there are principlesof the Kingdom
Here, try these principals on for size:
"I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
Yes, you yourselves know, that these hands have
ministered to my necessities, and to them that
were with me. I have showed you all things, how
that so laboring you ought to support the weak, and
to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he
said, It is more blessed to give than to receive"
(Acts 20:33-35 KJV).
The apostle Paul and others who served the elect of
God practiced what they preached. They worked
long and hard to support themselves in order to
preach the gospel and serve God's people:
To the Thessalonians he wrote:
"Don't you remember, dear brothers, how hard we
worked among you? Night and day we toiled and
sweated to earn enough to live on so that our
expenses would not be a burden to anyone there, as
we preached God's Good News among you"
(1.Thes.2:9 LBP).
"For you well know that you ought to follow our
example: you never saw us loafing; we never
accepted food from anyone without buying it; we
worked hard day and night for the money we needed
to live on, in order that we would not be a burden to
any of you. It wasn't that we didn't have the right to
ask you to feed us, but we wanted to show you,
firsthand, how you should work for your livin
(2.Thes.3:7-9 LBP).