THIS WE MUST, DO!

 I FORGIVE YOU FOR THIS, ( WRONG! )

Apostle James R, Winfree, Sr, I Am Mandated By The Lord To Cultivate, Enlighten, and Empower, God's Nations Son's And Daughters In His Love. Know this, I'm Not in the Work or Ministry For Any Income, But I am in God's Work and Ministry to hear Him say, Well Done My son, this is the Income I am looking to receive.

2TIMOTHY 4:16-18

I have been getting a massive amount of emails and questions to me about teaching on this very serious subject of who should be financially supported while serving in ministry to the Churches of God first which is the Churches of our Lord Jesus Christ, We, His Spirit Filled people, God's spiritual sons and daughters, So please allow me to always start and end in God's Holy Word being led and guided by the Holy Spirit and my decades of being faithful and committed to the gospel of Jesus Christ, Also my upbringing in Smith-Addition at First Missionary Baptist Fellowship to the Potters House of Dallas, Texas.

Our Gentile and also Jewish Apostle Paul taught this in his epistles or letters in 2 Timothy 4; 16-18,

16 At my first trial no one supported me as an advocate or stood with me, but they all deserted me. May it not be counted against them by God. 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened and empowered me, so that through me the gospel message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the ( Believers ) Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.

18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil assault, and He will bring me safely into His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen

.1 Corinthians 9:7-27,

7 What soldier in the army has to pay his expenses? And have you ever heard of a farmer who harvests his crop and doesn’t have the right to eat some of it? What shepherd cares for a flock of sheep and goats and isn’t allowed to drink some of the milk? 8 And I’m not merely quoting the opinions of men as to what is right. I’m telling you what God’s word says.

Also, Apostle Paul wrote and taught this in 1 Cor 9: 9-27,

9 For in the word of God given to Moses He said that you must not put a muzzle on an ox to keep it from eating when it is treading out the wheat. Do you suppose God was thinking only about oxen when He said this? 10 Wasn’t God also thinking about us? Of course, He was. He said this to show us that Ministering workers should be paid by those they help. Those who do the plowing and threshing should expect some share of the harvest.

11 We have planted the good spiritual seed in your souls. Is it too much to ask, in return, for mere food and clothing? 12 You give them to others who preach to you, and you should. But shouldn’t we have an even greater right to them? Yet we have never used this right but supply our own needs without your help. We have never demanded payment of any kind for fear that, if we did, you might be less interested in our message to you from Christ.

13 Don’t you realize that God told those working in His temple to take for their own needs some of the food brought there as gifts to Him? And those who work at the altar of God get a share of the food that is brought by those offering it to the Lord. 14 In the same way the Lord has given orders that those who preach the Gospel should be supported by those who accept it.

15 Yet I have never asked you for one penny. And I am not writing this to hint that I would like to start now. I would rather die of hunger than lose the satisfaction I get from preaching to you without charge. 16 For just preaching the Gospel isn’t any special credit to me, I couldn’t keep from preaching it if I wanted to. I would be utterly miserable. Woe unto me if I don’t.

17 If I were volunteering the services of my own free will, then the Lord would give me a special reward; but that is not the situation, for God has picked me out and given me this sacred trust, and I have no choice. 18 Under this circumstance, what is my pay? It is the special joy I get from preaching the Good News without expense to anyone, never demanding my rights.

19 And this has a real advantage: I am not bound to obey anyone just because he pays my salary, yet I have freely and happily become a servant of any so that I can win them to Christ. 20 When I am with the Jews I seem as one of them so that they will listen to the Gospel and I can win them to Christ. When I am with Gentiles who follow Jewish customs and ceremonies I don’t argue, even though I don’t agree, because I want to help them.

21 When with the heathen I agree with them as much as I can, except that I must always do what is right as a Christ Believer. And so, by agreeing, I can win their confidence and help them too.

22 When I am with those whose consciences bother them easily, I don’t act as though I know it all and don’t say they are foolish; the result is that they are willing to let me help them. Yes, whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him.

23 I do this to get the Gospel to them and also for the blessing I receive when I see them come to Christ.

24 In a race everyone runs, but only one person gets first prize. So run your race to win. 25 To win the contest you must deny yourselves many things that would keep you from doing your best. An athlete goes to all this trouble just to win a blue ribbon or a silver cup, but we do it for a heavenly reward that never disappears.

26 So I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step. I fight to win. I’m not just shadow-boxing or playing around. 27 Like an athlete I punish my body, treating it roughly, training it to do what it should, not what it wants to. Otherwise, I fear that after enlisting others for the race, I might be declared unfit and ordered to stand aside, so that, after I have preached the gospel to others, I will not somehow be disqualified as unfit for service. Amen.

We Are Not Called, Sent, Anointed, And Appointed To Building Or Invest Into Religious Buildings,

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