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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Paul added this, though: "the labourer is worthy of his reward" AND "let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour." Double honor is more than simply satisfying needs, if you assume that they are satisfying basic needs with "regular" honour.
I think it's good to call attention to problems when someone is taking advantage of the saints and the system; it's not good to judge pastors and compensated staff for simply receiving compensation. I have seen that right here on this board--the implication that if their heart was in the right place, they wouldn't need compensation at all.
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We had a pastor who used that line to pay himself exactly double that which was the average pay for the city (or state, or nation?) we lived in -can't remember which one it was. Although in some ways I admired him for not keeping it a secret. He didn't shout it from the platform but the books were open so many knew.
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