{"id":2511,"date":"2010-04-15T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T12:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2026-07-04T10:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:01:24","slug":"being-versus-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/being-versus-doing.htm","title":{"rendered":"Being Versus Doing: Which is most important in ministry?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In God’s Book, both being and doing are essential.\u00a0 However, God does make it clear that what we do grows out of who we are. So, when asking which is most important in ministry, being versus doing, we must conclude that being leads to doing.<\/p>\n

Biblical Principles About Being Versus Doing<\/h2>\n

God clearly states that who we are inside tends to surface in what we say and do.<\/p>\n

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. (Lk. 6:45)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

God also makes it clear that if we don’t do what we should be doing, something is wrong.<\/p>\n

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. (James 2:26)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.\u00a0 (Lk. 6:43)<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Practical Application of the Need to Both Be and Do in Ministry<\/h2>\n

Guard against hypocrisy.<\/em>\u00a0 How easy it is for people in ministry to say one thing and do another.\u00a0 This lack of integrity<\/a> cuts into the effectiveness of ministry.\u00a0 Jesus confronted hypocrisy in the religious leaders of His day.\u00a0 A whole chapter (Matt. 23)<\/span>, along with other isolated passages, is devoted to His pronouncement of woes on their hypocrisy.<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/em>\u00a0 self-examination and personal accountability.<\/p>\n

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.\u00a0 (Matt. 7:5)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Guard against being a stumbling block.<\/em>\u00a0 When we do not model Christlikeness<\/a> in all we do, we cut into the effectiveness of ministry.\u00a0 Paul used his own ministry as an example:<\/p>\n

We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.\u00a0 (2 Cor. 6:3)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Solution:<\/em>\u00a0 commitment and determination.<\/p>\n

Make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way. (Rom. 14:13)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nNotice:\u00a0<\/strong> The solutions are all qualities of being.\u00a0 Doing the right things grows out of being who we should be. So, to guard against hypocrisy and being a stumbling block, we must guard our hearts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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