20; Acts 1:8; 4:8,31; 6:3,4; 20:22-24; Rom. 2:21-23; 1 Cor. 1:23,27-30; 2:2; 3:7-10; 4:10-13; 9:16-23,27; 15:10; 2 Cor. 2:15-17; 3:6-10; 4:1-10; 5:11,18-20; 6:3-7; 10:1,2,8; 13:10; Gal. 2:8; 6:17; Phil. 3:17; 1 Thess. 2:3-12; 1 Tim. 3:1-15; 5:17,21; 6:11,13,14,20,21; 2 Tim. 1:6-8,13,14; 2:1-7,14-16,20-26; 3:14,16,17; Titus 1:5-9,13,14; 2:1,7,8,15; 3:1,2,8,9; Heb. 5:1-3,12-14; 13:6,7,9,17; Jas. 3:1,13,16,17; 1 Pet. 4:10,11
CHARGE DELIVERED TO Num. 18:1-7; 27:18-23; Deut. 31:7,8,14-23; Josh. 1:1-9; Ezek. 3:4; Matt. 10:5-42; Mark 6:11; Luke 10:1-16; 1 Tim. 1:18-20; 2:1-15; 3:1-16; 4:1-16; 5:1-22; 6:1-21; 2 Tim. 1:6-13; 2:1-26; 3:1-17; 4:1-8
COURAGE OF
See Courage
See REPROOF, FAITHFULNESS IN
DUTIES OF Exod. 4:12; Lev. 10:8-11; Josh. 1:8; 2 Kgs. 17:27,28; 2 Chr. 29:11; Isa. 40:1-3,9,11; 52:11; 57:14; 58:1; 62:6,7; Jer. 1:7,8,17-19; 4:15; 6:27; 15:19-21; 23:4,22,28; 26:2; Ezek. 2:6-8; 3:8-10,17-21,27; 6:11; 33:1-9; 34:2-31; 44:23; Joel 1:13-15; 2:17; Jon. 1:2; Nah. 1:15; Hab. 2:2; Mal. 2:7; Matt. 7:6; 10:7,11-13,16,25,27,28; 16:19; 18:5,6,18; 20:25-28; 28:19,20; Mark 10:43-45; Luke 9:48; 22:32; 24:48; John 3:34; 4:35-38; 15:27; 20:23; 21:15-17; Acts 1:21,22; 5:20; 6:2,4; 10:42; 16:4; 18:9,10; 20:28; 22:15; 26:16-18; Rom. 1:14,15; 12:3-8; 1 Cor. 1:16; 4:1,2,21; 9:16,17; 2 Cor. 1:24; 4:1,2,5; 5:14,18,20; 6:3-10; 7:4-9,12,15; 8:23; 10:8; 12:15,19; 13:2,10; Gal. 1:10; Eph. 3:8-10; 4:11,12; 6:20; Col. 4:17; 1 Thess. 2:4-8,10-12; 3:2; 5:12; 2 Thess. 3:4; 1 Tim. 1:3,4,11,18,19; 2:7; 4:6,7,12-16; 5:1-3,7-11,19-22; 6:3,4,10-14,17-21; 2 Tim. 1:6-8; 2:2-7,14-16,23-25; 4:1,2,5; 1 Pet. 5:1-4; 2 Pet. 1:12-16
See MINISTER, CHARGE DELIVERED TO, above
DUTIES OF THE CHURCH TO Deut. 1:38; 3:28; 31:7; Mal. 2:7; 1 Cor. 11:1,2; 16:15,16; Phil. 3:17; Col. 4:10; 1 Thess. 5:12,13; Heb. 13:7,17,18
EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF Num. 18:20; Deut. 10:9; 14:27; 18:1,2; Josh. 13:14,33; 18:7; Jer. 31:14; Ezek. 44:28; Matt. 10:9,10; Mark 6:8; Luke 10:7,8; 22:35,36; John 4:36; Acts 20:33,34; 1 Cor. 9:1-23; 2 Cor. 1:14,15; 11:7-9; 12:13-18; Gal. 6:6; Phil. 4:10-18; 1 Thess. 2:5,6,9; 2 Thess. 3:7-9; 1 Tim. 5:18; 3 John 1:7
See PRIESTS
See Levites
See EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF
FAITHFUL
INSTANCES OF
Moses Deut. 4:26; 30:19; Heb. 3:2,5
Micaiah 2 Chr. 18:12,13
Azariah 2 Chr. 26:16-20
Balaam Num. 22:18,38; 23:8,12; 24:12-14
Nathan 2 Sam. 12:1-14
Isaiah Isa. 22:4,5; 39:3-7
Jeremiah Jer. 17:16; 26:1-15; 28; 37:9,10,16-18
John the Baptist Matt. 3:2-12; Mark 6:18-28; Luke 3:7-9,19
Peter Acts 8:18-23
Paul Acts 20:26,27; Col. 1:7
The apostles Acts 3:12-26; 4:9-13,19,20,31; 5:21,29-32
FALSE AND CORRUPT Deut. 13:1-5; 18:20-22; 1 Kgs. 12:31; 2 Chr. 29:34; 30:15; Neh. 13:29; Prov. 19:27; Isa. 3:12; 5:20; 8:19,20; 9:14-16; 28:7; 29:10,11; 30:10; 43:27,28; 44:20; 56:10-12; Jer. 2:8; 5:13,14,30,31; 6:13,14; 8:10,11; 10:21; 12:10; 13:20; 14:13-16; 23:1,2,11,14-16,21,25-39; 27:9-18; 48:10; 50:6; Lam. 2:14; 4:13,14; Ezek. 13:1-23; 14:9,10; 22:25,26,28; 34:1-31; 44:8,10; Hos. 4:6,8-13; 5:1; 6:9; 9:7,8; Amos 2:11,12; Mic. 2:11; 3:5-7,11; Zeph. 3:4; Zech. 10:3; 11:4,5,16,17; 13:2-5; Mal. 1:6-10; 2:1-3,8,9; Matt. 5:19; 7:15,22,23; 15:9,14; 20:20-27; 23:3,4,13; 24:4,5,24,26,48-51; Mark 9:33-35; 10:35-37; 13:21,22; Luke 6:39; 9:46; 11:35,46-52; 12:45,46; 21:8; 22:24; John 3:10; 5:43; 10:1,5,8,10-13; Acts 20:29,30; Rom. 2:19-25; 16:17,18; 1 Cor. 3:1-4,10-16,21; 11:18,19; 2 Cor. 2:17; 11:1-31; Gal. 1:6-8; 5:10; Eph. 4:14; Phil. 1:15,16; 3:2; Col. 2:4,8,18,19; 1 Tim. 1:3-7,19; 4:1-3,7; 6:3-5,20,21; 2 Tim. 2:14-18; 3:6-9,13; 4:3; Titus 1:10-14; 3:10,11; Heb. 13:9; 2 Pet. 2:1-22; 3:16; 1 John 2:18,26; 4:1-3,5; 2 John 1:7-10; 3 John 1:10; Jude 1:4-11; Rev. 2:1,2,12,14,15,18,20-23
INSTANCES OF
Aaron Num. 12:1-12
Nadab and Abihu Lev. 10:1,2
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Num. 16
Eli's sons 1 Sam. 2:12-17,22,25,28,29
Samuel's sons 1 Sam. 8:1-3; 1 Chr. 6:28
The old prophet of Beth-el 1 Kgs. 13:11-32
Jonathan Judg. 17:7-13; 18
Noadiah Neh. 6:14
Priests under Jehoash 2 Kgs. 12:7; 2 Chr. 24:5,6
Hezekiah 2 Chr. 30:3,5
Priests and Levites Ezra 2:61,62; 9:1,2; 10:18-24; Neh. 13:4-13,28,29; Zech. 7:5,6
Hananiah Jer. 28
Jonah Jon. 1:1-6
Rulers in the temple Matt. 16:6-12; 23:16; Luke 12:1
Caiaphas Matt. 26:2,3,57,63-65; John 11:49-51; 18:14
Judas Iscariot Matt. 26:14-16,21-25,47-50; 27:3-5; John 12:4-6; Acts 1:18
Simon the sorcerer Acts 8:9-11
Judaizers Acts 15:1; GAL 3; 4; 5; 6
Diotrephes 3 John 1:9
Elymas (Bar-Jesus) Acts 13:6-11
Hymenaeus 1 Tim. 1:20; 2 Tim. 2:17
Philetus 2 Tim. 2:17,18
HOSPITALITY TO .Woman of Zarephath to Elijah 1 Kgs. 17:10-16
The Shunammite woman to Elisha 2 Kgs. 4:8-10
The foreigners to Paul Acts 28:1-10
Simon the tanner to Peter Acts 9:43
The Philippian jailer Acts 16:33,34
Aquila and Priscilla (Prisca)
To Paul Acts 18:3
To Apollos Acts 18:26
Justus to Paul Acts 18:7
Philip the evangelist to Paul Acts 21:8-10
ORDINATION OF
Of Matthias Acts 1:26
Of the seven servants (or, deacons; Greek: diakonoi) Acts 6:5,6
Of Paul and Barnabas Acts 13:3
Timothy 1 Tim. 4:14
See PRIESTS
See Levites
PRAYER FOR, ENJOINED Matt. 9:37,38; Luke 10:2; Rom. 15:30-32; 2 Cor. 1:11; Eph. 6:18-20; Phil. 1:19; Col. 4:2-4; 1 Thess. 5:25; 2 Thess. 3:1,2; Phlm. 1:22; Heb. 13:18,19
PRAYER FOR, EXEMPLIFIED 2 Chr. 6:41; Ps. 132:9; Acts 1:24,25; 4:29; 6:6; 12:5; 14:23
PROMISES TO, JOYS OF 2 Sam. 23:6,7; Ps. 126:5,6; Jer. 1:7-10,17-19; 20:11; Dan. 12:3; Matt. 10:28-31; 28:20; Luke 12:11,12; 24:49; John 4:36-38; Acts 1:4,5,8; 1 Cor. 9:9,10; 2 Cor. 2:14-16; 7:6,7; Phil. 2:16; 1 Thess. 2:13,19,20; 3:8,9; 3 John 1:4
See RIGHTEOUS, PROMISES TO
SUCCESS ATTENDING
Jonah Jon. 1:5,6,9,14,16; 3:4-9
Apostles Acts 2:1-4,41
Philip Acts 8:6,8,12
Peter Acts 9:32-35
Paul Acts 13:16-43; 1 Cor. 4:15; 9:2; 15:11; 2 Cor. 3:2,3; 12:12; 13:4; Phil. 2:16; 1 Thess. 1:5
Apollos Acts 18:24-28
See Revivals
TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF 1 Kgs. 19:1-10; Isa. 20:2,3; Ezek. 24:15-18; Hos. 1:2; Amos 5:10; 7:10-17; Matt. 10:16-27; 23:34; John 13:16; 1 Cor. 2:1-4; 4:9-13; 2 Cor. 6:4-10; 7:5; 11:23-33; 12:7-12; Gal. 4:13,14; Eph. 3:1,13
FALSELY ACCUSED
See Accusation, False
See also [2790]PERSECUTION
INSTANCES OF PERSECUTION
Micaiah 1 Kgs. 22:24-27
Hanani 2 Chr. 16:10
Zechariah 2 Chr. 24:20,21
The apostles Acts 5:17-42
Peter Acts 12:3-19
Paul Acts 9:23-25,29,30; 14:6-20; 16:11-40; 17:1-13; 20:3; 21:27-40; 22:18,21,24-30; 23:11-35; 24; 25; 26; 2 Cor. 11:31-33; Gal. 1:21-24; 2 Tim. 1:8,16; 2:9; 4:16,17
See Elijah
See Jeremiah
ZEALOUS
Titus 2 Cor. 8:16,17
Epaphroditus Phil. 2:25-30
Epaphras Col. 4:12,13
Tychicus Col. 4:7
John, in his vision Rev. 5:4,5
See ZEAL

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