MINISTER, Christian
-(a sacred teacher)
-Called
AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST
2Co 5:20
ANGELS OF THE CHURCH
Re 1:20; 2:1
APOSTLES
Lu 6:13; Re 18:20
APOSTLES OF JESUS CHRIST
Tit 1:1
DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH
Php 1:7
ELDERS
1Ti 5:17; 1Pe 5:1
EVANGELISTS
Eph 4:11; 2Ti 4:5
FISHERS OF MEN
Mt 4:19; Mr 1:17
LABORERS
Mt 9:38; with Phm 1:1
LABORERS IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST
1Th 3:2
LIGHTS
Joh 5:35
MEN OF GOD
De 33:1; 1Ti 6:11
MESSENGERS OF THE CHURCH
2Co 8:23
-MESSENGERS OF THE LORD OF HOSTS
Mal 2:7
-MINISTERS OF
GOD
Isa 61:6; 2Co 6:4
OF THE LORD
Joe 2:17
CHRIST
Ro 15:16; 1Co 4:1
OF THE SANCTUARY
Eze 45:4
OF THE GOSPEL
Eph 3:7; Col 1:23
OF THE WORD
Lu 1:2
OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
2Co 3:6
OF THE CHURCH
Col 1:24,25
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
2Co 11:15
-OVERSEERS
Ac 20:28
-PASTORS
Jer 3:15; Joh 21:16-18; Eph 4:11
-PREACHERS
Ro 10:14; 1Ti 2:7
-PREACHERS OF RIGHTEOUSNFSS
2Pe 2:5
-SERVANTS
OF GOD
Tit 1:1; Jas 1:1
OF THE LORD
2Ti 2:24
OF JESUS CHRIST
Php 1:1; Jude 1:1
OF THE CHURCH
2Co 4:5
SHEPHERDS
Jer 23:4
SOLDIERS OF CHRIST
Php 2:25; 2Ti 2:3,4
STARS
Re 1:20; 2:1
STEWARDS OF GOD
Tit 1:7
OF THE GRACE OF GOD
1Pe 4:10
OF THE MYSTERIES OF GOD
1Co 4:1
-TEACHERS
Isa 30:20; Eph 4:11
-WATCHMEN
Isa 62:6; Eze 33:7
-WITNESSES
Ac 1:8; 5:32; 26:16
-WORKERS TOGETHER WITH GOD
2Co 6:1
-Compared to sowers
Ps 126:6; Mt 13:3-8; Mr 4:3-20; Lu 8:5-8
-Teachers of schools
1Sa 19:20; 2Ki 2:3,5,15; 4:38; 2Ch 15:3; 17:7-9; Ac 13:1
-Hired
Jud 18:4
-Exempt from taxation
Ezr 7:24
-Non-partisan in politics
2Sa 15:24-27
-Influential in public affairs
Designate kings
1Sa 9:15,16; 10:1; 16:1-13
Recommend civil and military appointments
2Ki 4:13
-Expostulate with rulers
Samuel with Saul
1Sa 13:11-14; 15:10-31
Nathan with David
2Sa 12:1-14
Elijah with Ahab
1Ki 18:17,18
-Tact of
1Co 9:20-23; 10:23,28-33; 2Co 12:16
-Recreations for
Mr 6:31,32,45
-Say good-bye to the congregation
Ac 20:17-38
-Personal bearing of
Tit 2:7,8
-Preach without authority
Ga 1:15-24; 2:1-9
-Patience of
Jas 5:10
-Work of, will be tried
1Co 3:12-15
-Responsibility of
Eze 3:17-21; 33:8; Mt 10:14-40; Ac 18:6; 20:26,27
-Speaking evil of, forbidden
Jude 1:8-10
-Marriage of
Le 21:7-15; Mt 8:14; 1Co 9:5; 1Ti 3:2,12; Tit 1:5-7
-Incorruptible
Balaam
Nu 22:18,37,38; 23:8,12; 24:12-14; with 2Pe 2:15,16
Micaiah
1Ki 22:13,14
Peter
Ac 8:18-23
-Love of, for the ekklesia (the body of Christ), exemplified by
Paul
Php 1:7; 1Th 1:2-4; 2:8,11
-Kindness to:
Ebed-melech to Jeremiah,
Jer 38:7-13
-Fear of
1Sa 16:4
-Examples to the flock
Php 3:17; 2Th 3:9; 1Ti 4:12; 1Pe 5:3
-Intolerance of
Mt 15:23; 19:13; Mr 10:13; Lu 18:15
-Message of, rejected
Eze 33:30-33
-Inconsistent
Mt 27:3-7
-God's care of
1Ki 17:1-16; 19:1-18; Isa 30:20; Mt 10:29-31; Lu 12:6,7
-Their calling glorious
2Co 3:7-11
-Discouragements of
Isa 53:1; Eze 3:8,9,14; Hab 1:2,3; Mt 13:57; Mr 6:3,4; Lu
4:24; Joh 4:44
-Defended
Jer 26:16-19
-Beloved
Ac 20:37,38; 21:5,6
-Sent forth in teams of two
Disciples
Mr 6:7
Paul and Barnabas
Ac 13:2,3
Judas and Silas
Ac 15:27
Barnabas and Mark
Ac 15:37,39
Paul and Silas
Ac 15:40
Paul and Timothy
Ac 16:1-4
Paul and Titus
2Co 8:19,23
Timothy and Erastus
Ac 19:22
Titus and a companion
2Co 12:18
-See MINISTER, TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF, below
-CALL OF
Ex 28:1; Nu 3:5-13; 1Sa 3:4-10; 1Ki 19:16,19; 1Ch 23:13;
Isa 6:8-10; Jer 1:5; Am 2:11; Jon 1:1,2; 3:1,2; Mt 4:18-22;
9:9; Mr 1:17-20; 2:14; Lu 10:1,2; Joh 1:43; Ac 13:2,3;
20:24; 22:12-15; 26:14-18; Ro 1:1; 10:14,15; 1Co 1:1,27,28;
9:16-19; 2Co 1:1; 5:18-20; Ga 1:15,16; Eph 3:7,8; 4:11,12;
Col 1:1,25-29; 4:17; 1Ti 1:12-14; 2:7; 2Ti 1:11; Tit 1:3;
Heb 5:4
See PRIESTS
See LEVITES
See CALL, PERSONAL
See EXCUSES
-CHARACTER AND ATTRIBUTES OF
Le 10:3-11; 21:6; Nu 16:9,10; De 32:1-3; 1Sa 2:35; 12:7;
2Ch 6:41; 29:11; Ezr 7:10; Ps 68:11; Pr 11:30; Isa 6:5-8;
32:20; 52:11; Jer 1:7,8; 3:15; 20:9; Eze 34:1-31; Mal 2:6,7;
Mt 10:16-24; 11:25,26; 13:51,52; 20:25-28; 23:8-11; 24:45;
Lu 6:39; 10:21; 12:42-44; 22:27; 24:49; Joh 3:27,34;
4:36-38; 10:2-5,11-15; 13:13-17; 15:20,21; 17:16-18,20; Ac
1:8; 4:8,31; 6:3,4; 20:22-24; Ro 2:21-23; 1Co 1:23,27-30;
2:2; 3:7-10; 4:10-13; 9:16-23,27; 15:10; 2Co 2:15-17;
3:6-10; 4:1-10; 5:11,18-20; 6:3-7; 10:1,2,8; 13:10; Ga 2:8;
6:17; Php 3:17; 1Th 2:3-12; 1Ti 3:1-15; 5:17,21;
6:11,13,14,20,21; 2Ti 1:6-8,13,14; 2:1-7,14-16,20-26;
3:14,16,17; Tit 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; 1Pe 4:10,11
-CHARGE DELIVERED TO
Nu 18:1-7; 27:18-23; De 31:7,8,14-23; Jos 1:1-9; Eze 3:4;
Mt 10:5-42; Mr 6:11; Lu 10:1-16; 1Ti 1:18-20; 2:1-15;
3:1-16; 4:1-16; 5:1-22; 6:1-21; 2Ti 1:6-13; 2:1-26; 3:1-17;
4:1-8
-COURAGE OF
See COURAGE
See REPROOF, FAITHFULNESS IN
-DUTIES OF
Ex 4:12; Le 10:8-11; Jos 1:8; 2Ki 17:27,28; 2Ch 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; Eze 2:6-8;
3:8-10,17-21,27; 6:11; 33:1-9; 34:2-31; 44:23; Joe 1:13-15;
2:17; Jon 1:2; Na 1:15; Hab 2:2; Mal 2:7; Mt 7:6;
10:7,11-13,16,25,27,28; 16:19; 18:5,6,18; 20:25-28;
28:19,20; Mr 10:43-45; Lu 9:48; 22:32; 24:48; Joh 3:34;
4:35-38; 15:27; 20:23; 21:15-17; Ac 1:21,22; 5:20; 6:2,4;
10:42; 16:4; 18:9,10; 20:28; 22:15; 26:16-18; Ro 1:14,15;
12:3-8; 1Co 1:16; 4:1,2,21; 9:16,17; 2Co 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; Ga 1:10; Eph 3:8-10; 4:11,12; 6:20; Col 4:17; 1Th
2:4-8,10-12; 3:2; 5:12; 2Th 3:4; 1Ti 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; 2Ti 1:6-8;
2:2-7,14-16,23-25; 4:1,2,5; 1Pe 5:1-4; 2Pe 1:12-16
See MINISTER, CHARGE DELIVERED TO, above
-DUTIES OF THE CHURCH TO
De 1:38; 3:28; 31:7; Mal 2:7; 1Co 11:1,2; 16:15,16; Php
3:17; Col 4:10; 1Th 5:12,13; Heb 13:7,17,18
-EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF
Nu 18:20; De 10:9; 14:27; 18:1,2; Jos 13:14,33; 18:7; Jer
31:14; Eze 44:28; Mt 10:9,10; Mr 6:8; Lu 10:7,8; 22:35,36;
Joh 4:36; Ac 20:33,34; 1Co 9:1-23; 2Co 1:14,15; 11:7-9;
12:13-18; Ga 6:6; Php 4:10-18; 1Th 2:5,6,9; 2Th 3:7-9; 1Ti
5:18; 3Jo 1:7
See PRIESTS
See LEVITES
See EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF
-FAITHFUL
INSTANCES OF
Moses
De 4:26; 30:19; Heb 3:2,5
Micaiah
2Ch 18:12,13
Azariah
2Ch 26:16-20
Balaam
Nu 22:18,38; 23:8,12; 24:12-14
Nathan
2Sa 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
Mt 3:2-12; Mr 6:18-28; Lu 3:7-9,19
Peter
Ac 8:18-23
Paul
Ac 20:26,27; Col 1:7
The apostles
Ac 3:12-26; 4:9-13,19,20,31; 5:21,29-32
-FALSE AND CORRUPT
De 13:1-5; 18:20-22; 1Ki 12:31; 2Ch 29:34; 30:15; Ne 13:29;
Pr 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; La 2:14;
4:13,14; Eze 13:1-23; 14:9,10; 22:25,26,28; 34:1-31;
44:8,10; Ho 4:6,8-13; 5:1; 6:9; 9:7,8; Am 2:11,12; Mic 2:11;
3:5-7,11; Zep 3:4; Zec 10:3; 11:4,5,16,17; 13:2-5; Mal
1:6-10; 2:1-3,8,9; Mt 5:19; 7:15,22,23; 15:9,14; 20:20-27;
23:3,4,13; 24:4,5,24,26,48-51; Mr 9:33-35; 10:35-37;
13:21,22; Lu 6:39; 9:46; 11:35,46-52; 12:45,46; 21:8; 22:24;
Joh 3:10; 5:43; 10:1,5,8,10-13; Ac 20:29,30; Ro 2:19-25;
16:17,18; 1Co 3:1-4,10-16,21; 11:18,19; 2Co 2:17; 11:1-31;
Ga 1:6-8; 5:10; Eph 4:14; Php 1:15,16; 3:2; Col 2:4,8,18,19;
1Ti 1:3-7,19; 4:1-3,7; 6:3-5,20,21; 2Ti 2:14-18; 3:6-9,13;
4:3; Tit 1:10-14; 3:10,11; Heb 13:9; 2Pe 2:1-22; 3:16; 1Jo
2:18,26; 4:1-3,5; 2Jo 1:7-10; 3Jo 1:10; Jude 1:4-11; Re
2:1,2,12,14,15,18,20-23
-INSTANCES OF
Aaron
Nu 12:1-12
Nadab and Abihu
Le 10:1,2
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram
Nu 16
Eli's sons
1Sa 2:12-17,22,25,28,29
Samuel's sons
1Sa 8:1-3; 1Ch 6:28
The old prophet of Beth-el
1Ki 13:11-32
Jonathan
Jud 17:7-13; 18
Noadiah
Ne 6:14
Priests under Jehoash
2Ki 12:7; 2Ch 24:5,6
Hezekiah
2Ch 30:3,5
Priests and Levites
Ezr 2:61,62; 9:1,2; 10:18-24; Ne 13:4-13,28,29; Zec
7:5,6
Hananiah
Jer 28
Jonah
Jon 1:1-6
Rulers in the temple
Mt 16:6-12; 23:16; Lu 12:1
Caiaphas
Mt 26:2,3,57,63-65; Joh 11:49-51; 18:14
Judas Iscariot
Mt 26:14-16,21-25,47-50; 27:3-5; Joh 12:4-6; Ac 1:18
Simon the sorcerer
Ac 8:9-11
Judaizers
Ac 15:1; Ga 3; 4; 5; 6
Diotrephes
3Jo 1:9
Elymas (Bar-Jesus)
Ac 13:6-11
Hymenaeus
1Ti 1:20; 2Ti 2:17
Philetus
2Ti 2:17,18
-HOSPITALITY TO
Woman of Zarephath to Elijah
1Ki 17:10-16
The Shunammite woman to Elisha
2Ki 4:8-10
The foreigners to Paul
Ac 28:1-10
Simon the tanner to Peter
Ac 9:43
The Philippian jailer
Ac 16:33,34
Aquila and Priscilla (Prisca)
To Paul
Ac 18:3
To Apollos
Ac 18:26
Justus to Paul
Ac 18:7
Philip the evangelist to Paul
Ac 21:8-10
-ORDINATION OF
Of Matthias
Ac 1:26
Of the seven servants (or, deacons; Greek: diakonoi)
Ac 6:5,6
Of Paul and Barnabas
Ac 13:3
Timothy
1Ti 4:14
See PRIESTS
See LEVITES
-PRAYER FOR, ENJOINED
Mt 9:37,38; Lu 10:2; Ro 15:30-32; 2Co 1:11; Eph 6:18-20;
Php 1:19; Col 4:2-4; 1Th 5:25; 2Th 3:1,2; Phm 1:22; Heb
13:18,19
-PRAYER FOR, EXEMPLIFIED
2Ch 6:41; Ps 132:9; Ac 1:24,25; 4:29; 6:6; 12:5; 14:23
-PROMISES TO, JOYS OF
2Sa 23:6,7; Ps 126:5,6; Jer 1:7-10,17-19; 20:11; Da 12:3;
Mt 10:28-31; 28:20; Lu 12:11,12; 24:49; Joh 4:36-38; Ac
1:4,5,8; 1Co 9:9,10; 2Co 2:14-16; 7:6,7; Php 2:16; 1Th
2:13,19,20; 3:8,9; 3Jo 1:4
See RIGHTEOUS, PROMISES TO
-SUCCESS ATTENDING
Jonah
Jon 1:5,6,9,14,16; 3:4-9
Apostles
Ac 2:1-4,41
Philip
Ac 8:6,8,12
Peter
Ac 9:32-35
Paul
Ac 13:16-43; 1Co 4:15; 9:2; 15:11; 2Co 3:2,3; 12:12;
13:4; Php 2:16; 1Th 1:5
Apollos
Ac 18:24-28
See REVIVALS
-TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF
1Ki 19:1-10; Isa 20:2,3; Eze 24:15-18; Ho 1:2; Am 5:10;
7:10-17; Mt 10:16-27; 23:34; Joh 13:16; 1Co 2:1-4; 4:9-13;
2Co 6:4-10; 7:5; 11:23-33; 12:7-12; Ga 4:13,14; Eph 3:1,13
-FALSELY ACCUSED
See ACCUSATION, FALSE
See also PERSECUTION
-INSTANCES OF PERSECUTION
Micaiah
1Ki 22:24-27
Hanani
2Ch 16:10
Zechariah
2Ch 24:20,21
The apostles
Ac 5:17-42
Peter
Ac 12:3-19
Paul
Ac 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; 2Co
11:31-33; Ga 1:21-24; 2Ti 1:8,16; 2:9; 4:16,17
See ELIJAH
See JEREMIAH
-ZEALOUS
Titus
2Co 8:16,17
Epaphroditus
Php 2:25-30
Epaphras
Col 4:12,13
Tychicus
Col 4:7
John, in his vision
Re 5:4,5
See ZEAL
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