1 Corinthians 9:7
King James Version
7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges?
who planteth a vineyard,
and eateth not of the fruit thereof?
or who feedeth a flock,
and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
One of the challenges of ministry is consistency.
We must be true to what we teach.
That applies to my writing ministry.
I must be true to GOD.
True to JESUS.
True to the HOLY SPIRIT.
True to Scripture.
True to GOD's laws.
True to you.
Apostle Paul gives us guidelines for such a path:
1 Corinthians 9:10
King James Version
10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes?
For our sakes, no doubt, this is written:
that he that ploweth should plow in hope;
and that he that thresheth in hope
should be partaker of his hope.
1 Corinthians 9:13
King James Version
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?
1 Corinthians 9:14
King James Version
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained
that they which preach the gospel
should live of the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:15-16
King James Version
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.
16 For though I preach the gospel,
I have nothing to glory of:
for necessity is laid upon me;
yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
1 Corinthians 9:18
King James Version
18 What is my reward then?
Verily that, when I preach the gospel,
I may make the gospel of Christ without charge,
that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:19
King James Version
19 For though I be free from all men,
yet have I made myself servant unto all,
that I might gain the more.
1 Corinthians 9:20-23
King James Version
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew,
that I might gain the Jews;
to them that are under the law, as under the law,
that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law,
(being not without law to God,
but under the law to Christ,)
that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak,
that I might gain the weak:
I am made all things to all men,
that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake,
that I might be partaker thereof with you.
1 Corinthians 9:26-27
King James Version
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly;
so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body,
and bring it into subjection:
lest that by any means,
when I have preached to others,
I myself should be a castaway.
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