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NASB | Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:9 because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. |
Bible Question:
Does anybody think it´s O.K. to have a paid ministry ? I don´t think anyone who was CALLED to serve JESUS got paid ! Remember when JESUS asked the rich man to come follow HIM ? Obi1kanobi |
Bible Answer: Obi 1... The paid minestry goes all the way back to the time of Moses. When Moses led the Isralites out of bondage, God set up some special rules, you might have heard of them... they're called the 10 commandments. You can find them in Exodus chapter 20. Reading on in the book of Exodus, you will find that God gave the Isralites a bunch of rules, cultural rules and worship rules. The 12 tribes of Israel were also divided up into seperate areas, one to lead, one to follow, one to always be on the left, one to be always on the left, etc. And one to handle the worship of God and to carry the ark. Deu 10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. We find by reading further: Deu 18:1-8 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose; Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. " So the tribe of Levi had no land, no other way to sustain themselves. God had made them dependant upon the offerings of the rest of Israel. God got his offerings, and the tribe of Levi were sustained by God through the offerings of the people. This is why our ministers are paid by the church. This is why our ministers should not have an outside job. Your Brother in Christ, Russ |