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worker
Jul 12, 2006 13:49:08 GMT -5
Post by Greg Lee unplugged on Jul 12, 2006 13:49:08 GMT -5
A worker of the friends and workers as we know them is a worker. That is their self-appointed identifier/office. This worker can be described as a worker, a servant, a laborer, a soldier.
The priest, minister, chaplain, preacher of any church can also be described as a worker, a servant, a laborer, a soldier.
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Just a thought stemming from Bert's post about using the term "worker" in another thread.
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worker
Jul 12, 2006 16:13:57 GMT -5
Post by Simple on Jul 12, 2006 16:13:57 GMT -5
A worker of the friends and workers as we know them is a worker. That is their self-appointed identifier/office. This worker can be described as a worker, a servant, a laborer, a soldier. The priest, minister, chaplain, preacher of any church can also be described as a worker, a servant, a laborer, a soldier. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just a thought stemming from Bert's post about using the term "worker" in another thread. Funny they call themselves "workers" when they do little or no work.
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worker
Jul 13, 2006 8:02:57 GMT -5
Post by jxr on Jul 13, 2006 8:02:57 GMT -5
Where were you going with this Greg?
I also think it is amusing that they call themselves workers. They do very little work, even to the extent of being oblivious to opportunities to help around the house where they stay (some exceptions of course). A far cry from what Paul said to the Thessalonians on both occasions.
As for what constitutes spiritual work:
Does that not make workers of all Christians?
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worker
Jul 13, 2006 8:36:58 GMT -5
Post by prue on Jul 13, 2006 8:36:58 GMT -5
hi to all from prue - i am sure the word worker was borrowed from the bible because it was one of the words used to describe the preachers
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worker
Jul 13, 2006 8:45:34 GMT -5
Post by jxr on Jul 13, 2006 8:45:34 GMT -5
hi to all from prue - i am sure the word worker was borrowed from the bible because it was one of the words used to describe the preachers Exactly. And it wouldn't have been a result of the negative connotations associated with the word preacher would it? I mean, you can be a hard working worker and it is socially acceptable. But to be a hard preaching preacher is social leprosy.
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worker
Jul 13, 2006 15:34:23 GMT -5
Post by a believer on Jul 13, 2006 15:34:23 GMT -5
Tell me a hard preacher worker? They only preach a couple of times a week and for a couple of months a year they don't even do that. The rest of the week they visit people and do not talk much if ever about the Bible at all. Their life is social visiting.
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worker
Jul 13, 2006 17:49:33 GMT -5
Post by Greg Lee unplugged on Jul 13, 2006 17:49:33 GMT -5
hi to all from prue - i am sure the word worker was borrowed from the bible because it was one of the words used to describe the preachers Maybe. Maybe not. Yet in the New Testament the term was used as a descriptor of those in the ministry and perhaps (likely) any that helped the ministry. Whereas for the workers of the friends and workers the term worker is their identifier/position/office.
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