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30 Reasons Why It's Great to Be a Pastor

11. Holiness is great likeness to the thrice holy God.

And pastors daily kill their own sins for the sake of the holiness of others.

As he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy. (1 Peter 1:15-16)

For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. (Romans 8:13)

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. (1 Corinthians 11:1)

12. Suffering is a great seminary.

And pastors must attend it for the sake of their people.

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word … It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. (Psalm 119:67Psalm 119.71″>71)

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. (2 Corinthians 1:6)

13. Explaining great truth is a path to great understanding. 

And pastors are charged to explain the greatest things relentlessly.

It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ. (Ephesians 4:11-12)

14. Heralding the greatest realities is a great privilege.

And pastors are the heralds of the living God.

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: Preach the word. (2 Timothy 4:1-2)

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20)

15. Humanly impossible aims throw us on a great Helper.

And all the spiritual aims of a pastor are impossible.

Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?” But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” (Luke 18:26-27)

And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. (2 Timothy 2:24-26)

16. Heaven is a great destiny.

And pastors aim in everything to help people get there.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. (Matthew 5:12)

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. (Philippians 3:20-21)

I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Timothy 2:10)

17. Hell is a great danger.

And pastors aim in everything to help people escape it.

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. (Matthew 10:28)

I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. (1 Corinthians 9:22)

18. Prayer is a path to the great presence and power of God.

And pastors pray without ceasing.

Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. (Ephesians 6:17-18)

Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. (Psalm 50:15)

19. The new birth is a great miracle.

And pastors are the ever-amazed midwives of God.

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. (John 3:8)

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. (1 Corinthians 3:6-7)

You have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; … And this word is the good news that was preached to you. (1 Peter 1:23-25)

20. Communion is the greatest supper.

And pastors hold the sacred emblems in their very hands.

I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. (Luke 22:15)

The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? (1 Corinthians 10:16)