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