Benefits of working for the Lord

enefits of Working for the Lord – 1 Cor 9:8-10

Vs 8 – Paul again uses the same method of questioning.  Does he say these things from human authority?  Does not the law of Moses say the same?  It is obvious that Paul is addressing his critics from the Jewish wing of the church.  Paul in their eyes had abandoned his Jewish roots and now was living like a gentile.

Vs 9 – Paul then quotes the law of Moses and reminds his critics that even the oxen should not be muzzle as it treads out the grain.  The he asks another question, “Is God concerned over the oxen or is there something greater at stake here? “  Obviously Paul is making a point.

Vs 10 – Paul’s point is that God does not care about the oxen as much as he cares about us.  What is written and spoken is for our sake Paul’s says.  The person who plows should plow in hope and does the thresher.  They both hope and right so to reap in the benefits of the crop.  When you do not grow weary in doing well in due time your will reap a reward to today do not give up doing good but in time God will balance the books in your favour.