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+===== The Ruin of Every Minister =====
+**The Almost Inevitable Ruin Of Every Minister . . . And How To Avoid It**
+by [[http://biblicalspirituality.org/blog/|Don Whitney]] | {{ :11_notes:blog_2020-04-22_ruin_of_ministers_by_don_whitney.pdf |download}}
+**//For every twenty men who enter the ministry, by the time those men reach age sixty-five, only one will still be in the ministry.//**
+>**1 Timothy 4:15-16:** Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
+Almost everyone knows someone who used to be in the ministry. Almost everyone knows someone who shouldn't be in the ministry. And every minister knows another minister—if not several—he does not want to be like.
+But the sad news for ministers is, regardless of your age or education or experience, it is almost inevitable that you will become the kind of minister you do not want to be. So I think it's important to address the subject of: the almost inevitable ruin of every minister . . . and how to avoid it.
+  * They may get ruined by sex.
+  * They may get ruined by power.
+  * They may get ruined by pride.
+  * They may get ruined by cynicism.
+  * They may get ruined by success.
+The sad reality is, you will become like that. That's you in a few years.
+It's almost inevitable for every minister—**//__or__// you will make progress**. There is no middle ground.
+The world, the flesh, and the devil outnumber you, and they have you in their sights. ...unless you make the kind of spiritual progress that's spoken of in the Pastoral Epistles, you will be hit by enemy fire.
+Take pains with the things of God. Be absorbed in the Pastoral Epistles. Pay close attention to your life and to your doctrine. Don't let the ministry keep you from Jesus or keep you from learning.
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