Wednesday 28 November 2012

Paul ... for this purpose, to make thee a minister ... (by the Lord Jesus)

Acts 26:15   And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.

Acts 26:16   But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

Acts 26:17   Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

Acts 26:18   To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Acts 26:19   Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

Friday 16 November 2012

Minister

1 Peter 1:12   Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 1 Peter 4:10   As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 1 Peter 4:11   If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Peter 1:11   For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

Minister

 1 Thessalonians 3:2   And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
1 Timothy 1:4   Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: [so do].
1 Timothy 4:6   If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
 2 Timothy 1:18   The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
Philemon 1:13   Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
Hebrews 1:7   And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Hebrews 1:14   Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Hebrews 6:10   For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Hebrews 8:2   A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Hebrews 10:11   And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

Minister (No one call himself a Pastor or Shepard)

Galatians 3:5   He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Ephesians 3:7   Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
Ephesians 4:29   Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
 Ephesians 6:21   But that ye also may know my affairs, [and] how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
Philippians 2:25   Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
Colossians 1:7   As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
Colossians 1:23   If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
Colossians 1:25   Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
Colossians 2:19   And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Matthew Henry Commentary For Colossians Chapter 4Strong's Greek/Hebrew Definitions For Colossians Chapter 4 Colossians 4:7   All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, [who is] a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:

Minister & Ministering

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?

2 Corinthians 3:3   [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 2 Corinthians 3:6   Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 2 Corinthians 6:4   But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 2 Corinthians 8:4   Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. 2 Corinthians 9:1   For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: 2 Corinthians 9:10   Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) 2 Corinthians 11:15   Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
2 Corinthians 11:23   Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Galatians 2:17   But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, [is] therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

Ministers of Christ

1 Corinthians 4:1   Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

Paul and Apollos are Ministers

1 Corinthians 3:5   Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

Minister

Romans 15:25   But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.

Paul a Minister of Jesus Christ

Romans 15:16   That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

The Lord Jesus was a Minister

Romans 15:8   Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises [made] unto the fathers:

Minister (Tax Collector)

Romans 13:6   For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

Minister (Refer to Higher Powers)

Romans 13:4   For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.

To make thee a Minister

Acts 26:16   But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;

John to [their] Minister

Acts 13:5   And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to [their] minister.

Minister

Luke 4:20 And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

Minister of the Word

Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;