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== Minister Qualifications ==
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The ministers of the [[early Church]] were elected by the people from the pool of natural [[Elders]] of families to serve a purpose and mission of the [[early Church]] which were designated by Jesus Christ.


Everyone in seeking the [[kingdom of God]] and His [[righteousness]] were to [[love]] one another and strive to [[ Keep the Commandments|keep the commandments]] of Christ.
{{The Free Form of government}}


Those natural [[Elders]] were the heads of families who also ministered to their families while learning to [[care]] for their neighbor's families in [[free assemblies]] as much as they cared for their own family.
: [[Titus]] 1:5 "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and [[ordain]]<Ref> 2525 ~καθίστημι~ kathistemi \@kath-is’-tay-mee\@ from 2596 and 2476;  v AV-make 8, make ruler 6, ordain 3, be 2, appoint 1,  conduct 1, set 1; 22
: 1) to set, place, put
::    1a) to set one over a thing (in charge of it)
::    1b) to appoint one to administer an office
::    1c) to set down as, constitute, to declare, show to be
::    1d) to constitute, to render, make, cause to be
::    1e) to conduct or bring to a certain place
::    1f) to show or exhibit one’s self
:::          1f1) come forward as
: [[Ordain#An_Appointment_Ex_Officio]]</Ref> elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:"
We see a list of Character qualification that should be looked for in choosing a [[minister]] of the Church in [[Titus]] 1.<Ref> Titus 1:6 :If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7  For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8  But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
9  Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
10  For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
11  Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
12  One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
13  This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
14  Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
15  Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
16  They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.</Ref> and [[Titus]] 2<Ref>Titus 2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
2  That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
3  The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
4  That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
5  To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
6  Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
7  In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
8  Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
9  Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
10  Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
</Ref>
There is a reference to "aged men" which is translated from the word ''presbutes'' <Ref> 4246 ~πρεσβύτης~ presbutes \@pres-boo’-tace\@ from the same as 4245;  n m AV-old man 1, aged man 1, aged 1; 3 1) an old man, an aged man 2) ambassador</Ref> Which can also mean ambassador ans is from the word ''presbuteros'' <Ref> 4245 ~πρεσβύτερος~ presbuteros \@pres-boo’-ter-os\@ comparative of presbus (elderly);  adj AV-elder 64, old man 1, eldest 1, elder woman 1; 67
: 1) elder, of age,
::    1a) the elder of two people
::    1b) advanced in life, an elder, a senior
:::          1b1) forefathers
: 2) a term of rank or office(Was this just an office of the family? Were they appointing elders of families to the offices of the Church?)
::    2a) among the Jews
:::    2a1) members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were    selected from elderly men)
:::    2a2) of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice
::    2b) among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies;    (or churches) the NT uses the term bishop, overseers,      1985 pastors, 4166 elders, and presbyters  4245 interchangeably {#Ac 20:17,28 Eph 4:11 [[Titus]] 1:5,7      1Pe 5:1-4 etc.}
::    2c) the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court      seated on thrones around the throne of God</Ref>
The word ''Senator'' in [[Rome]] meant ''old men'' before it became an office of the State. At first they had little power because [[Rome]] was a [[Republic]] but later as the people became [[slothful]] in the ways of liberty the Senate like we see in the Sanhedrin became an office of power.
In the Church those [[Elders]] elected to the offices of the Church and or [[Ordain]]ed may not exercise authority over the people like the [[Benefactors]] of the [[World]] or they will cease to be [[His Church]]. The [[Corban]] of the [[Church]] must remain the result of [[Faith]], [[Hope]] and [[Charity]] through the [[Perfect law of liberty]].
While an [[Elders|Elder]] is first Father and Husband to his own family he does not usurp that role in the families he may serve when elected to an office of the Church. He is not a ''conscripted Father'' like the ''[[Fathers]] of the earth'' nor ''substitute Father'' or Husband to other families. He is a minister to the people of the offerings entrusted to him for the purposes of Christ.
According to [[Diocletianic_Persecution|Diocletian]] second edict it targeted "deacons, lectors, priests, and bishops" in 300 A.D. before the corruption of the church by the followers of  [[Constantine]]. [[Deacon]]s were ministers of [[tens]].
While the people chose the [[elders]] who would be their minister those ministers were also [[appoint]]ed by the [[appoint]]ed  [[disciples]] of Christ who were often called [[apostles]]. Jesus placed additional requirements upon His [[disciples]] concerning being in the [[world]] but not of '''the [[world]]''', [[Vow of poverty|owning property]], [[daily ministration|feeding His sheep]] and not [[exercises authority|exercising authority]] one over the other. 
[[Priests]] in the kingdom did not rule over the people but they did rule over the votive offerings of the people. In the world the priests force the contributions of the people because they do rule over others.
[[Bishop]]s were merely overseers and servants of servants. But what were lectors? One simplistic definition was a ''reader of liturgy''. A ''liturgical book'' was a book published by the authority of a church, that contains the text and directions for the [[liturgy]] of its official [[Religion|religious services]].
What was ''[[liturgy]]''?
[[Liturgy]] was ''public service'' to the congregations of the people who looked to the [[Church legally defined|Church as "one form of government"]]. The [[Church]] was the [[Benefactors]] who did not exercise authority one over the other. They could only do this if the people loved each other enough to contribute regularly to the ministers.
The original ''liturgical book'' were the records kept by the Church such as Marriage and birth and death records needed to provide service for the people and their families. This was one of the first thing that was burned during the [[Diocletianic Persecution]]. But because of the intimate nature of the network that formed the who church and congregations in general the Christians were not deterred. Then their edicts took the lives of the leaders but that did not send the Christians into chaos because the Kingdom of God was from generation to generation and was driven from the ground up, from the head of each family. So the final attempt was to round up the Christians themselves murdering men, women and children. We would not see such horrors again until the inquisition.
Public support waned and [[Constantine]] sought a new remedy for the financial decay of the Empire. He literally started a new Church which would rise to power with the kings at the turn of the Millennium.
== The Free Form of government ==
Every [[minister]] is the overseer of what he receives on behalf of Christ but connected by that common<Ref>[[Acts 2]]:44  And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
[[Acts 4]]:32  And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.</Ref> possessions of Christ in the [[Communion]] and [[Eucharist]] of its [[Daily ministration]].
Even though they may not exercise authority one over the other they are [[joint heirs]] or what is also called co-heirs which by appointment through Christ makes them one body, the Church.<Ref>Plures cohaeredes sunt quasi unum corpus, propter unitatem juris quod habent. :: Several co-heirs are as one body, by reason of the unity of right which they possess. Co. Litt. 163.
: Haeredem Deus facit, non homo. God and not man, make the heir.
: Haeredem est nomen collectivum. Heir is a collective name.
: Haeris est nomen juris, filius est nomen naturae. Heir is a term of law, son one of nature.
: Haeres est aut jure proprietatis aut jure representationis. An heir is either by right of property or right of representation. 3 Co. 40.
: Haeres est alter ispe, et filius est pars patris. An heir is another self, and a son is a part of the father.
: Haeres est eadem persona cum antecessore. The heir is the same person with the ancestor. Co. Litt. 22.
: Haeres haeredis mei est meus haeres. The heir of my heir is my heir.
: Haeres legitimus est quem nuptiae demonstrant. He is the lawful heir whom the marriage demonstrates.</Ref>
Again this is clarified in [[1 Timothy]] 3<Ref>1 Timothy 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2  A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3  Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4  One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5  (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6  Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7  Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 ¶  Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9  Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10  And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11  Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12  Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13  For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
</Ref> for Ministers of 10 called [[Deacon]]s<Ref>Deacon: The word ''deacon'' means leader of ten. Leadership in the Church is by service. In the Greek the word ''diakonos'' means servant or Ministers. ''Minister'' is the Latin word for doer of little deeds. Minister is a generic term that includes all who serve others, whether deacon, bishop, archbishop or other. </Ref>
Liberty and the Ministers of God's kingdom are dependent upon the [[Charity|Charitable]] and [[Forgive|Forgiving]] hearts of the people.


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The ministers of the people who gathered in the early Church were often elected by the people from the pool of natural Elders of families to serve the purpose and mission designated by Jesus Christ in his appointed Kingdom of God at hand. Jesus had commanded that his disciples make the men, heads of families, gather in tens. Each group of ten also organized themselves in ranks of one hundred by picking a representative who also gathered in a group of ten. This was the most common way of free societies to organize and protect themselves for thousands of years.

Everyone seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness was to love one another and strive to keep the commandments of Christ. Early Christians knew they could not apply to the Fathers of Rome for free bread and at Baptism they had been put out of the system of Corban created by the Pharisees so they had to tend to the weightier matters and the daily ministration of the Church.

Those natural Elders who gathered in congregations of tens were the heads of families who ministered to their families but also had a religious duty to care for their neighbor's families in free assemblies as much as they cared for their own family. They would choose someone they could trust to connect them with everyone else in the whole free assembly of the early Church but they would still have to meet the approval of the apostles or others they appointed in order to be appointed.

We see the same precept used by Peter to find men take care of tables needed to daily ministration for the Greeks when he told the people to "seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business."

Titus 1:5 "For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain[1] elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:"

We see a list of Character qualification that should be looked for in choosing a minister of the Church in Titus 1.[2] and Titus 2[3]

There is a reference to "aged men" which is translated from the word presbutes [4] Which can also mean ambassador and is from the word presbuteros [5]

The word Senator in Rome meant old men before it became an office of the State. At first, they had little power because Rome was a Republic but later as the people became slothful in the ways of liberty the Senate like we see in the Sanhedrin became an office of power.

In the Church those Elders elected to the offices of the Church and or Ordained may not exercise authority over the people like the Benefactors of the World or they will cease to be His Church. The Corban of the Church must remain the result of Faith, Hope and Charity through the Perfect law of liberty.

While an Elder is first Father and Husband to his own family he does not usurp that role in the families he may serve when elected to an office of the Church. He is not a conscripted Father like the Fathers of the earth nor substitute Father or Husband to other families. He is a minister to the people of the offerings entrusted to him for the purposes of Christ.

According to Diocletian's second edict, it targeted "deacons, lectors, priests, and bishops" in 300 A.D. before the corruption of the church by the followers of Constantine. Deacons were ministers of tens.

While the people chose the elders who would be their minister those ministers were also appointed by the appointed disciples of Christ who were often called apostles. Jesus placed additional requirements upon His disciples concerning being in the world but not of the world, owning property, feeding His sheep and not exercising authority one over the other.

Priests in the kingdom did not rule over the people but they did rule over the votive offerings of the people. In the world, the priests force the contributions of the people because they do rule over others.

Bishops were merely overseers and servants of servants. But what were lectors? One simplistic definition was a reader of liturgy. A liturgical book was a book published by the authority of a church, that contains the text and directions for the liturgy of its official religious services.

(Titus 1:6; 1 Timothy 3:2).


The Free Form of government

The Church is "one form of government" according to the legal definition of the Church but it is not like the governments of the world.

Every minister is the overseer of what he receives on behalf of Christ but connected by that common[6] possessions of Christ in the Communion and Eucharist of its Daily ministration.

Once an individual is a recognized Minister of Record they may officially enlist assistance from others as assistant ministers of their office ex officio. The authorization to be an assistant minister should be in writing and may be temporary or ongoing, limited or extensive in hope of if not in preparation for being a minister of another congregation.

Even though they may not exercise authority one over the other they are joint heirs or what is also called co-heirs which by appointment through Christ makes them one body, the Church.[7]

Again this is clarified in 1 Timothy 3[8] for Ministers of 10 called Deacons[9]

Liberty and the Ministers of God's kingdom are dependent upon the Charitable and Forgiving hearts of the people.

In the new testament, the word ministry almost always appears as diakonia [10], which often has to do with an administrative office of the Church appointed by Christ. But there is a distinctively different word that appears in the Greek text from decidedly different origin and usage that also appears as minister and ministry.

Twice we see the word leitourgia [11] from which we get the word liturgy translated ministry but it too means a public office.

The word ministry can be defined:

  1. the work or vocation of a minister of religion: "he is training for the ministry" synonyms: holy orders, the priesthood, the cloth, the church
  2. (in certain countries) a government department headed by a minister of state: "the Ministry of Agriculture"

From the point of view of Moses and Christ, both of these definitions apply to the ministers of the Church in the wilderness appointed by Moses and the Church appointed a kingdom by Christ.[12] While both the Levites and the disciples were "called out" and taught to minister to the people, the Modern Christians do not require their ministers to be separate from what Jesus called the "world". In fact, they do not look to their Modern Church ministers for their daily bread, nor rightly divide that bread from house to house.[13]

Instead, the modern Christians pray to the Fathers of the earth who are the Benefactors who exercise authority one over the other. They are in need of repentance.

Jesus did not appoint a Church, but appointed a kingdom to the Church, who were the "called out" ministers of that kingdom or government. Many governments of the world provide free bread, welfare and health care to the people, but they exercise authority over the people in order to provide those benefits. The Church ministries are to provide those benefits by faith, hope and charity and the perfect law of liberty. A ministry by itself is not the Church legally defined.

Moses and the prophets, John the Baptist and Jesus, Peter and Paul the Apostle all advocated freewill offerings and charity, rather than force, to obtain the benefits of society. This is the meaning of Pure Religion and repentance.



Are you attending to the Weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith which include caring for the needs of our neighbors and the widows and orphans of our society through Pure Religion in matters of health, education, and welfare. We are NOT to provide for the needy of society through the Covetous Practices and the men who call themselves benefactors but who exercise authority one over the other like the socialists do.

The Way of Christ was like neither the way of the world of Rome nor the governments of the gentiles who depend on those fathers of the earth through force, fear and fealty who deliver the people back in bondage again like they were in Egypt. Christ's ministers and true Christians do not depend upon systems of social welfare that force the contributions of the people like the corban of the Pharisees which made the word of God to none effect. Many people have been deceived to go the way of Balaam and the Nicolaitan and out of The Way of Christ and have become workers of iniquity.

The Christian conflict with Rome in the first century Church appointed by Christ was because they would not apply to the fathers of the earth for their free bread but instead relied upon a voluntary network providing a daily ministration to the needy of society through Faith, Hope, and Charity by way of freewill offerings of the people, for the people, and by the people through the perfect law of liberty in Free Assemblies according to the ancient pattern of Tuns or Tens as He commanded.

The modern Christians are in need of repentance.

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  1. ↑ 2525 ~καθίστημι~ kathistemi \@kath-is’-tay-mee\@ from 2596 and 2476; v AV-make 8, make ruler 6, ordain 3, be 2, appoint 1, conduct 1, set 1; 22
    1) to set, place, put
    1a) to set one over a thing (in charge of it)
    1b) to appoint one to administer an office
    1c) to set down as, constitute, to declare, show to be
    1d) to constitute, to render, make, cause to be
    1e) to conduct or bring to a certain place
    1f) to show or exhibit one’s self
    1f1) come forward as
    Ordain#An_Appointment_Ex_Officio
  2. ↑ Titus 1:6 :If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. 10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. 12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. 15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. 16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
  3. ↑ Titus 2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. 9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
  4. ↑ 4246 ~πρεσβύτης~ presbutes \@pres-boo’-tace\@ from the same as 4245; n m AV-old man 1, aged man 1, aged 1; 3
    1) an old man, an aged man
    2) ambassador
  5. ↑ 4245 ~πρεσβύτερος~ presbuteros \@pres-boo’-ter-os\@ comparative of presbus (elderly); adj AV-elder 64, old man 1, eldest 1, elder woman 1; 67
    1) elder, of age,
    1a) the elder of two people
    1b) advanced in life, an elder, a senior 1b1) forefathers
    2) a term of rank or office
    2a) among the Jews
    2a1) members of the great council or Sanhedrin (because in early times the rulers of the people, judges, etc., were selected from elderly men)
    2a2) of those who in separate cities managed public affairs and administered justice
    2b) among the Christians, those who presided over the assemblies; (or churches) the NT uses the term bishop, overseers, 1985 pastors, 4166 elders, and presbyters 4245 interchangeably {#Ac 20:17,28 Eph 4:11 Tit 1:5,7 1Pe 5:1-4 etc.}
    2c) the twenty four members of the heavenly Sanhedrin or court seated on thrones around the throne of God
  6. ↑ Acts 2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; Acts 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
  7. ↑ Plures cohaeredes sunt quasi unum corpus, propter unitatem juris quod habent. :: Several co-heirs are as one body, by reason of the unity of right which they possess. Co. Litt. 163.
    Haeredem Deus facit, non homo. God and not man, make the heir.
    Haeredem est nomen collectivum. Heir is a collective name.
    Haeris est nomen juris, filius est nomen naturae. Heir is a term of law, son one of nature.
    Haeres est aut jure proprietatis aut jure representationis. An heir is either by right of property or right of representation. 3 Co. 40.
    Haeres est alter ispe, et filius est pars patris. An heir is another self, and a son is a part of the father.
    Haeres est eadem persona cum antecessore. The heir is the same person with the ancestor. Co. Litt. 22.
    Haeres haeredis mei est meus haeres. The heir of my heir is my heir.
    Haeres legitimus est quem nuptiae demonstrant. He is the lawful heir whom the marriage demonstrates.
  8. ↑ 1 Timothy 3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 ¶ Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
  9. ↑ Deacon: The word deacon means leader of ten. Leadership in the Church is by service. In the Greek the word diakonos means servant or Ministers. Minister is the Latin word for doer of little deeds. Minister is a generic term that includes all who serve others, whether deacon, bishop, archbishop or other.
  10. ↑ 1248 ~διακονία~ diakonia \@dee-ak-on-ee’-ah\@ from 1249; n f AV-ministry 16, ministration 6, ministering 3, misc 9; 34
    1) service, ministering, esp. of those who execute the commands of others
    L 2) of those who by the command of God proclaim and promote religion among men
    2a) of the office of Moses
    2b) of the office of the apostles and its administration
    2c) of the office of prophets, evangelists, elders etc.
    3) the ministration of those who render to others the offices of Christian affection esp. those who help meet need by either collecting or distributing of charities
    4) the office of the deacon in the church
    5) the service of those who prepare and present food
  11. ↑ 3009 ~λειτουργία~ leitourgia \@li-toorg-ee’-ah\@ from 3008 [leitourgeo minister 1) to serve the state at one’s own cost 1a) to assume an office which must be administered at one’s own expense ]; n f AV-service 3, ministry 2, ministration 1; 6 [see also liturgy 3011, 3009, 3010.]
    1) a public office which a citizen undertakes to administer at his own expense
    2) any service 2a) of military service 2b) of the service of workmen
    2c) of that done to nature in the cohabitation of man and wife
    3) biblical usage 3a) a service or ministry of the priests relative to the prayers and sacrifices offered to God 3b) a gift or benefaction for the relief of the needy
  12. ↑ : Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
    Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
    Luke 22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
  13. ↑ Isaiah 58:7 [Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
    Acts 2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
  14. ↑ Matthew 20:25-26 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
    Mark 10:42-43 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
    Luke 22:25-26 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
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