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1 Corinthians 9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
15 But I have used none of these things:neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me:for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
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I know many pastors who have left promising careers to answer the call of God on their lives. I know many pastors who will give the shirt off their backs in order to minister to the needs around them. If a pastor lives in a nice house or drives a nice care he is viewed by many (even in the church) as a hireling. The ministry is not a place of leisure, but instead is a trial of faith.
I never have felt strange to hear teaching to support the ministry because that is what the Bible teaches. So many people want to make the ministry look greedy. I agree with what Paul says in verse 15 that I don't say it cause I want it done unto me. I would rather not receive a penny then for the sacrifices and commitments that I have made to be turned around and said I was doing it for the money.
I have learned that the ministry is sometimes the most lonely and abused people of them all. God's grace is sufficient.
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