Nave's Topical Bible: Orville J. Nave, A.M., D.D., LL.D.

MINISTER, Christian

• (a sacred teacher)
• Called
  • AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST 2 Cor. 5:20
  • ANGELS OF THE CHURCH Rev. 1:20, 2:1
  • APOSTLES Lk. 6:13; Rev. 18:20
  • APOSTLES OF JESUS CHRIST Tit. 1:1
  • DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH Phil. 1:7
  • ELDERS 1 Tim. 5:17; 1 Pet. 5:1
  • EVANGELISTS Eph. 4:11; 2 Tim. 4:5
  • FISHERS OF MEN Mt. 4:19; Mk. 1:17
  • LABORERS Mt. 9:38; with Ph'm 1:1
  • LABORERS IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST 1 Th. 3:2
  • LIGHTS Jn. 5:35
  • MEN OF GOD Dt. 33:1; 1 Tim. 6:11
  • MESSENGERS OF THE CHURCH 2 Cor. 8:23
  • MESSENGERS OF THE LORD OF HOSTS Mal. 2:7
  • MINISTERS OF
    • GOD Isa. 61:6; 2 Cor. 6:4
    • THE LORD Joel 2:17
    • CHRIST Rom. 15:16; 1 Cor. 4:1
    • THE SANCTUARY Ezek. 45:4
    • THE GOSPEL Eph. 3:7; Col. 1:23
    • THE WORD Lk. 1:2
    • THE NEW TESTAMENT 2 Cor. 3:6
    • THE CHURCH Col. 1:24, 25
    • RIGHTEOUSNESS 2 Cor. 11:15
  • OVERSEERS Acts 20:28
  • PASTORS Jer. 3:15; Jn. 21:16-18; Eph. 4:11
  • PREACHERS Rom. 10:14; 1 Tim. 2:7
  • PREACHERS OF RIGHTEOUSNFSS 2 Pet. 2:5
  • SERVANTS
    • OF GOD Tit. 1:1; Jas. 1:1
    • OF THE LORD 2 Tim. 2:24
    • OF JESUS CHRIST Phil. 1:1; Jude 1:1
    • OF THE CHURCH 2 Cor. 4:5
    • OF THE GRACE OF GOD 1 Pet. 4:10
    • OF THE MYSTERIES OF GOD 1 Cor. 4:1
  • SHEPHERDS Jer. 23:4
  • SOLDIERS OF CHRIST Phil. 2:25; 2 Tim. 2:3, 4
  • STARS Rev. 1:20, 2:1
  • STEWARDS OF GOD Tit. 1:7
  • TEACHERS Isa. 30:20; Eph. 4:11
  • WATCHMEN Isa. 62:6; Ezek. 33:7
  • WITNESSES Acts 1:8, 5:32, 26:16
  • WORKERS TOGETHER WITH GOD 2 Cor. 6:1
• Compared to sowers Ps. 126:6; Mt. 13:3-8; Mk. 4:3-20; Lk. 8:5-8
• Teachers of schools 1 Sam. 19:20; 2 Ki. 2:3, 5, 15, 4:38; 2 Chr. 15:3, 17:7-9; Acts 13:1
• Hired Judg. 18:4
• Exempt from taxation Ezra 7:24
• Non-partisan in politics 2 Sam. 15:24-27
• Influential in public affairs
  • Designate kings 1 Sam. 9:15, 16, 10:1, 16:1-13
  • Recommend civil and military appointments 2 Ki. 4:13
• Expostulate with rulers
  • Samuel with Saul 1 Sam. 13:11-14, 15:10-31
  • Nathan with David 2 Sam. 12:1-14
  • Elijah with Ahab 1 Ki. 18:17, 18
• Tact of 1 Cor. 9:20-23, 10:23, 28-33; 2 Cor. 12:16
• Recreations for Mk. 6:31, 32, 45
• Say good-bye to the congregation Acts 20:17-38
• Personal bearing of Tit. 2:7, 8
• Preach without authority Gal. 1:15-24, 2:1-9
• Patience of Jas. 5:10
• Work of, will be tried 1 Cor. 3:12-15
• Responsibility of Ezek. 3:17-21, 33:8; Mt. 10:14-40; Acts 18:6, 20:26, 27
• Speaking evil of, forbidden Jude 1:8-10
• Marriage of Lev. 21:7-15; Mt. 8:14; 1 Cor. 9:5; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:5-7
• Incorruptible
  • Balaam Num. 22:18, 37, 38, 23:8, 12, 24:12-14; with 2 Pet. 2:15, 16
  • Micaiah 1 Ki. 22:13, 14
  • Peter Acts 8:18-23
• Love of, for the ekklesia (the body of Christ), exemplified by Paul Phil. 1:7; 1 Th. 1:2-4, 2:8, 11
• Kindness to:
  • Ebed-melech to Jeremiah, Jer. 38:7-13
• Fear of 1 Sam. 16:4
• Examples to the flock Phil. 3:17; 2 Th. 3:9; 1 Tim. 4:12; 1 Pet. 5:3
• Intolerance of Mt. 15:23, 19:13; Mk. 10:13; Lk. 18:15
• Message of, rejected Ezek. 33:30-33
• Inconsistent Mt. 27:3-7
• God's care of 1 Ki. 17:1-16, 19:1-18; Isa. 30:20; Mt. 10:29-31; Lk. 12:6, 7
• Their calling glorious 2 Cor. 3:7-11
• Discouragements of Isa. 53:1; Ezek. 3:8, 9, 14; Hab. 1:2, 3; Mt. 13:57; Mk. 6:3, 4; Lk. 4:24; Jn. 4:44
• Defended Jer. 26:16-19
• Beloved Acts 20:37, 38, 21:5, 6
• Sent forth in teams of two
  • Disciples Mk. 6:7
  • Paul and Barnabas Acts 13:2, 3
  • Judas and Silas Acts 15:27
  • Barnabas and Mark Acts 15:37, 39
  • Paul and Silas Acts 15:40
  • Paul and Timothy Acts 16:1-4
  • Paul and Titus 2 Cor. 8:19, 23
  • Timothy and Erastus Acts 19:22
  • Titus and a companion 2 Cor. 12:18
• See MINISTER, TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF, below
• CALL OF Ex. 28:1; Num. 3:5-13; 1 Sam. 3:4-10; 1 Ki. 19:16, 19; 1 Chr. 23:13; Isa. 6:8-10; Jer. 1:5; Amos 2:11; Jonah 1:1, 2, 3:1, 2; Mt. 4:18-22, 9:9; Mk. 1:17-20, 2:14; Lk. 10:1, 2; Jn. 1:43; Acts 13:2, 3, 20:24, 22:12-15, 26:14-18; Rom. 1:1, 10:14, 15; 1 Cor. 1:1, 27, 28, 9:16-19; 2 Cor. 1:1, 5:18-20; Gal. 1:15, 16; Eph. 3:7, 8, 4:11, 12; Col. 1:1, 25-29, 4:17; 1 Tim. 1:12-14, 2:7; 2 Tim. 1:11; Tit. 1:3; Heb. 5:4
  • See PRIESTS
  • See LEVITES
  • See CALL, PERSONAL
  • See EXCUSES
• CHARACTER AND ATTRIBUTES OF Lev. 10:3-11, 21:6; Num. 16:9, 10; Dt. 32:1-3; 1 Sam. 2:35, 12:7; 2 Chr. 6:41, 29:11; Ezra 7:10; Ps. 68:11; Pr. 11:30; Isa. 6:5-8, 32:20, 52:11; Jer. 1:7, 8, 3:15, 20:9; Ezek. 34:1-31; Mal. 2:6, 7; Mt. 10:16-24, 11:25, 26, 13:51, 52, 20:25-28, 23:8-11, 24:45; Lk. 6:39, 10:21, 12:42-44, 22:27, 24:49; Jn. 3:27, 34, 4:36-38, 10:2-5, 11-15, 13:13-17, 15:20, 21, 17:16-18, 20; Acts 1:8, 4:8, 31, 6:3, 4, 20:22-24; Rom. 2:21-23; 1 Cor. 1:23, 27-30, 2:2, 3:7-10, 4:10-13, 9:16-23, 27, 15:10; 2 Cor. 2:15-17, 3:6-10, 4:1-10, 5:11, 18-20, 6:3-7, 10:1, 2, 8, 13:10; Gal. 2:8, 6:17; Phil. 3:17; 1 Th. 2:3-12; 1 Tim. 3:1-15, 5:17, 21, 6:11, 13, 14, 20, 21; 2 Tim. 1:6-8, 13, 14, 2:1-7, 14-16, 20-26, 3:14, 16, 17; Tit. 1:5-9, 13, 14, 2:1, 7, 8, 15, 3:1, 2, 8, 9; Heb. 5:1-3, 12-14, 13:6, 7, 9, 17; Jas. 3:1, 13, 16, 17; 1 Pet. 4:10, 11
• CHARGE DELIVERED TO Num. 18:1-7, 27:18-23; Dt. 31:7, 8, 14-23; Josh. 1:1-9; Ezek. 3:4; Mt. 10:5-42; Mk. 6:11; Lk. 10:1-16; 1 Tim. 1:18-20, 2:1-15, 3:1-16, 4:1-16, 5:1-22, 6:1-21; 2 Tim. 1:6-13, 2:1-26, 3:1-17, 4:1-8
• COURAGE OF
  • See COURAGE
  • See REPROOF, FAITHFULNESS IN
• DUTIES OF Ex. 4:12; Lev. 10:8-11; Josh. 1:8; 2 Ki. 17:27, 28; 2 Chr. 29:11; Isa. 40:1-3, 9, 11, 52:11, 57:14, 58:1, 62:6, 7; Jer. 1:7, 8, 17-19, 4:15, 6:27, 15:19-21, 23:4, 22, 28, 26:2; Ezek. 2:6-8, 3:8-10, 17-21, 27, 6:11, 33:1-9, 34:2-31, 44:23; Joel 1:13-15, 2:17; Jonah 1:2; Nah. 1:15; Hab. 2:2; Mal. 2:7; Mt. 7:6, 10:7, 11-13, 16, 25, 27, 28, 16:19, 18:5, 6, 18, 20:25-28, 28:19, 20; Mk. 10:43-45; Lk. 9:48, 22:32, 24:48; Jn. 3:34, 4:35-38, 15:27, 20:23, 21:15-17; Acts 1:21, 22, 5:20, 6:2, 4, 10:42, 16:4, 18:9, 10, 20:28, 22:15, 26:16-18; Rom. 1:14, 15, 12:3-8; 1 Cor. 1:16, 4:1, 2, 21, 9:16, 17; 2 Cor. 1:24, 4:1, 2, 5, 5:14, 18, 20, 6:3-10, 7:4-9, 12, 15, 8:23, 10:8, 12:15, 19, 13:2, 10; Gal. 1:10; Eph. 3:8-10, 4:11, 12, 6:20; Col. 4:17; 1 Th. 2:4-8, 10-12, 3:2, 5:12; 2 Th. 3:4; 1 Tim. 1:3, 4, 11, 18, 19, 2:7, 4:6, 7, 12-16, 5:1-3, 7-11, 19-22, 6:3, 4, 10-14, 17-21; 2 Tim. 1:6-8, 2:2-7, 14-16, 23-25, 4:1, 2, 5; 1 Pet. 5:1-4; 2 Pet. 1:12-16
  • See MINISTER, CHARGE DELIVERED TO, above
• DUTIES OF THE CHURCH TO Dt. 1:38, 3:28, 31:7; Mal. 2:7; 1 Cor. 11:1, 2, 16:15, 16; Phil. 3:17; Col. 4:10; 1 Th. 5:12, 13; Heb. 13:7, 17, 18
• EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF Num. 18:20; Dt. 10:9, 14:27, 18:1, 2; Josh. 13:14, 33, 18:7; Jer. 31:14; Ezek. 44:28; Mt. 10:9, 10; Mk. 6:8; Lk. 10:7, 8, 22:35, 36; Jn. 4:36; Acts 20:33, 34; 1 Cor. 9:1-23; 2 Cor. 1:14, 15, 11:7-9, 12:13-18; Gal. 6:6; Phil. 4:10-18; 1 Th. 2:5, 6, 9; 2 Th. 3:7-9; 1 Tim. 5:18; 3 Jn. 1:7
  • See PRIESTS
  • See LEVITES
  • See EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF
• FAITHFUL
  • INSTANCES OF
    • Moses Dt. 4:26, 30:19; Heb. 3:2, 5
    • Micaiah 2 Chr. 18:12, 13
    • Azariah 2 Chr. 26:16-20
    • Balaam Num. 22:18, 38, 23:8, 12, 24:12-14
    • Nathan 2 Sam. 12:1-14
    • Isaiah Isa. 22:4, 5, 39:3-7
    • Jeremiah Jer. 17:16, 26:1-15; Jer. 28, 37:9, 10, 16-18
    • John the Baptist Mt. 3:2-12; Mk. 6:18-28; Lk. 3:7-9, 19
    • Peter Acts 8:18-23
    • Paul Acts 20:26, 27; Col. 1:7
    • The apostles Acts 3:12-26, 4:9-13, 19, 20, 31, 5:21, 29-32
• FALSE AND CORRUPT Dt. 13:1-5, 18:20-22; 1 Ki. 12:31; 2 Chr. 29:34, 30:15; Neh. 13:29; Pr. 19:27; Isa. 3:12, 5:20, 8:19, 20, 9:14-16, 28:7, 29:10, 11, 30:10, 43:27, 28, 44:20, 56:10-12; Jer. 2:8, 5:13, 14, 30, 31, 6:13, 14, 8:10, 11, 10:21, 12:10, 13:20, 14:13-16, 23:1, 2, 11, 14-16, 21, 25-39, 27:9-18, 48:10, 50:6; Lam. 2:14, 4:13, 14; Ezek. 13:1-23, 14:9, 10, 22:25, 26, 28, 34:1-31, 44:8, 10; Hos. 4:6, 8-13, 5:1, 6:9, 9:7, 8; Amos 2:11, 12; Mic. 2:11, 3:5-7, 11; Zeph. 3:4; Zech. 10:3, 11:4, 5, 16, 17, 13:2-5; Mal. 1:6-10, 2:1-3, 8, 9; Mt. 5:19, 7:15, 22, 23, 15:9, 14, 20:20-27, 23:3, 4, 13, 24:4, 5, 24, 26, 48-51; Mk. 9:33-35, 10:35-37, 13:21, 22; Lk. 6:39, 9:46, 11:35, 46-52, 12:45, 46, 21:8, 22:24; Jn. 3:10, 5:43, 10:1, 5, 8, 10-13; Acts 20:29, 30; Rom. 2:19-25, 16:17, 18; 1 Cor. 3:1-4, 10-16, 21, 11:18, 19; 2 Cor. 2:17, 11:1-31; Gal. 1:6-8, 5:10; Eph. 4:14; Phil. 1:15, 16, 3:2; Col. 2:4, 8, 18, 19; 1 Tim. 1:3-7, 19, 4:1-3, 7, 6:3-5, 20, 21; 2 Tim. 2:14-18, 3:6-9, 13, 4:3; Tit. 1:10-14, 3:10, 11; Heb. 13:9; 2 Pet. 2:1-22, 3:16; 1 Jn. 2:18, 26, 4:1-3, 5; 2 Jn. 1:7-10; 3 Jn. 1:10; Jude 1:4-11; Rev. 2:1, 2, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20-23
  • INSTANCES OF
    • Aaron Num. 12:1-12
    • Nadab and Abihu Lev. 10:1, 2
    • Korah, Dathan, and Abiram Num. 16
    • Eli's sons 1 Sam. 2:12-17, 22, 25, 28, 29
    • Samuel's sons 1 Sam. 8:1-3; 1 Chr. 6:28
    • The old prophet of Beth-el 1 Ki. 13:11-32
    • Jonathan Judg. 17:7-13; Judg. 18
    • Noadiah Neh. 6:14
    • Priests under Jehoash 2 Ki. 12:7; 2 Chr. 24:5, 6
    • Hezekiah 2 Chr. 30:3, 5
    • Priests and Levites Ezra 2:61, 62, 9:1, 2, 10:18-24; Neh. 13:4-13, 28, 29; Zech. 7:5, 6
    • Hananiah Jer. 28
    • Jonah Jonah 1:1-6
    • Rulers in the temple Mt. 16:6-12, 23:16; Lk. 12:1
    • Caiaphas Mt. 26:2, 3, 57, 63-65; Jn. 11:49-51, 18:14
    • Judas Iscariot Mt. 26:14-16, 21-25, 47-50, 27:3-5; Jn. 12:4-6; Acts 1:18
    • Simon the sorcerer Acts 8:9-11
    • Judaizers Acts 15:1; Gal. 3-6
    • Diotrephes 3 Jn. 1:9
    • Elymas (Bar-Jesus) Acts 13:6-11
    • Hymenaeus 1 Tim. 1:20; 2 Tim. 2:17
    • Philetus 2 Tim. 2:17, 18
• HOSPITALITY TO
  • Woman of Zarephath to Elijah 1 Ki. 17:10-16
  • The Shunammite woman to Elisha 2 Ki. 4:8-10
  • The foreigners to Paul Acts 28:1-10
  • Simon the tanner to Peter Acts 9:43
  • The Philippian jailer Acts 16:33, 34
  • Aquila and Priscilla (Prisca)
    • To Paul Acts 18:3
    • To Apollos Acts 18:26
  • Justus to Paul Acts 18:7
  • Philip the evangelist to Paul Acts 21:8-10
• ORDINATION OF
  • Of Matthias Acts 1:26
  • Of the seven servants (or, deacons; Greek: diakonoi) Acts 6:5, 6
  • Of Paul and Barnabas Acts 13:3
  • Timothy 1 Tim. 4:14
  • See PRIESTS
  • See LEVITES
• PRAYER FOR, ENJOINED Mt. 9:37, 38; Lk. 10:2; Rom. 15:30-32; 2 Cor. 1:11; Eph. 6:18-20; Phil. 1:19; Col. 4:2-4; 1 Th. 5:25; 2 Th. 3:1, 2; Ph'm 1:22; Heb. 13:18, 19
• PRAYER FOR, EXEMPLIFIED 2 Chr. 6:41; Ps. 132:9; Acts 1:24, 25, 4:29, 6:6, 12:5, 14:23
• PROMISES TO, JOYS OF 2 Sam. 23:6, 7; Ps. 126:5, 6; Jer. 1:7-10, 17-19, 20:11; Dan. 12:3; Mt. 10:28-31, 28:20; Lk. 12:11, 12, 24:49; Jn. 4:36-38; Acts 1:4, 5, 8; 1 Cor. 9:9, 10; 2 Cor. 2:14-16, 7:6, 7; Phil. 2:16; 1 Th. 2:13, 19, 20, 3:8, 9; 3 Jn. 1:4
  • See RIGHTEOUS, PROMISES TO
• SUCCESS ATTENDING
  • Jonah Jonah 1:5, 6, 9, 14, 16, 3:4-9
  • Apostles Acts 2:1-4, 41
  • Philip Acts 8:6, 8, 12
  • Peter Acts 9:32-35
  • Paul Acts 13:16-43; 1 Cor. 4:15, 9:2, 15:11; 2 Cor. 3:2, 3, 12:12, 13:4; Phil. 2:16; 1 Th. 1:5
  • Apollos Acts 18:24-28
  • See REVIVALS
• TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF 1 Ki. 19:1-10; Isa. 20:2, 3; Ezek. 24:15-18; Hos. 1:2; Amos 5:10, 7:10-17; Mt. 10:16-27, 23:34; Jn. 13:16; 1 Cor. 2:1-4, 4:9-13; 2 Cor. 6:4-10, 7:5, 11:23-33, 12:7-12; Gal. 4:13, 14; Eph. 3:1, 13
• FALSELY ACCUSED
  • See ACCUSATION, FALSE
  • See also PERSECUTION
• INSTANCES OF PERSECUTION
  • Micaiah 1 Ki. 22:24-27
  • Hanani 2 Chr. 16:10
  • Zechariah 2 Chr. 24:20, 21
  • The apostles Acts 5:17-42
  • Peter Acts 12:3-19
  • Paul Acts 9:23-25, 29, 30, 14:6-20, 16:11-40, 17:1-13, 20:3, 21:27-40, 22:18, 21, 24-30, 23:11-35; Acts 24-26; 2 Cor. 11:31-33; Gal. 1:21-24; 2 Tim. 1:8, 16, 2:9, 4:16, 17
  • See ELIJAH
  • See JEREMIAH
• ZEALOUS
  • Titus 2 Cor. 8:16, 17
  • Epaphroditus Phil. 2:25-30
  • Epaphras Col. 4:12, 13
  • Tychicus Col. 4:7
  • John, in his vision Rev. 5:4, 5
  • See ZEAL